Unbuilt New York: Central Park Gates
#UnbuiltNewYork: Central Park Gates
Richard Morris Hunt’s 1863 plan for Central Park gates Around the same time Egbert Ludovicus designed his “Arcade Railway“, architect Richard Morris Hunt, fresh of a tour in Bonapartist France, took part in a competition to dress up the entrances of New York’s Central Park along 59th Street, which is where the avenues meet the park. His designs were a little over-the-top for park architect…