A Historical Study on the Establishment and Development of the Central Park in New York City

The Central Park in New York City is the fist municipal urban park in U. S. A., established in 1858. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the role and influence of the Central Park from the point of view of the historical development of landscape architecture in U. S. A.The following four points have analysed in this paper. First; the establishment of the Centeral Park caused a nation-wide municipal urban park movement and many big parks and park systems were created as infrasturcture of the city planning. Second; the planning concept of the Central Park was to create a wide pastoral scenery, within highly developed Urban environment, for the park was regarded as lungs of city and also it had a great contribution to citizen's recreation and welfare. Third; To accomplish the above ideal, the technique of civil engineering took a great role, especially on the thorough drainage system, and the separate road system. Fourth; New professional, “Landscape Architecture” was created from the construction of the Central Park.