A brief history of the lost Mineral Springs Pavilion in Central Park

Central Park, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, LPC, Scenic Landmark, UWS

by Megan Fitzpatrick The Mineral Springs building is a 1950s design which currently houses La Pain Quotidien. Its name derives from the original 19th-century pavilion that sold park goers mineral water. The immediate need for publicly accessible mineral water came...

Neigh a word said…until today?

Calvert Vaux, Carriage Horses, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Intro 573-a, Landmarks at Risk, Scenic Landmark, UWS, Wall Street Journal

In an article that a commenter noted “should take him [Mayor Bill deBlasio] off his high horse”, today’s Wall Street Journal posts Effort to Ban Carriage Horses Probed which outlines some of the investigations into the money trail funding the...

UPDATE: A look at architectural renderings for new Tavern on the Green glass pavilion

Dept. of Parks and Recreation

Last week, LW! reported on the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s (LPC) public hearing to consider both restoration work and a new addition at the iconic Tavern on the Green building, in Central Park.  Following our post, we received from the project...

In Central Park, Tavern on the Green to rise anew

Dept. of Parks and Recreation, Media, NY Eater, NY Times, Wall Street Journal

Tavern on the Green, Central Park*Tavern on the Green, the legendary dining destination inside Central Park at West 67th Street, will soon rise again.  But unlike the famously glitzy, high-priced restaurant of days gone by, the new Tavern on the Green (the name...