00:00 Central Park was created in response to the overcrowding and lack of green space in New York City, which led people to socialize in cemeteries.

05:09 Central Park was built on land that was considered virtually unusable due to the presence of boulders left behind by glaciers, and the idea for the park came about as a result of both the desire for green space in New York City and the desire of the wealthy to increase land value around the park.

09:52 Seneca Village, a multicultural community in New York City comprised of African American landowners and European immigrants, was forcibly cleared and demolished to make way for Central Park, despite the fact that many residents owned their land and houses.

15:02 In 2011, the Institute for the Exploration of Seneca Village history excavated two different home sites in Central Park and found artifacts and the original soil of Seneca Village at one of the sites.

20:20 The Greensward plan for Central Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, was considered far superior to other designs and is still considered a work of art today.

25:18 Central Park was highly designed, with explosives used to blast away rock, hundreds of thousands of trees planted, swamps filled in to create lakes, and roads sunk eight feet below the surface and obscured by trees to blend in with the naturalistic design of the park.

30:13 Central Park initially had strict rules that favored the wealthy and restricted access to the working class, but eventually became a true public park in the 1870s.

35:34 Central Park has gone through a series of changes and debates over the years regarding how much access and amenities should be provided to the public, but ultimately, progressive-minded individuals have worked to make the park more accessible and enjoyable for everyone.

40:25 Central Park fell into disrepair in the 1960s and 70s due to a lack of champion, plan, and funding, resulting in a dangerous and vandalized park that was considered a wasteland.

45:21 In 1974, a management study recommended the appointment of a CEO and the creation of a Central Park Board of Guardians, and in 1979, Betsy Barlow became the Central Park administrator and implemented a public-private partnership to improve the park, leading to the creation of the Central Park Conservancy in 1980, and in 1998, the partnership was formalized and the park was divided into 49 zones with individual staff for each zone.

50:14 Elizabeth Betsy Weinberg Smith became president and CEO of the Conservancy, and all of these people that do this do it because they love the park, and they've done a pretty great job in bringing Central Park back, especially if you go look at those pictures from the seventies and eighties and then think about it today.

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