# A Green Place to be

**Author:** Ashley Benham Yazdani
**Grade range:** Grades K–5
**First published:** 2019
**Page count:** 40
**Genre:** Children's
**ISBN-13:** `9781094255187`
**ISBN-10:** `1094255181`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-green-place-to-be-the-creation-of-central-park
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

New York City needed a park -- a special spot to gather, play, and enjoy nature. A quiet, wild place made just for you. In 1858, New York City was growing so fast that new roads and tall buildings threatened to swallow up the remaining open space. The people needed a green place to be -- a park with ponds to row on and paths for wandering through trees and over bridges. When a citywide contest solicited plans for creating a park out of barren swampland, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted put their heads together to create the winning design, and the hard work of making their plans a reality began. By winter, the lake opened for skating. By the next summer, the waterside woodland known as the Ramble opened for all to enjoy. Meanwhile, sculptors, stone masons, and master gardeners joined

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