Central Park
The Eaton Plan, 1886
An English Park
Central Park
The 1904 Plan
Refining the Eaton Design
Central Park / Pershing Square
John Parkinson's Design of 1910
A classic 6-path axial park with central fountain
Construction of Pershing Square's underground parking garage, 1951
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Examiner Collection, USC Libraries.
The 1951 Re-Design
A central lawn with a shaded perimeter
Circa 1960 Re-Model
Adding two fountains on the lawn
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Examiner Collection, USC Libraries.
$1,000,000 Facelift Revealed, 1984
LA Times Photographic Archive, Young Research Library, UCLA.
Ricardo Legorreta's 1994 Re-Design
Courtesy of Google, 2013
What does the future hold?
Restoration, or more regret?
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