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HISTORY
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FACT
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ECOLOGY
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NEIGHBORHOODS
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RECREATION
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SCENIC
VIEWS
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The Parkway's Built Components |
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element of the parkway's infrastructure -- bridges, tunnels,
guard rails, retaining walls, and utility buildings--
was designed to harmonize with the surrounding landscape
and to support the overarching aesthetic of the parkway.
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UTILITY
BUILDING IN
RIVERSIDE PARK
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PEDESTRIAN
TUNNEL BENEATH THE PARKWAY, RIVERSIDE PARK
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Robert
Moses and his designers were greatly influenced by Frederick
Law Olmsted's Central Park and Prospect Park bridges.
The indigenous stone-veneer rigid frame concrete arches
integrate the roadway into the landscape and make for
a scenic drive up the Henry Hudson past the George Washington
Bridge to the Westchester parkways: the Bronx River, the
Hutchinson, the Saw Mill, the Sprain Brook, and the Taconic.
Viewed from "upstairs," the overpasses serve
as local roads connecting parks. |
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types of guard rails were used, to reflect the diverse
landscapes. Rustic wooden rails were chosen for Riverdale,
a designed pastoral suburb, while onamental iron fencing
was used in the more formal Manhattan settings. |
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WOODEN
GUARDRAILS IN FIELDSTON SECTION OF RIVERDALE
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252nd
OVERPASS IN RIVERDALE
(CHAIN
LINK FENCE TO BE REMOVED!)
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