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New York, April 22, 2007. The Central Park Conservancy opened
The Peter Jay Sharp Children's Glade, a newly designed area at
the Great Hill in Central Park, located between 103rd and
106th Streets, off Central Park West. The new woodland edge
landscape includes a series of intimate glades, sitting areas
and connecting woodland paths, evoking rural pleasures and
adventures for Park visitors. The Children’s Glade landscape
and its ongoing maintenance were made possible by The Peter
Jay Sharp Foundation and its directors, including Cynthia and
Dan Lufkin and Liliane and Norman Peck. It was a glorious
Earth Day and coincidentally Dan Lufkin was one of its
founders in 1970.
“One of the greatest strengths of the Conservancy’s design
team is its ability to create new destinations within the
confines of the Park’s 843-acres. By carving out the
Children’s Glade, Central Park has just gotten larger,”
commented Doug Blonsky, President of the Central Park
Conservancy. “What makes this gift so significant is not only
the generosity of the Foundation, but also the vision and
leadership that created a haven for the arts in an otherwise
idle area.”
Along with the landscape restoration, the Conservancy will
inaugurate a new family program entitled
A Clearing in the Forest, which uses nature as a
backdrop to provide arts and cultural programming for
families, appropriate for children ages 4 - 13. With small,
open lawns and natural stone seating, the Children’s Glade is
the perfect natural auditorium for storytelling, music, dance,
and theater workshops. |