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Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (1870-1957), son of the co-designer of Central and Prospect Parks, spent four years transforming the site's rocky topography and thin soil into a manicured landscape. Olmsted designed Fort Tryon Park with landscaped promenades, terraces, wooded slopes, and eight miles of pedestrian paths. Careful to preserve open areas and the spectacular views of the Hudson and the Palisades, Olmsted Jr. noted in 1927 that this park presents one of the few unspoiled river views of Manhattan.
Take the 'A' train to 190th Street at Overlook Terrace and walk to the Cloisters atop Ft Tryon Park's northernmost hill. Take the M4 or M98 to the Cloisters. Photographs from the Cloisters Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Medieval Art comes to Fort Tryon Park
In 1938 after Rockefeller bought sculptor George Grey Barnard's (1863-1938) collection of medieval art, The Cloisters Museum opened on the northernmost hill of Fort Tryon Park. Inspired by Romanesque architecture, the museum includes several cloisters or courtyards from actual French medieval monasteries. Now the only off-site branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cloisters was designated an official New York City landmark in 1974.


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