The gothamist.com reports on one of those little known secrets in Central Park, the Whisper Bench, which is simlar to the Whisper Wall in Grand Central Stattion. The Bench is located in the middle of The Shakesperare Garden, located on the west side of the park between 79th-80th street.
The bench is named for Charles B. Stover, it is a 20-foot, curled granite piece, which doubles as a memorial for Stover, former New York City Parks Commissioner. It was dedicated back in 1936, about seven years after his death.
The bench is situated on a natural rock outcropping. At the time of the unveiling, it was noted that the location was apt, since during Stover’s time as Parks Commissioner, he had changed this place “from a dilapidated stone mass covered with poison ivy to a rock garden with an artificial stream of water and pools of water lilies.”
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