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8. The Children's Zoo
One of the most popular additions to Central Park in recent years is the Children's Zoo. It was added in 1997 and financed by a generous gift from philanthropist Laurence A. Tisch. With its imaginatively designed and child friendly exhibits, the Children's Zoo offers a magical, as well as educational, experience for children and their parents.
9. Balto
Balto, an Alaskan Malmute, braved fierce Artic weather to deliver a badly needed antitoxin to save a community from a diptheria epidemic. Frederick G.R. Roth, who designed the statue, was a well known animal sculptor. Roth's Balto is depicted with his dogsled harness hanging from his back, as he appears to survey the distance.
10. Conservatory Water
Whether you have a radio powered sailboat, or a wind-powered sloop, model sail boating at the Conservatory Water is a delight for participants and observers; whether adults, children or, in one case, a rather notable rodent, Stuart Little. The site is named for a rather massive conservatory that was included in the original plans by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.
11. Hans Christian Andersen
At the western edge of Conservatory Water stands a statue of master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. Created by George Lober and donated to the park in 1956 this statue of the beloved Danish storyteller, along with his famous duckling companion, is the site of a story telling program that delights children every summer.
12. Alice in Wonderland
Probably the park's most beloved sculpture, it is a depiction in bronze of a group of our favorite characters from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Perched stage center upon an enormous mushroom, Alice holds court. Grouped around her are the other unlikely invitees to the party. They include: The Mad Hatter (rumored to be a caricature of the patron that sponsored the piece), The March Hare, The Cheshire Cat, The White Rabbit, Alice's Cat Dinah and, of course, the bashful Dormouse.
13. Trefoil Arch
The eastern side of Trefoil Arch has one of the most distinctive facades of all park archways. A round trefoil, which explains the name, frames the archway entrance, a trefoil being an ornament in a three-lobe pattern. Trefoil was completed in 1862 on the designs of Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould.
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