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Andrew H. Green bench
A bench in Central Park honors Andrew H Green, a 19th-century master city planner.
Andrew Hassell Green, often compared to Robert Moses, was a city planner and civic leader. Green was the man responsible for seeing that Olmsted and Vaux's Greensward Plan for Central Park was carried out; he also had a hand in forming the New York Public Library and the American Museum of Natural History. His most important work, however, was the consolidation of the five New York City boroughs; this accomplishment granted him the nickname "Father of New York City".
The Andrew H. Green memorial bench was constructed and placed in Central Park in 1929. Surrounded by five maple trees representing the five boroughs, this bench is one of the few monuments that pay tribute to Green. The monument lies at the top of a hill at 106th street.