Read Bridges of Central Park, the Prospect Park Handbook, Rockefeller New York, The Men Who Made Central Park, Rock Trails in Central Park, Tree Trails in Prospect Park, and Requiem for an Elm online. Other Greensward Foundation books, beginning with Central Park -- Prospect Park: A New Perspective, will be posted to this site later this year.

Some of these books are available at Urban Center Books, 457 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, and at the Dairy in Central Park.

Bridges of Central Park [Full text] By Henry Hope Reed, Robert M. McGee, and Esther Mipaas Illustrations by Ronald Rife and Joseph LoGuiarto Descriptions and illustrations. 1990, softcover.

Prospect Park Handbook [Full text] By Clay Lancaster A historical overview. 1988 (3d edition; originally published 1967), softcover.

Central Park -- Prospect Park: A New Perspective By M. M. Graff A historical overview. 1985, softcover, 233 pp. plus map.

Rockefeller New York: A Tour by Henry Hope Reed [Full text] By Henry Hope Reed Photographs by Esther Bubley 1988. Out of print.

The Making of Prospect Park: Notes for a Projected Historial Study By M. M. Graff A historical overview. 1982, pamphlet, 46 pp.

The Men Who Made Central Park [Full text] By M. M. Graff A historical account. 1982, pamphlet, 42 pp.

Rock Trails in Central Park [Full text] By Thomas Hanley and M. M. Graff Five tours. 1976, softcover, 94 pp.

Tree Trails in Central Park By M. M. Graff Illustrated by Jacques Hnizdovsky Eleven tours, including fine line drawings of representative species. 1970, softcover, 189 pp. (includes foldout map)

Tree Trails in Prospect Park [Full text] By George Kalmbacher and M. M. Graff Four tours. 1968, pamphlet, 64 pp. Out of print.

Requiem for an Elm [Full text] By Robert E. Murphy Reprinted from Brooklyn: A Magazine of the Other City The life of M.M. "Dickey" Graff. 1988, Brooklyn Union Gas, pamphlet, 8 pp. Out of print.

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