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John J. Rink Had a Fancy Vision for Central Park. It Wasn’t Meant to Be.

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John J. Rink’s rejected design for Central Park featured manicured shrubs and labyrinths. He feared the park would become ‘a huge beer garden for the lowest denizens of the city.’

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