page_title: Charles Bunstein Stover
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Bunstein Stover / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: The Charles Bunstein Stover Memorial Bench in Central Park. The inscription reads, "CHARLES B. STOVER 1861-1929. Founder of outdoor playgrounds, who devoted his life to public service. In Grateful Recognition 1936"
context_page_description: Charles Bunstein Stover was a social activist and the Parks Commissioner for New York City from 1910 to 1913.
context_section_description: The granite Stover Memorial Bench overlooking Central Park's Shakespeare Garden, to commemorate Stover, was approved in 1935 by Robert Moses and installed in 1936. It is a whispering gallery. Under Stover's name is inscribed Founder of Outdoor Playgrounds.
caption: Charles B. Stover Memorial Bench
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