"Improvements" Suggested for Central Park since 1900

1. Exposition Building, 1903.

2. Drill ground, 1904.

3. Selling off lower park for building lots, 1904; proposed for west side of Fifth Avenue by Mayor La Guardia in 1930s.

4. Building for National Academy of Design, 1909.

5. Opera House, 1910.

6. Outdoor theater seating 50,000, 1911; opera amphitheater proposed 1933.

7. Marionette theater, 1912; proposed again, 1964 and 1965.

8. Relocation of Central Park West streetcar tracks, 1917.

9. Trenches in North Meadow as war display, 1918.

10. Large stadium, 1919.

11. Airplane field, 1919.

12. Sunken oriental garden, Memorial Hall for war trophies and sports amphitheater, 1920.

13. Music stand and road connecting drives to be called Mitchel Memorial, 1920.

14. Underground parking lot for 30,000 cars, 1921; proposed many times since.

15. Police garage, 1921.

16. Music and Art Center, 1922.

17. Swimming pool, circus and running track, 1923.

18. Filling in of Pond for new driveway, 1923.

19. Radio towers for city radio station, 1923.

20. Central roadway to relieve city's traffic congestion, 1923.

21. Statue of Buddha, 1925.

22. Carillon tower, 1925.

23. Fountain of the Seasons, 1929.

24. Promenade connecting Metropolitan and Natural History museums, 1930.

25. Recreation building and swimming pool, 1935.

26. Armory and stables, 1940.

27. Plaza of South America, 8 acres, 1941.

28. Recreation Center for the Elderly, 1955.

29. Garden for the Blind, 1955.

30. El Station as monument to Elevated Railroad, 1955.

31. Amusement Center, 1955.

32. Huntington Hartford Outdoor Café, 1960.

33. Housing Project, 106th to 110th Streets, 1964.

Sketch by Ken Fitzgerald, based on information supplied by Alan Becker