Central Park

Central Park
Teep	Urban pairk
Location	Manhattan in New York Ceety, Unitit States
Coordinates	40°46′56″N 73°57′55″W
Aurie	843 acre (3.41 km2)
Creautit	1857
Awned bi	New York Ceety Depairtment o Pairks an Recreation
Operatit bi	Central Park Conservancy
Veesitors	about 37.5 million annually
Status	Open aw year
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Naitional Historic Laundmerk
Airchitect	Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux
NRHP Reference #	66000538
Significant dates
Addit tae NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designatit NHL	Mey 23, 1963

Central Park is an urban pairk atween the Upper West Side an the Upper East Side o Manhattan in New York Ceety. The pairk initially opened in 1857, on 778 acre (315 ha) o ceety-ained laund (it is 843 acre (341 ha) the day). In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted an Calvert Vaux wan a design competeetion tae improve an expand the pairk wi a plan thay enteetlit the Greensward Plan. Construction began the same year, continued during the American Ceevil War, an wis completit in 1873. Central Park is the maist veesited urban pairk in the Unitit States.

Designatit a Naitional Historic Landmark in 1962, the pairk is currently managed bi the Central Pairk Conservancy unner contract wi the ceety govrenment. The Conservancy is a non-profit organization that contributes 75% o Central Park's $79 million annual budget, an in 2015 employed 80.7% o the pairk's maintenance staff.