{"nrhp_refnum":"83001743","name":"Riverside Park and Drive","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"From 72nd St. to 129th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.79947135350005,"lon":-73.97399411541332,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Riverside Park and Riverside Drive is a linear public park and scenic drive on Manhattan's Upper West Side, running from 72nd Street to about 129th Street along the Hudson River. It was begun in 1874 to a design by Frederick Law Olmsted and expanded in 1934-37.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the park is a significant landscape design by Olmsted and Vaux, distinctive for turning a steep, narrow riverside strip into a park with levels for driving, walking, and active recreation. It also reflects City Beautiful monuments and the 1930s Robert Moses expansion that added 132 acres down to the river. It was also a major spur to development on the Upper West Side.","narrative":"Riverside Park and Riverside Drive form a long, narrow park and curving roadway on Manhattan's Upper West Side, stretching from 72nd Street to roughly 129th Street beside the Hudson River. The land is arranged in levels: a tree-lined drive at the top, a steep planted hillside with winding paths, a plateau built when the railroad tracks were roofed over in the 1930s, and filled land at the river holding the marina, ballfields and the Henry Hudson Parkway. Frederick Law Olmsted's design, begun in 1874, made a usable park from a difficult slope, and later work under Robert Moses added 132 acres. Monuments such as Grant's Tomb and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument reflect the City Beautiful era, along with several memorials and statues. Eight playgrounds and other recreation facilities serve the area. The park and drive also encouraged residential development along the west side of Manhattan.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Frederick Law Olmsted/Calvert Vaux, Robert Moses, Gilmore D. Clarke, Clinton Lloyd","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, occupied, publicly owned and open to the public; altered, with two later intrusions (a 1960s playground building and Columbia University tennis courts).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.32045-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001743.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001743/047d34716f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001743/047d34716f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Momos","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riverside_Park_03.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Momos</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riverside_Park_03.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319864","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Park_(Manhattan)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1339602"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/riverside-park-and-drive-83001743/"}