The Park and the People: A History of Central Park

Roy Rosenzweig, Roy Rosensweig. Henry Holt & Company, $19.95 (623pp) ISBN 978-0-8050-3242-0

An outstanding study of Manhattan's Central Park from its 19th-century designers to its current beneficiaries. (Apr.)

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