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Sheep Meadow is a 15-acre (61,000 m2) meadow near the southwestern section of Central Park, between West 66th and 69th Streets in Manhattan, New York City. It is adjacent to Central Park Mall to the east, The Ramble and Lake to the north, West Drive to the west, and Heckscher Playground and Ballfields to the south.
Sheep Meadow was originally designed as a parade ground and incorporated into the Greensward Plan, the original plan for Central Park developed in the 1850s. However, Central Park's designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux opposed the use of the meadow for military purposes, so it was instead converted to a pasture with sheep. Housed in a nearby sheepfold that now contains the Tavern on the Green restaurant, the sheep were removed in 1934.
Sheep Meadow has a long history as a gathering place for large-scale demonstrations and political movements. These have included festivals, rallies, concerts, and protests such as the be-ins of the 1960s. Though sports and gatherings were gradually allowed through the late 19th century, Sheep Meadow saw significant deterioration because of overuse. A regulation prohibiting sports was enacted following a 1980 renovation, and the meadow was restored again in 2000.
73°58′30″W / 40.77194°N 73.97500°W / 40.77194; -73.97500 SheepMeadow is a 15-acre (61,000 m2) meadow near the southwestern section of Central Park, between...
Hallett Nature Sanctuary, the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, and SheepMeadow; amusement attractions such as Wollman Rink, Central Park Carousel, and...
(Willow Books, 2010, ISBN 978-0984621200) The Requited Distance (The SheepMeadow Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1931357913) Mule & Pear (New Issues Poetry & Prose...
infection PML. Dent was the author of Black Milk (SheepMeadow Press, 2005); HIV, Mon Amour (SheepMeadow Press, 1999), which won the 1999 James Laughlin...
Sheep (pl.: sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term sheep can apply to...
Gilson, New York, SheepMeadow Press, 1993 History and Chronicle of the Songbook, trans. S. Sartarelli, New York, The SheepMeadow Press, 1998 Song-book:...
purchased the property in early August 2013 and transformed into a sheep’smeadow with 25 sheep sculptures by Francois Xavier Lalanne. Shvo collaborated with...
graduating in 1978. Her first five books of poems were published by SheepMeadow Press, and are distributed by University Press of New England. Her fifth...
a pair of red-tails built a nest in a tree on the edge of the park's SheepMeadow in 2014 and raised two baby hawks. Reports of further attempts to nest...
submission, but the proposal was rejected as blocking views west towards SheepMeadow. Then Tachau's successful Naumburg Bandshell design was submitted for...
Mersal's work translated into English by Khaled Mattawa, was published by SheepMeadow Press, New York in 2008. One of her poems was selected for inclusion...
American Love of Self-Destruction, Self-Aggrandizement, and Breaking Even. SheepMeadow. p. 33. ISBN 1-878818-31-7. Urick, Brett. "Empty Spaces". Archived from...
translated by Rosmarie Waldrop, Riverdale-on-Hudson, New York, The SheepMeadow Press, 1986. Cf.: "Reachable, near and not lost, there remained in the...
"Barbra Streisand's Free Sing-In Jams SheepMeadow in the Park; Barbra Streisand's, Sing-In Jams SheepMeadow". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved...
park on the east side of the lake dubbed the "Silver Lake Meadow," modeled after the SheepMeadow in New York's Central Park. The reservoir was featured...
and Rosemary were on different paths—"like two ships that passed in SheepMeadow". He returns home to find his parents laughing over their honeymoon recollections...
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