Rowing in Central Park’s lake and gathering on Bethesda Terrace appear to have been as popular 100 years ago as they are today.
The fountain, unveiled in 1873, is topped by a sculpture called “Angel of the Waters,” by Emma Stebbins. She was the first woman commissioned to create art in a city park.
Tags: Angel of the Waters, Bethesda Fountain, Bethesda Terrace, central park, Central Park lake, Emma Stebbins
Ephemeral New York 
May 6, 2009 at 11:23 am |
I remember back during the hippie 1960s when the area was filled with thousands of strollers, pot smokers, and couples, who just met, making love so casually that it was the common thing to do. As boats commonly changed hands without spending a dime, each one taking it for a boating trip around the lake and dropping it wherever they pleased as another took command and set off again. I had dozens of boat rides there and even a few times made love in the bushes…ahh, those were the days…
May 6, 2009 at 12:32 pm |
Funny, I would have said, fucked in the bushes! To me, making love needs a comfortable bed! My Central Park fucking was right in the middle of the grassy part, just before the Harmonic Convergence in 1987.
My memory of the fountain is being there with two little kids, both splashing about, both happy to be out with Mom and Dad. Mid to late 60’s. Yes, those were the days.
But boy, I sure wouldn’t trade them for today. Even though those kids are all grown up — well, maybe I should say, thank god those kids are all grown up, and I can look back with a smile for that moment, and continue on with the current project.
Keep posting those great pix.
May 6, 2009 at 7:06 pm |
Doing on a bed is certainly okay but sometimes you have to do it in the forest and ask: “did she run off naked in the night, pursued by someone equally naked, like satyrs and nymphs gadding about in forests and woods, free and uncaring of who saw or condemned or even joined in?”
from my ‘Baby Doll’ chapbook
May 8, 2009 at 11:28 am |
it gets much more crowded than pictured above, these days.
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