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New York Architecture Images- Midtown
Paley Park
Zion and Breen
5 East 53rd Street, just east of Fifth Avenue
1967
International Style II
Brick, stone
Park
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Located within Midtown's cultural district and surrounded by high-rises, th
welcome respite from the sights and sounds of urban living.
Why It Works
A small vest pocket park in midtown Manhattan, the park was developed
person who paid for it, William Paley, former Chairman of CBS. Mr. Paley
planning the park from its conception to the selection of just the right hot (
reasonable price). Featured in William H. Whyte's film City Places, City S,
several reasons.
For one, it is located directly on the street so that people are attracted to I
reasonably priced food, as well as moveable chairs and tables that let pel
control over where they sit. A waterfall provides a dramatic focal point an(
noise blocks out the sounds of the city and creates a sense of quiet and F
the summer from the trees, though they allow a beautiful dappled light to
People that PPS interviewed in the park said that they liked it because the
and it gave them a quiet, restful feeling. In reality, Paley Park is a quite hf
chairs allow people the freedom to sit where they choose. It is also very n
from the waterfall.
History 8 Background
Completed in 1967, Paley Park is celebrated as one of the smallest mane
example of a successful privately owned public space. The design for thiE
by Zion and Breene Associates for the William S. Paley Foundation, prove
serve both a popular meeting ground and a place for relaxation and calm.
the sidewalk blends with the park allowing for easy access from passer-b.
waterfall, running at 1800 gallons per minute, creates a backdrop of soun
away.
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The walls are covered with dense, green ivy and 17 honey locust trees pr
park's wire mesh chairs and tables help to make it a popular luncheon spi
relation with the street. Low and inviting steps and trees that canopy the
to stroll through the park on impulse.
Contact Info:
William S. Paley Foundation, Inc: 1 East 53rd Street, #1400, New York, I\
http://www.pps.org/gps/one?public_place_id=69
Felice Frankel and Jory Johnson. Modern Landscape Architecture: Redet
Abbeville Publishers, 1991. ISBN 1-55859-023-4. SB470.53.J64 1991. di:
plan drawing, p192.
Lawrence A. Martin, University of Oregon. Slide from photographer's coil(
PCD.3235.1012.0545.090. PCD.3235.1012.0545.084.
Walter F. Wagner Jr., ed. "In Midtown Manhattan a Small Park Located VI
Record. August 1967. Vol 142 Number 9. p117. drawing of plan, p117. dr
I ate two chili dogs in Paley Park for lunch last Friday. The concessionairE
wonderfully quirky ("I don't have any sauerkraut"). The park was nicely cn
conversation was isolated from the next. My favorite activity was to sit an(
as they slowed down to gape inside, stop, double -take, keep walking, as
playing hookey, and the passerby was tempted to join us, but then thougt
made both of our days better.
- Andy Wiley Schwartz (08/26/02 02:57 PM EST)
Paley Park spawned a number of other similar spaces in New York, also
but Paley stands apart. Its subtle difference --not mentioned in the text ab(
elevation above the street, so one enters an outdoor room. One ascends
removed from the urban din. Paley is really an ingenius space.
- felix pfeifle (11/03/02 11:29 PM EST)
I'm a wheelchair user, and when I went to Paley Park the other day, I cou
there a way to get into the park that I'm not aware of? And if there isn't, w
should be for ALL the public.
- Jean Ryan (11/16/02 04:06 PM EST)
To Jean Ryan: There are ramps on either side of the steps. While I remer
current code would allow for new construction, they seem wide enough ai
the ramps were useless for the wheelchair user.
- felix pfeifle (03/11/03 04:52 PM EST)
Paley Park is a place I go in my head when I need to escape...since I live
surprise presented before me. I will visit it every time I return to NYC! It's
huge impact on me, emotionally and intellectually with regard to the impo
living spaces.
- Katharyne Marcus (07/21/03 03:16 PM EST)
Paley Park's intrigue lies in what Tony Hiss, author of Experience of Placi
something we can talk about, describe, and ultimately give us a reason tc
wall of water is just that element that we all are drawn to and bring us bac
- adam ravestein (11/24/03 12:08 PM EST)
The ramps on either side are totally unsafe and unusable for someone wt
steep. Adding railings would not help. We would not be able to get onto if
over backwards. It's not good to be shut out of such a tranquil oasis. I wai
the park this month because we'll be nearby, but not if I have to be on the
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write to the William S. Paley Foundation, Inc. about access to this park fo
- Jean Ryan (12/05/03 11:53 AM EST)
I got engaged in Paley Park on January 24th 2003. My wedding is July 1 -/
setting and a place my fiance and I continue to go to whenever we want tc
Park will always be my favorite place in NYC the greatest city in the world
- Carol -Ann Grippo (01/15/04 12:14 PM EST)
Up through the early 1980's there was a college prep school on 54th Stre
(Rhodes School - 11 W. 54th). Paley Park was one of the favorite lunch lc
during good weather days. And in early June every year the place would
cramming for final exams while eating hot dogs and other food from the c
place to study for tests (or at least pretend we were studing for tests!).
- David Marlowe (07/06/04 02:42 PM EST)
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