Bow Bridge Central park

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Bow Bridge Central Park

The Bow Bridge in Central Park is perhaps one of the most well known bridges in the park and has been featured in many TV shows and movies including Manhattan, The Way We Were and Keeping the Faith. and in this post I will share a few shots of it, starting with a shot many take of it with the almost mirror-like reflections on a calm day.

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Bow Bridge is 87 feet long and crosses over a water feature called The Lake, the bridge is made of cast iron and designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, the walkway on the bridge is made of ipe, a South American hardwood that turns a rich deep red when wet.

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And interesting bit of info about the bridge and the urns you can see in the previous shot, in 2008, eight three and a half foot tall planting urns were returned to the Bridge through historic reconstruction almost 80 years after the original ones went missing.

Another side on shot of the Bridge

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