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Bow Bridge Named Most Romantic Spot in the Park
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Jen Carlson
Published Feb 8, 2010
Modified Feb 8, 2010
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The Central Park Conservancy asked New Yorkers to pick the most romantic spot in all the park, and today they unveiled the winning location: Bow Bridge. Can't you just hear Johannes Brahms playing right now?
The bridge was given its name because of its resemblance to a violinist's bow... or maybe Cupid's bow? The CPC also notes that it was built in 1862 and designed by Central Park co-designer Calvert Vaux and his assistant Jacob Wrey Mould; it's the second-oldest cast-iron bridge in the United States; it spans sixty feet across the Lake" ... and it's most likely in a lot of engagement photos. In fact, while beautiful, it's sort of cliché, no? The people who find this spot the most romantic are probably the same people who had Monet's "Water Lilies" hanging in their college dorm room. So, leaving the confines of Central Park, where do you think the most romantic spot in Manhattan is?
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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