Wednesday, May 15, 2013

A Shubert Alley Broadway Wedding

Shubert Alley is between West 45 and West 46th Street is a narrow 300-foot (91 m) long pedestrian alley at the heart of the Broadway Theatre District in  New York City.   The alley has been considered the geographical center of "Broadway" It links West 44th street to West 45 Street  It contains approximately 6,400 square feet (590 m2) of public space.










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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

A Central Park Wedding By The Alice in Wonderland Statues

Located just north of the Conservation Water   at East 74th Street, Alice in Wonderland stands eleven feet tall in bronze. The sculpture was constructed in

1959 by  José de Creeft . Atypical of most sculptures, children are invited to climb, touch and crawl all over Alice and her friends. In fact, through the decades thousands of hands and feet have literally polished parts of the statue’s surface smooth. The\centerpiece of the work is Alice, who's face is Creeft’s daughter. She  is pictured sitting on a giant mushroom reaching toward a pocket watch held by the White Rabbit. Peering over her shoulder is the Cheshire Cat, surrounded by the Dormouse, Alice's cat Dinah, and the Mad Hatter -- a caricature of George Delacorte. 
 Located just north of the Conservation Water  at East 74th Street.


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A Central Park Wedding At The Carousel


The Carousel ride has been very popular since 1871 when the original attraction opened.
$3 USD for a 3 and a half minute ride (cash only)  Open daily April–November, 10:00am-6:00pm, weather permitting Open weekends November-April 10:00am-4:30pm, weather permitting
Carousel Location: Mid-Park at 64th Street



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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Central Park Horse-Drawn Carriages


Horse-Drawn Carriages are a wonderful way to experience your Wedding. They can be found all year round lined up along Central Park South between 5th and 6th Avenues. 
Pre-Arranged Rides : To ensure that a carriage is available when you want it, visitors can arrange for their ride in advance by making a reservation.
 Rides are priced according to length, and they range from 45 minutes to 1.5 hours. This service, although providing a similar experience to the standard walk-up ride, includes additional sites and a booking fee.
 A pre-arranged 45 minutes ride is $100 per carriage for 45  minutes.
Add-ons such as ride length, photography, flowers, special pick-up and drop-off locations can be arranged. 


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A Central Park Wedding By The Pool


With its grassy banks, weeping willows and rushing waterfall, the Pool is one of the most charming spots in the Park.
Central Park’s designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, constructed the Pool by damming up a natural stream that was known as Montayne’s Rivulet. They sent the water along a northeastward course to form both the Loch and the Harlem Meer.
Today, the water that gushes out of a grotto on the Pool’s southern shoreline is in actuality New York City drinking water that comes from a pipe hidden by the rocks. 

Many species of birds, fish and amphibians can be seen at the Pool.
In 2003, the Central Park Conservancy completed a restoration of the Pool, protecting it as a healthy environment for wildlife and a picturesque landscape for Park visitors.
The water body was dredged of sediment. New aquatic plantings were added, and the Conservancy’s artisans crafted rustic benches and the Park’s most elegant wooden bridge 
that overlooks the Glen Span waterfall

Between West 101st & 102nd street - North Lawn of pool (10-15ppl)
South Lawn of Pool ( 20-25ppl) 

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A Central Park Wedding At The Swedish Cottage


The Swedish Cottage, was placed in Central Park in 1877 at the suggestion of Frederick Law Olmsted. 

Constructed in Sweden of native pine and cedar, the model schoolhouse was dismantled, packed in crates, and shipped across the Atlantic, then re-erected by Swedish craftsmen on the Exposition grounds. Furnished with desks and chalkboards, and staffed by Swedish teachers, the popular pavilion welcomed many visitors.
 


Today the Swedish Cottage is  the home of the Marionette Theatre In a show of patriotism, both Swedish and American flags fly from the what was once a traditional schoolhouse.

In addition to hosting marionette performances, which are often attended by classes throughout the school year, the Cottage is also available for children's birthday parties.

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A Central Park Wedding ByThe Conservatory Water - Central Park Model Yacht Club











Central Park's  Conservatory Water
 is a ornament pond inspired by the model boat ponds in Paris. 

The Yacht Club at Central Park is comprised of boat owners with single class specifications. The club races the  International 1 meters 


The Conservancy Water located below 5th Ave between 72nd and 76th.


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A Central Park Wedding On The Great Hill

     
The Great Hill is an open hilltop meadow with picnic tables, a three-quarter mile soft surface oval path (good for a jog), and green grass under stately American elms.
Olmsted and Vaux designed the Great Hill as a carriage concourse where passengers could enjoy commanding views of the Hudson River and the Palisades, but with the passing of time and the growing of trees, the view slowly disappeared. In the 1940s and 1950s, the Great Hill was turned into a recreation area with bocce, tennis and volleyball courts and horseshoe pits, but by the 1980s, it was an abandoned and dilapidated ruin. The restoration of the landscape in 1993 as a place for community leisure finally gave the Great Hill the contemporary identity it needed.
Now, the Great Hill is the site of family and church picnics, frisbee games, running or race walking on the oval track, musical concerts, film screenings and a popular series of free multicultural performances and art workshops for families.
 Great Hill (100 ppl.) – W. 103rd


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Cheat Sheet for Small Events/Weddings in Central Park

Couples need to  apply for a Special Events permit if they have 20 or more people with the Manhattan Borough Office.
It takes 30 days to process your permit.

No Balloons get caught up in trees and they are not good for the environment.

Allow two small folding chairs and folding card table. The public must be able to have access to the park.

Absolutely any vehicles on Park land. Petty cabs are allowed to drop off at Cherry Hill Only 

No amplified sound 

No Staking in the ground – cost effective.... to fix all the holes from the staking. No Alcohol – 

Clean up – The Park should be in the same condition before the event.Suggested Locations for Weddings in Central Park

LOCATIONS

Cop Cot (Gazebo, 10-30 ppl.) – 60th Street, close to CPS – center of park)

Ladies Pavilion (Gazebo, 10 – 20 ppl.) – 72nd & West Drive 

Wagner Cove (Gazebo, 10 – 20 ppl.) – 72nd, west of Cherry Hill at the edge of lake

Cherry Hill (100 ppl.) – off of 72nd Street Tranverse, a little east of West Drive

Harlem Meer (100 ppl.) – 110th Street & Adam Clayton Powell 

Shakespeare Garden (10 – 20 ppl.) – Quiet zone, no music – 79th & West Drive 

Bethesda Terrace / Bethesda Fountain – (25 ppl) - off of 72nd Street Tranverse; center of Park Cedar Hill (50 ppl.) – 77th & 79th Eastside of park 

Great Hill (100 ppl.) – W. 103rd 

Gapstow Bridge – (10 ppl) 59th Street Pond, off of CPW & 5th Avenue 

Belvedere Plaza (20 ppl

Bow Bridge (15 ppl)

The Pool – Between West 101st & 102nd street - North Lawn of pool (10-15ppl)
South Lawn of Pool ( 20-25ppl) 

 Swedish Cottage 

Central Park Modle Yacht Club (20 ppl)

The Conservatory Garden Reservations and  Additional Fees Apply(No alcohol, set-up, tables, chairs, amplified sound, soliciting, staking to the ground, no vehicles). 

*Areas Never to Permit:
Sheep’s Meadow Great Lawn (only ballfield permits are given out)
 Playgrounds (permit lawn outside of playground only)
 East Green Belvedere Castle


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Friday, May 10, 2013

The Greensward Circle - The Central Park Conservancy’s Jr. Committee - A Evening in the Garden

Nancy Swiezy Events Is Proud To Be The Official Floral Sponsor  For 


The Greensward Circle, the Central Park Conservancy’s junior Committee.
Join us for the 8th annual summer benefit, Evening in the Garden.
This social calendar staple takes places in one of New York’s most exclusive garden venue.
The Conservatory Garden
(Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and East 105th Street)
Wednesday, June 26
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm 
Attendees enjoy two hours of great food, cocktails, and live music on the garden’s pergola beneath a canopy of wisteria and overlooking 6-acres of gorgeous foundations, blooms, and lush landscapes.
This event is mainly attended by New York’s socially active young professionals between the ages of 21 and 39.

Tickets are $75 in advance and $100 at the door. Get your tickets today!

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Wedding Trends: What's Going Big, What's Going Small

The Reception
"Small, glamorous, restaurant weddings are in. I'm doing one this fall. They are inviting all the friends to an after-party to meet 'Mr. and Mrs.' for the first time! I coached my couple to say it in a separate invite/postcard.
This couple will be hosting the event by picking up the drinks as well."
 -- Nancy Swiezy, Nancy Swiezy Events, New York


Thanks Lisa Hurley!

Monday, May 6, 2013

A Central Park Wedding At The Bethesda Fountain


Rising from Bethesda Terrace is Bethesda Fountain, with the famous Angel of the Waters statue atop. The statue references the Gospel of John, which describes an angel blessing the Pool of Bethesda and giving it healing powers.  The angel carries a lily in her left hand -- a symbol of the water's purity,  



The piece is the only statue that was commissioned for the Park. Created by Emma Stebbins, the first  woman received a public art commission in the City of New York.


Bethesda Terrace / Bethesda Fountain Up to 25 Guests - off of 72nd Street Tranverse; Center of Park


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A Central Park Wedding In The Shakespeare Garden

 Shakespeare Garden is a charming four-acre landscape named for the famed English poet and playwright. The garden is bursting with flowers mentioned in his poems and plays.
But the garden wasn’t an original feature of Central Park. It was first conceived in the 1880’s when park commissioner George Clausen asked the Park’s entomologist to create a garden adjacent to the nature study center in the Swedish Cottage. In 1913, Commissioner Gaynor dedicated it officially to the works of Shakespeare.
 In 1987, the Central Park Conservancy restored and expanded the garden, repaving pathways and installing rustic wooden benches and bronze plaques with quotations from the Bard’s masterpieces.
Shakespeare Garden  Up to 20 Guests Quiet zone, no music – 79th & West Drive
Photo by
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A Central Park Wedding At The Harlem Meer


The northern end of the park was the last to be constructed as the blocks from 106th to 110th Sts. were the last to be purchased. Nestled up in the north east corner is the Harlem Meer, at 11 acres the second largest manmade body of water inside the park and, since its renovation during the mid-nineties, considered to be one of the loveliest.
 Surrounding the Meer are some of the Park’s most impressive trees: oak, bald cypress, beech, and ginkgo (some of which are considered heritage trees which were probably there before the park was built.)
Meer is a Dutch word meaning lake and is a nod to the original Dutch roots of the name Harlem.   What was once a swamp was now the lovely Harlem Meer, to which was added the naturally beautiful waterfall at the end of the Ravine.
Harlem Meer Up to 100 Guests – 110th Street & Adam Clayton Powell

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A Central Park Wedding At Cherry Hill



A gentle slope overlooking the Lake with views to the Ramble, Cherry Hill offers a contemplative space perfect for picnicking, reading and sunbathing.
Named for the cherry trees that bloom across its landscape in the spring, Cherry Hill was originally intended as a scenic turnaround featuring a decorative watering trough for horse-drawn carriages. Its central ornamental displays a decorative finial and frosted glass lighting globes. It was designed by architect Jacob Wrey Mould, the same designer of the carvings and Minton tile ceiling at Bethesda Terrace.




Cherry Hill Up To 100 Guests – off of 72nd Street Tranverse, a little east of West Drive


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A Central Park Wedding At The Cop Cot Gazebo


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Cop Cot , Scottish for "little house on the crest of the hill" is Central Park's largest wooden rustic structure. Perched atop a large outcrop at the Sixth Avenue entrance to the Park, Cop Cot overlooks the Pond
Cop Cot Gazebo, 10-30 Guests 
60th Street, close to CPS – center of park





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A Central Park Wedding In The Ladies Pavilion Gazebo


With its gray slate roof and charming cast-iron details, Ladies Pavilion is an important example of 19th century American decorative arts. Architect Jacob Wrey Mould designed the ornate Victorian pavilion in 1871 as a shelter for trolley passengers.  It originally sat near the Park’s Eighth Avenue and 59th Street entrance.  When construction began on the Maine Monument in 1912, the pavilion was relocated inside the Park..   
Ladies Pavilion Gazebo up to 20  guests   Entrance  – 72nd & West Drive






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A Central Park Wedding At The Bow Bridge


This handsomely designed cast-iron bridge measures a total of 87 feet and spans across 60 feet of the Lake, linking the flowering landscape of Cherry Hill with the sprawling woodland of the Ramble. 
The first cast-iron bridge in the Park (and the second oldest in America), the bridge is named for its graceful shape -reminiscent of the bow of an archer or violinist.
 Today, Bow Bridge is quite possibly New York’s most romantic setting for lovers — and certainly a muse for photographers. 

Rising from the bridge are eight cast-iron urns, installed by the Central Park Conservancy in 2008 as replicas of the originals that had disappeared by the early 1920s. Almost a century later, the Board of Directors of the Women’s Committee of the Central Park Conservancy took up the challenge to restore the urns. A skilled team of Conservancy craftsmen used historic images and took cues from an urn thought to be an exact model of those that originally adorned the Bridge.  
The Bow Bridge 15 Guests or less.

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