This web site will take you on a critical tour of the primary landscapes as they were originally designed for Central Park, New York City. You'll discover the artifice of this seemingly natural landscape through exploration of both its surface and its depth.

As an extension of the hypertext version of Alan Trachtenberg's The Incorporation of America, this site explores one of the new creations of the culture of mass production. Along with advertisements and department stores, Central Park emerged as an instructive landscape of desire and another mystery of the great city.