A Green Place to Be by Ashley Benham Yazdani*

Ms. Yazdani shares how Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted win the design contest for New York City's Central Park and how they carefully oversee the installation of the plants/trees, roadways/pathways, blasting of rocks etc as the park is made into a reality.  Her inclusion of people enjoying the park adds a humor element.
My favorite detail was the bridges.  Two pages display the thirty-four bridges that were initially installed.  In the back Ms. Yazdani includes additional information about Vaux and Olmsted and historical facts about the time period.  She also suggests that the reader try to find gray squirrels and a wedding she included in the illustrations.
I read this aloud to my sons and our hairdresser.  She and I think it would be fun to go to Central Park and walk over/under all of the bridges, maybe take this book along as a pictorial guide!
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.