The Frick Collection, Paths and Planted Areas RP/1/14/15/7

A dyeline copy of a design dated 10 August 1976, marked 'Frick Collection, Disposition paths & planted area, scale 1/4" = 1 foot.’ The design of this plan is close to RP/1/14/15/4 and RP/1/14/15/6, although it would appear that the fountain jets in the north wall have been removed. A note on the plan indicates that Page was considering enlarging the planting area in the north-east corner by six inches which would mean reducing the lawn by the same amount.

One of Russell Page’s few public commissions, his design for the 70th Street garden at The Frick Collection, a museum close to Central Park in Manhattan’s East Side, is an excellent example of his ability to develop his plan around the particularities of the site. Constructed in 1977, it still survives to this day. Its popularity was made evident in 2015 when public protests successfully halted plans to demolish it.