Month: May 2022

Part 2(c) continued- The Concert Grove House and Pavilion

May 26, 2022

With the designs for the Concert Grove House completed in 1872, Calvert Vaux then turned his attention to designing the open-air pavilion. Vaux had long admired architecture and design stemming from southern Spain, North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean as well as Turkey and India. For the pavilion, he primarily combined the concept of a … More Part 2(c) continued- The Concert Grove House and Pavilion

Part 2(c) – The Concert Grove House and Pavilion

May 5, 2022

When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux were laying out the Concert Grove in 1869-70, they intended for an open-air shelter with outdoor seating in front of a “Building for Attendants, Water Closets, etc.” which was to have restrooms, coat rooms and a coffee shop. The size and scope of this building was soon expanded … More Part 2(c) – The Concert Grove House and Pavilion