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Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:55:04 -0500

Sharp-eyed viewers will recognize a building pictured during previous trips: the Central Park Dairy. It was intended by park designers, Olmstead and Vaux, as a place of refreshment for adults and entertainment of children. The plan to house cows in the basement was scuttled after a problem with tainted milk. Boss Tweed ordered that it become a restaurant concession but Robert Moses ended that and it had to await restoration a few years ago. It's now a tasteful gift shop but still a lovely place.