[Constructed 1861]
Designers: Calvert Vaux 1824-1895 &
Jacob Wrey Mould 1825-1886 • England
Architectural Highlights
Dimensions: Width - 25 feet:
Height - 13 feet 3 inches.
Underpass: Length - 81 feet.
Balustrade (railing): Length - 100 feet:
Parapet (ledge) with posts at the pier
(square stone supports).
Revetment (surface): Alberta sandstone from
the quarry in New Brunswick.
Style: Detailed ashlar (squared building stone)
continued with voussoirs (wedge shaped blocks
forming the arch).
On a daily basis, horse carriages with passengers
parade past the Green Gap Arch from the
East Drive above. From atop the elegant
stone balustrade, is a clear view of the Wollman Rink to the west below while to the
east resides the Central Park Wildlife Center.
The walkway under the Drive is closed off to
pedestrians ever since the reconstruction of
the Wildlife Center occurred in 1988.
