Playmates Arch: C65

[Constructed 1863]
Designers: Calvert Vaux 1824-1895
& Jacob Wrey Mould 1825-1886 • England

Architectural Highlights
Dimensions: Length - 17 feet 8 inches:
Height - 9 feet 11 inches.
Passageway: Length - 66 feet.
Revetment (surface): Philadelphia pressed
brick and Milwaukee yellow brick-belt
coursing and granite trim.

As musical tunes play from the Central Park
Friedsam Carousel, the aptly named
Playmates Arch stands nearby.
Playmates Arch is a stone and brick
masonry structure that spans over a
walkway between the Carousel and the
Dairy on its eastern side. It also carries
Center Drive from above its passageway.



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