Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.7.2, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Animating Central Park A multispecies history of Central Park ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Hello world!](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/2024/07/15/hello-world/) - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! ## Pages - [Home](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/) - Animating Central Park: A Multispecies History Complicated oases Imagine yourself visiting an urban park -- maybe New York City’s Central Park, Washington, DC’s Rock Creek Park, or Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park. Most of us enjoy urban parks as havens from the pavement, crowds, and noisy bustle of the blocks beyond. The point of going to the - [Book](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/book/) - Book Animating Central Park is available now from University of Washington Press! Check out the UW Press blog for more on Animating Central Park. If you're in Baltimore, you can join me in a conversation about the book January 21 at Red Emma's. - [Explore](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/explore/) - Explore Central Park Explore by Theme Before The Park City Farmland Introducing Birds Migrants and Natives Urban Waters From Wild to Menagerie Explore the Map - [Introducing Birds](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/introducing-birds/) - Introducing Birds Park leaders and some naturalists were eager to “animate” Central Park - to use animals to make the landscape lively and appealing to city-dwellers, and sometimes to control insects. Donors worked with park leaders to introduce birds associated with storied landscapes abroad. Central Park supporters believed the park would help elevate New York’s - [Migrants and Natives](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/migrants-and-natives/) - Migrants and Natives Park leaders and naturalists worried that native birds were too timid and vulnerable to survive in city spaces. But North American resident and migrant birds (who arrived via flyways between distant wintering and breeding spaces) found abundant habitats in the park, inspiring generations of bird-lovers. Part of the reason Conklin, Schieffelin, and - [From Wild To Menagerie](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/wild-to-menagerie/) - From Wild To Menagerie As in other urban parks, patrons donated animals to be displayed in cages in Central Park. Donated animals came from near and far, connecting the park to ecosystems undergoing rapid change due in part to the activities of companies connected financially with New York City. Architects Olmsted and Vaux neither planned - [City Farmland](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/city-farmland/) - City Farmland In the 1850s and 60s, public health regulations and New York’s development restricted urban livestock agriculture. Meanwhile, officials introduced sheep into the park to represent iconic farming landscapes. New lambs' purebred pedigrees traced back to the origins of the Southdown breed in Southeastern England. English sheep for an urban American park Gentlemen farmers - [Urban Waters](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/urban-waters/) - Urban Waters Architects and workers created new water bodies in the park that officials, donors, and visitors stocked with fish. Amid the park’s first several decades, development buried and paved over many of Manhattan’s historic waterways. New Yorkers who still wanted to fish increasingly found recreation, food, and connection to nature in the park's waters. - [About](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/about/) - About Dawn Biehler is author of the forthcoming book Animating Central Park: A Multispecies History, to be released in late 2024 from University of Washington Press. She is also author of Pests in the City: Flies, Bedbugs, Cockroaches, and Rats, also from University of Washington Press. Originally from upstate New York, she lives in - [Before the Park](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/before-the-park/) - Before the Park Long before Central Park was created, the movement of humans and animals shaped Manhattan’s landscapes. The park’s creation displaced some human-animal relationships to the edges of the island. Settled by Eastern Woodland people long before the Dutch and the English built New Amsterdam and New York, this island was known as Mannahatta, ## Posts - [Attribution](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/attribution/) - This site has been created with the help of many different people and companies.This site was built on a powerful, Inspirations based web builder called BoldGrid. It is running on WordPress, the most popular content management software online today. Web hosting support is provided by DreamHost. Additional functionality provided by: WP Canvas - Gallery ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://www.animatingcentralpark.net/category/uncategorized/)