Bethesda Terrace and Fountain
Bethesda Terrace and Fountain are two architectural features overlooking the southern shore of the Lake in New York City's Central Park. The fountain, with its Angel of the Waters statue, is located in the center of the terrace.
Bethesda Terrace (back) and Bethesda Fountain with its Angel of the Waters statue
Under construction in 1862
From the same viewpoint in 2008
The Terrace
The Ramble and Lake are two geographic features of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City. Part of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's 1857 Greensward Plan for Central Park, the features are located on the west side of the park between the 66th and 79th Street transverses.
The Lake and the towers of The Beresford as seen from the Ramble
The Gill flows into the Lake
Remnant of the Ladies Pond, which once flowed into the Lake
From Bethesda Fountain. The Lake forms the foreground to The Ramble beyond.