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So, they want the Women's Garden to remain inaccessible in a tangle of busy roads. Got it. Preservationists seem to love being pedantic about the aesthetics of things and miss the real problem - which is that Olmsted's tranquil pleasure drives have become stressful, deadly drag strips that seriously impair the core function of the park, to promote health, rest and relaxation.

It doesn't seem that difficult to shift the whole complex slightly south, though. The south end is kind of an arbitrary cutoff at the south line of 62nd St, but there's a lot more room to the south before you hit 63rd.