Prospect Park's colorful Concert Grove Pavilion with star-shaped stained-glass skylight reopens
Photos by Paul Martinka for the Prospect Park Alliance After being closed to the public for nearly seven years, the historic Concert Grove Pavilion in Prospect Park reopened this week following a restoration. Designed in 1874 by Calvert Vaux, who co-designed the Brooklyn park with Frederick Law Olmsted, the stunning structure features colorfully painted wood ceilings and iron columns, ornate wooden trim, and a star-patterned stained-glass dome. The 19th-century pavilion draws on “Hindu, Chinese, Moorish, and Egyptian motifs”, a popular design trend at the time, according to the Prospect ...
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