Elizabeth Barlow Rogers

For other people named Elizabeth Rogers, see Elizabeth Rogers (disambiguation).

Elizabeth Barlow Rogers (born 1936) is an American environmentalist, landscape preservationist, author of numerous books and essays, and a former park administrator. Her most notable achievement was her role in the revitalization of New York City's Central Park in the 1980s and 1990s.[1][2] In 1980, Rogers helped found the Central Park Conservancy, a not-for-profit corporation formed to organize private sector support for the restoration and renewed management of the park. She served as the Conservancy's first president from its founding until 1995.[3]

  1. ^ Bruce Weinstein. "How Humility Brought The Greatest Park In The World Back From The Dead". Forbes. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Ben McLannahan (June 5, 2015). "Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, the saviour of New York's Central Park". Financial Times. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Phillip Lopate (April 2016). "Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, Central Park's Unyielding Protector, As the scholar, activist, and first administrator of Central Park publishes her latest book, Green Metropolis, Phillip Lopate follows her elegant trail". Vanity Fair. Retrieved February 2, 2020.