Enid A. Haupt Glass Garden

Former therapeutic garden in Manhattan, New York

The Enid A. Haupt Glass Garden opened in 1959 as part of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University Medical Center.^[1]^[2]^[3] It provided horticultural therapy for patients, but was also open to the public. It was contained in a 17,000-square-foot (1,600 m²) greenhouse at 34th Street and First Avenue in New York City. The garden was a gift from Enid A. Haupt.

The facility was the first of its kind designed to be fully accessible to wheelchairs and hosted more than 100,000 visitors per year, mostly consisting of patients at the hospital and their families. An outdoor perennial garden opened adjacent to the greenhouse in 1991, which was also made possible by a donation from Enid A. Haupt. A children's garden was added to the facility in 1998.^[4]^[5]

The garden was destroyed by flooding from Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 and was not replaced because it was originally planned to be demolished to make way for construction of the medical center's Kimmel Pavilion, which opened in 2018.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Mrs. Haupt's Hospital Gift Dedicated". Asbury Park Press. May 14, 1959. p. 17. Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Chambers, Nancy K.; Fried, Gwenn; Wichrowski, Matthew (2014). The Glass Garden: A Therapeutic Oasis in New York City. Westport, CT: Arena Books Associates, LLC. ISBN 9780979792267.
^ ^a ^b Gerlach-Spriggs, Nancy; Healy, Vincent J. (Fall 2019). "Rehabilitation and Gardens: The Legacy of Dr. Howard A. Rusk". SiteLINES: A Journal of Place. 15 (1): 15–19. JSTOR 26767361. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
^ Berner, Nancy; Lowry, Susan (2010). Garden Guide New York City Revised Edition. New York: W. W. Norton. pp. 135–137. ISBN 9780393733075.
^ "The Rusk Children's PlayGarden for Interactive Therapeutic Play". Johansson Design Collaborative. Archived from the original on September 11, 2004.

External links

Enid A. Haupt Glass Gardens - official site at Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
Flickr: Enid A. Haupt Glass Garden

East Side of Manhattan (14th–34th Streets, east of Fifth Ave)

Manhattan, New York City

Buildings

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Religion

Calvary Church
Chapel of Free Grace
Church of the Epiphany
Church of Our Lady of the Scapular of Mount Carmel
Church of Our Lady of the Scapular–St. Stephen
Church of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Church of the Transfiguration, Episcopal
Congregation Talmud Torah Adereth El
First Zen Institute of America
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
St. George's Episcopal Church
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Health
Bellevue Hospital New York Eye and Ear Infirmary NYU Langone Medical Center Enid A. Haupt Glass Garden Hassenfeld Children's Hospital New York University Grossman School of Medicine Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

Transportation

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