This theater was originally constructed as a model schoolhouse for Sweden's contribution to the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. In 1877, Frederick Law Olmsted moved the Cottage to its present site in Central Park. In 1947, it became the headquarters of Parks' Traveling Marionette Theatre, and in 1973, it was remodeled to include a permanent stage. Since then this small wooden lodge has hosted daily marionette shows that bring fairy tales alive for enchanted audiences.

Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre

It's my Park is the show that takes viewers on a tour of the 29,000 acres that make up the 1,700 parks in New York City.

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The Boardwalk on Staten Island reopens after carpenters repair damage from Hurricane Sandy.

Under the Boardwalk

The sculpture exhibition "Lightness of Being" is on view in City Hall Park through December.

Art in City Hall Park

NYC Parks partnered with local community organizations and City agencies to paint jersey barriers that were placed on Shore Front Parkway from Beach 74th to Beach 107th Streets to protect pedestrians and bicyclists in the absence of the Rockaway boardwalk, which was significantly damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

The Longest Mural

The first phase of the sand replacement project at Rockaway Beach has begun.

Pumped in the Rockaways

Ghanim Khalil, an Urban Park Ranger with NYC Parks in Willowbrook Park, Staten Island, explains how to identify and avoid poison ivy, aka Toxicodendron radicans.

Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre

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