Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - E mepere ogige mbụ dị na saịtị ahụ na 1847 ma kpọọ ya Reservoir Square n'ihi ịdị nso ya na Croton Distributing Reservoir. Ebe a na-akpọ Reservoir Square nwere Ụlọ Nkume Crystal nke dị na New York, bụ́ ebe e mere Ngosi Ihe Nkà nke Mba Nile
n'afọ 1853 ma gbaa ya ọkụ n'afọ 1858. A gbanwere aha ogige ahụ na 1884 maka onye na-agbachitere ịgba ohu na onye nta akụkọ William Cullen Bryant. E bibiri ọdọ mmiri ahụ na 1900 ma wuo alaka ụlọ ọrụ New York Public Library n'ebe ahụ, na-emeghe na 1911. E wughachiri Bryant Park n'afọ 1933 ruo 1934 site na atụmatụ Lusby Simpson. Mgbe oge nke ọdịda gasịrị, ụlọ ọrụ ndị na-ahụ maka ụlọ ọrụ &lt;a href="OLIN"&gt;Hanna/Olin Ltd.&lt;/a&gt; na Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates weghachiri ya na 1988<unk>1992, bụ nke e wughachiri ogige ahụ ma wuo ụlọ akwụkwọ n'okpuru ya. E mereziwanye ihe n'ọgwụgwụ narị afọ nke 20 na mmalite narị afọ nke 21.