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]

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References

  1. ^ "Mrs. Haupt's Hospital Gift Dedicated". Asbury Park Press. May 14, 1959. p. 17. Retrieved April 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Berner, Nancy; Lowry, Susan (2010). Garden Guide New York City Revised Edition. New York: W. W. Norton. pp. 135–137. ISBN 9780393733075.
  5. ^ "The Rusk Children's PlayGarden for Interactive Therapeutic Play". Johansson Design Collaborative. Archived from the original on September 11, 2004.

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