Designed by Fredrick Olmsted in the late 1870’s, Central Park is perhaps the most famous and well-loved park in America. One thousand of Kent Bloomer’s luminaires, designed in cooperation with architect Gerald Allen (in 1982), illuminate Olmsted’s park today, providing a beautiful and functional addition to the landscape. Intended to be fit onto lampposts designed in 1910 by architect Henry Bacon, Bloomer’s light invokes the past, but blends precedents with contemporary influences. The cast-aluminum shell of the luminaire is constructed of elliptical curves adorned with abstracted leaves that follow and twist along the curves. The lantern is crowned with an acorn cap.

The hexafoil luminaires on the Yale University campus are also cast in aluminum. Inspired by the Collegiate Gothic style of the campus buildings, the lights recall gothic tracery with pointed arches. The bold moldings add a modern touch to the lights that complements their historic roots.