"They made the post to be exactly like the original," said Jamie Schroeder, an architectural conservator in the parks agency.

Mr. di Suvero's nonprofit organization will then lease the park at no cost, probably for five years at a time, from the parks agency.

Some were secured by locks for which the parks agency did not even have keys.

The country's parks agency has begun to renovate some of its prime properties, including lodges along the Zambezi River.

The bridegroom's mother is the president of the Cincinnati Park Board, the city's parks agency.

In November, the city sent fliers offering the bridge to nearby government and parks agencies.

The Kensico Dam Plaza is headquarters for a number of other events sponsored by the parks agency.

Now, the parks agency and the local community board have agreed on a compromise that satisfies the agency's concerns for the eagles' well-being.

"By relocating it to another spot, everyone wins," said Bonnie Koeppel, chief of design for the parks agency.

The parks agency is not legally bound to follow advisory reports by the landmarks commission.