Monument Site Locations Fort Tryon Park
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Monument Site Locations Fort Tryon Park Straus Park Thomas Jeerson Park Central Park Sutton Place Park Parsons SCE Cooper Square The Armillary Sphere This armillary sphere, an astronomical Start model with rings showing the relationships 25 E 13th St among the principal celestial circles was Walk to installed in 1971. The ensemble was 14 St - Union Sq designed by the firm of Butter, Levine and Blumberg and the sculptor, Albert Stewart. Enter Subway The pedestal is of cast stone and the main 6 train towards Parkchester component, fabricated by Kenneth Lynch Get off at and Sons, depicts figures from the zodiac 51 St (5 stops) on a spherical armature of bronze. Walk to Walk to Sutton Pl S at corner of 54th st. and 1st Ave. The Armillary Sphere Tomorrow’s Wind The Armillary Sphere New Jersey-based African American sculptor Start Melvin Edwards (b. 1937) created this abstract 25 E 13th St welded steel piece. The polished disk and Walk to crescent-like shape are indicative of the 14 St - Union Sq sculptor’s large-scale public art pieces, which tend to feature immense shapes that conjure Enter Subway up images from the natural world. Edwards Take 6 train towards Pelham Bay Park designed the polished disk to be tilted so it can Get off at reflect sunlight as the sun moves across the sky 110 St (12 stops) during the day. Walk to Center of Thomas Jefferson Park at the corner of 112th St. and 1st Ave. Tomorrow’s Wind No.11 Perspectives Sculptor: Cheri Tredanari Start Materials: Steel and concrete 25 E 13th St Cast: ca. 1983 Walk to the 7th Ave and 14th St 1,2,3 Station Enter Subway Take the UPTOWN 1 Train Get off at 103rd St Walk to North to the North Median of Broadway and 106th St. No.11 Perspectives Obelisk The oldest man-made object in Central Start Park is this Obelisk, located directly 25 E 13th St behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Walk to Nicknamed Cleopatra’s Needle soon after 14th St Union Square its installation, the stone shaft has nothing to do with the legendary Queen of the Nile. Enter Subway Thutmosis III, an Egyptian pharaoh who Take the UPTOWN 4,5,6 Train ruled from 1479-1425 B.C., had a pair of obelisks made to celebrate his third jubilee Get off (30th year of reign). This is one of them, at 86th St and the other stands on the bank of the Thames River in London. Walk to the corner of 85th st and 5th ave. enter parks and follow path left No.11 Perspectives Obelisk Arthur Brisbane This monumental pink granite tablet, Start inserted into Central Park’s perimeter wall 25 E 13th St along Fifth Avenue at 101st Street, honors Walk to journalist and newspaper executive Arthur 14th St Union Square Brisbane (1864-1936). The monument was dedicated in 1939 and designed by Enter Subway the architectural firm of Shreve, Lamb and Take the UPTOWN 6 Train Harmon. It includes a granite seat and Get off shaft adjacent to the marker. at 103rd St Walk to the corner of 102nd st and 5th ave. enter park and follow path left Arthur Brisbane Tomorrow’s Wind Alamo Sculptor: Tony Rosenthal Walk Fabricator: Donald Lippincott East on 13th Street. Cast: ca. 1967 Turn Right onto 4th Ave. Turn Right onto Astor Place. Arthur Brisbane Alamo Waldo Hutchins Bench Though there are many benches in Start Central Park, few are as special as 25 E 13th St this elaborate exedra (curved outdoor Walk to bench) overlooking Conservatory 14 St - Union Sq Water, which honors public servant Waldo Hutchins (1822–1891).This Enter Subway monument to Hutchins was erected Take UPTOWN 6 train in 1932, a gift of August S. Hutchins. Get off at The sundial component was designed 68th St (11 stops) by Albert Stewart, and famed sculptor Paul Manship is credited with the small Walk to bronze figure at its center. Corner of 69th St and 5th Ave and follow park path right. Waldo Hutchins Bench Transit directions to Fort Tryon Park 25 E 13th St New York, NY 10003 Walk to Union Sq - 14 St Fort Tryon Park Fort Tryon Park Union Sq - 14 St L Train towards 8 Av Transit directions to Fort Tryon Park Get o at: 8 Av 25 E 13th St Walk to 14 St New York, NY 10003 Walk to Union Sq - 14 St Fort TryonTransfer Park at: 14 St Fort Tryon Park Flag Sta Columnade A Train towards Inwood - 207 St Union Sq - 14 St L Train towards 8 Av Get o at: 190 St Get o at: 8 Av Walk to Fort Tryon Park Walk to 14 St Transfer at: 14 St Flag Sta Columnade A Train towards Inwood - 207 St Get o at: 190 St Walk to Fort Tryon Park Parsons SCE Parsons SCE Located in historic Fort Tryon Park in a Start wooded thicket east of Cabrini Drive, this 25 E 13th St sculpture is decidedly contemporary in Walk to both form and materials. Made of industrial 16 St and 8th Ave supplies, Columnade was fabricated by Kenvil Newcrete Products and installed in Enter Subway the park in January and February of 1973. Take Uptown A train towards Inwood The abstract artwork by Eduardo Ramirez Get off at consists of two rows of linear, castconcrete 190th St (9 stops) columns that link in a continuous serpentine form. The sculpture commission was Walk to initiated in 1972 through Mayor John V. Margaret Corbin Dr. and follow path Lindsay’s (1921-2000) Neighborhood Action to Columnade on righthand side Program in cooperation with the Washington Waldo Hutchins HeightsMarble Hill community organization. Bench Columnade.