Viewing NYC Archives: May 06, 2015

No Your City 2: Episode 7 (Curtis Sliwa)

"No Your City" Introduces Curtis Sliwa, Founder of the Guardian Angels

by Matt Coneybeare

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Tristan Eaton — "Big City Dreams"

Tristan Eatons Four Story "Big City Dreams" Mural Unveiled in Little Italy

by Matt Coneybeare

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There is Beauty to be Found in the Bottom of a Park Slope Restaurant's Slop Bucket

by Matt Coneybeare

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NYC - Bryant Park: Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain | Josephine Shaw Lowell Memorial Fountain
Architect Charles A. Platt (1861–1933) designed this elegant black granite ornamental fountain to commemorate social worker and reformer Josephine Shaw Lowell (1843–1905). Shaw, who is said to be the first woman to be honored by a major monument in New York City, was the first female member of the New York State Board of Charities, serving from 1876 to 1889.

The Memorial Committee that worked to build the fountain originally wanted it placed in Corlear’s Hook Park on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, near where Shaw focused her energies. Instead, the fountain, with its 32-foot-wide lower basin and 13-foot-wide upper basin, was ultimately installed at the east side of Bryant Park in 1913. In 1936 the fountain was moved to the west side of the park. The fountain was refurbished as part of an overall restoration of the park by the Bryant Park Restoration Corporation, completed in 1992.

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History of the 1912 Josephine Shaw Lowell Fountain in Bryant Park

by Matt Coneybeare

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Morning Rush

The Intriguing New York City Street Photography of Iryna Fedorovskaya

by Matt Coneybeare

on May. 6, 2015 at 6:49 AM

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