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Brutal Cold Once Again Turns Bryant Park Fountain Into a Beautiful Ice Sculpture

by Matt Coneybeare

on Feb. 15, 2016 at 11:02 AM

at 11:02 AM on February 15, 2016

In the middle of the City Hall Park stands a delightful fountain designed in 1871 by Jacob Wrey Mould, who helped to lay out Central Park. It is beautifully decorated for the holidays...
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Monday, December 28th, 2015: Good Morning!

by Matt Coneybeare

on Dec. 28, 2015 at 10:27 AM

at 10:27 AM on December 28, 2015

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

on May. 6, 2015 at 7:30 AM

at 7:30 AM on May 6, 2015

New York frozen in "mid-play" http://t.co/3HOUZHnRWT

Even Bill Nye the Science Guy Can't Resist Selfie With the Completely Frozen Bryant Park Fountain

by Matt Coneybeare

on Feb. 16, 2015 at 2:46 PM

at 2:46 PM on February 16, 2015

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