Black History Month Celebration:
New York City Parks Sculptures Honoring the African-American Experience
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Foley
Square Historical Medallions, Negro Burial Ground Designed by CRI Fabricated by sculptor Gregg Le Fevre, 2000 Foley Square, Reade Street & Lafayette Street, Manhattan |
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and Willie Sculptor Otto Neals, 1997 Imagination Playground, Lincoln Road entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn Bronze |
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Tree
of Hope Sculptor Algernon Miller, 1972, restored 2004 Center median at Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard at 131st Street, Manhattan Painted steel |
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Triumph
of the Human Spirit Sculptor Lorenzo Pace, 2000 Foley Square, Manhattan Black granite |
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Harlem Hybrid |
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Tomorrow's
Wind Sculptor Melvin Edwards, Fabricated circa 1990, installed 1995 Thomas Jefferson Park, Manhattan Steel |
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Swing Low: A Memorial to Harriet Tubman Sculptor Allison Saar; Landscape architect Quennell Rothschild & Partners, 2008 Tubman Triangle, 123rd, Street, St. Nicholas Avenue, and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Manhattan Bronze, natural boulder, landscaping |
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Jackie
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ADDENDUM: Planned Sculpture
Frederick Douglass
Artists Gabriel Koren and Algernon Miller
Frederick Douglass Circle, 110th Street & Eighth Avenue, Manhattan
Bronze, cast stone, wrought iron, water feature
Located at the northwest corner of Central Park, this monument will honor the abolitionist, writer, orator, and publisher Frederick Douglass. Harlem-based artist Algernon Miller has designed a complex colored paving pattern that alludes to traditional African American quilt designs. Additional features, including wrought-iron symbolic and decorative elements, a water wall, and inscribed historical details and quotations will create a rich tableau representing the life of Douglass and the slaves' passage to freedom. A central heroically-sized bronze sculpture, depicting a standing Douglass, has been crafted by Hungarian-born artist Gabriel Koren. The plaza and monument will open to the public in 2009.
Related Links
Photo Gallery: The African American Experience
African–American Namesake Parks