Image: Frank da Cruz, May 2018.
The
Josephine
Shaw Lowell Fountain at the
Bryant Park
Sixth Avenue entrance at West 41st Street (which is also a
Manhattanhenge
street). The fountain was moved here from the other side of the park as
part of the New Deal reconstruction, and also restored and repaired under
the supervision of
Karl
Gruppe, chief sculptor of the NYC Parks Department's Monument
Restoration Project, funded during this period by the Public Works Art
Project and the WPA[1].
Reference
- Parks
Monuments Conservation Crew Vintage Film, c.1934 to 1937, NYC Parks
Department website (accessed 1 May 2018).