Grand Army Plaza
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Location | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States |
Coordinates | 40°40′27″N 73°58′13″W / 40.6743°N 73.9702°W |
Area | 14.26 acres (5.77 ha)[1] |
Elevation | 131 ft (40 m)[2] |
Grand Army Plaza, originally known as Prospect Park Plaza, is a public
The plaza includes the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch; the Bailey Fountain; the John F. Kennedy Monument; statues of Civil War generals Gouverneur K. Warren and Henry Warner Slocum; busts of notable Brooklyn citizens Alexander Skene and Henry W. Maxwell; and two 12-sided gazebos with "granite Tuscan columns, Guastavino vaulting, and bronze finials".[4]: 668
History
The site of the future Grand Army Plaza was in the 17th century a pass through the Heights of Guan. It played a small role in the 1776 Battle of Long Island, the biggest battle of the American Revolutionary War.
The 1861 plan for Prospect Park included an elliptical plaza at the intersection of Flatbush and Ninth avenues.
The original 1867 fountain was successively replaced by an 1873 lighted fountain, an 1897-1915 fountain for exhibitions, and the 1932 Bailey Fountain, renovated in 2006.
In 1895, three bronze sculpture groups were added to the 1892 Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch.
In 1926, the plaza, previously known as Prospect Park Plaza, was renamed Grand Army Plaza to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the foundation of the
In 1975, Grand Army Plaza became a
In 2008, a competition was held for designs to reorganize Grand Army Plaza to make it a more integral part of Prospect Park and more accessible to pedestrians.[11] At the same time, the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) made improvements in accessibility, putting sidewalks and planters in many of the striped areas. These improvements made it somewhat easier and safer for pedestrians and cyclists to cross from the park to the library and to the plaza. The changes made by the NYCDOT were modest in comparison to those in the designs in the competition, most of which called for the rerouting of some of the vast traffic flow.[12]
In November 2022, the NYCDOT started soliciting public feedback for a proposal to close Grand Army Plaza permanently to vehicular traffic, converting the plaza to a
Use
The area around the Arch forms the largest and busiest
A popular farmer's market, part of the
The station is served by two
See also
References
- ^ "Bailey Fountain". Grand Army Plaza. nycgovparks.org. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ^ "X_Value=-73.970156&Y_Value=40.674253". USGS Elevation Web Service Query. United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 20, 1867. p. 2. Archivedfrom the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
Entering at the main entrance or plaza, the visitor leaves on either side the mounds which flank the spot selected for the Fountain of the Gold Spray.
- ISBN 0-8129-3106-8.
- ^ ISBN 0-913252-06-9. Archivedfrom the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
On 20 October 1917 Brooklyn celebrated the 50th anniversary of the opening of Prospect Park, and the ceremony took place at the triumphal arch on Grand Army Plaza.
- ^ "Grand Army Plaze" Archived July 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine on the Prospect Park Alliance website
- ^ "Grand Army Plaze: Henry W. Maxwell Memorial" Archived December 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine on the NYC.gov website
- New York Times, Plaza in Brooklyn Dedicated to G.A.R. Archived July 22, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, May 10, 1926, page 9
- ^ Ziegenfuss, Kathleen. "Grand Army Plaza". Hall of Shame. PPS.org. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
In 1975, Grand Army Plaza became a National Historic Landmark
- ^ Verde, Ben. "City reveals designs for Grand Army Plaza restoration". Brooklyn Paper. Archived from the original on November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Design Trust". Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
- ^ "Grand Army Plaza enhancements" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ "Could Grand Army Plaza be Brooklyn's next car-free space? The city's department of transportation thinks so. | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News". WNYC. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ a b Nessen, Stephen (November 10, 2022). "Exclusive: DOT eyes Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza as NYC's next car-free space". Gothamist. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Grand Army Plaza". New York City Parks. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
- ^ "Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket". GrowNYC. September 29, 2007. Archived from the original on December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "Brooklyn Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
External links
- Media related to Grand Army Plaza at Wikimedia Commons