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Grand Army Plaza in New York City
Written by VacationIdea.com Travel Editors.
Grand Army Plaza is a large open area situated between Central Park and Midtown Manhattan at Fifth Avenue between 58th and 60th Streets. The Plaza features the Sherman Monument and the Pulitzer Fountain. Horse-drawn carriages line up in Grand Army Plaza year-round, offering New York City visitors romantic rides through Central Park.
Grand Army Plaza is split into two parts by Central Park South, a design inspired by Place de la Concorde in Paris. The northern half features the Sherman Monument with a gilded statue of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman which was dedicated in 1903.
The southern half of the Plaza is home to the Pulitzer Fountain. The fountain, reminiscent of Italian Renaissance, has six granite basins and a bronze figure of Pomona, goddess of abundance.
To the north of the Grand Army Plaza is the Doris C. Freedman Plaza which is the site of rotating 6-month sculpture exhibits by the Public Art Fund.
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Written By the Travel Editors at VacationIdea.com, Last Update: May 27, 2005