Pulitzer Fountain
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Pulitzer Fountain is an outdoor fountain located in Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza in New York. The fountain is named after newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer who died in 1911 having bequeathed $50,000 for the creation of the fountain. Pulitzer intended his fountain to be "like those in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France."[1] The fountain was designed by the architect Thomas Hastings, and crowned by a statue conceived by the sculptor Karl Bitter.[2] The fountain was dedicated in May 1916.
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Year | 1916 (1916) |
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Subject | Pomona |
Dimensions | 6.7 m (22 ft) |
Location | New York City, New York, United States |
Coordinates | 40.76403°N 73.97361°W / 40.76403; -73.97361 |
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