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Greeley statue in City Hall Park (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• B-59 said:

  According to the New-York tribune., June 20, 1916, Page 9, col. 4, the statue of Horace Greeley was removed from the front of The Tribune Building to the City Hall Park (chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1916-06-20/ed-...) Horace Greeley was the founder of the New York Tribune (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Greeley) The statue was originally dedicated in 1890 (according to www.forgottendelights.com/omomapp/omomreal/greeley.html)

• B-59 said:

  A photo of 2010 is in www.panoramio.com/photo/33984385

• Art Siegel said:

  Here is a street scene from 1913, showing the statue, at far right in the photo, in its original location in front of the Tribune Building.
  
  And in 1915:
  

• Jon (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks B-59, we will change the date to June 19, 1916.

• Art Siegel said:

  Looks like they are rolling it in front of the Manhattan Municipal Building on Centre Street. maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&client=fi...