Wet autumn view Maine Monument statues, 8th Avenue CNN Tower red brick apartments, Central Park South, Columbus Circle, New York
The Maine Monument, at the south-western entrance to Central Park, was built 1901-13 to commemorate the 260 American sailors killed when the USS Maine pre-dreadnought battleship exploded, under mysterious circumstance, in the harbour of Havanna, Cuba, February 15th 1898, precipitating the Spanish-American War. Four days after the tragedy, newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst's New York Morning Journal called for a public collection to honour the dead sailors. A design by sculptor Atillio Piccinilli and architect Harold Van Buren Magonigle was chosen in 1901. The monument consists of a limestone base in the shape of a ship's prow topped by a tall pylon crowned by a gilded figure of Columbia (Liberty) Triumphant (out of shot ). Across the road we see red brick apartments along Central Park South (West 59th Street) and the glass CNN new tower above 8th Avenue, at the intersection with Columbus Circle, one of the few roundabouts in New York City. A wet autumn afternoon view.
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Location: Maine Monument, Central Park Merchant's Gate, Columbus Circle, New York City, USA
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