The fountain Beauty at the entrance of the New York Public Library flows with water on Friday, July 10, 2015. Beauty and Truth, by Frederick MacMonnies, which bookend the entrance to the library, were turned on after having been shut down since 1986. The restoration was financed by a gift which paid for new infrastructure. (© Richard B. Levine)

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