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Destinations

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  1. Park Drive
  2. Grant’s Tomb
  3. Skate Park
  4. Joan of Arc Statue
  5. Garden for All Seasons
  6. 91st Street Garden
  7. Soldiers and Sailors Monument
  8. River Run Playground
  9. 79th Street Boat Basin
  10. 79th Street Rotunda
  11. Eleanor Roosevelt Monument
  12. Riverside Park South

Riverside Park Virtual Tour

7) Soldiers & Sailors Monument

Visible from any direction in this park section, the Soldiers and Sailors Monument has dominated the area since 1920. Its classically inspired circular form and ornamental terraces are dedicated to New Yorkers who died in the Civil War.

image of monument
Photo by Malcolm Pinckney