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Bowling Green Fountain

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Dedicated:1977
Description:Oval fountain
Architect:M. Paul Friedberg and Partners
Materials:Concrete, bluestone coping
Dimensions:Diameter: 45' (approximately)
Donor:George T. Delacorte
Cast:1977

Inscription

IN MEMORY OF / GEORGE T. DELACORTE / JUNE 20, 1893 - MAY 4, 1991 / PUBLISHER AND PHILANTHROPIST / WHOSE MANY GIFTS BEAUTIFY / NEW YORK CITY / THE RESTORATION OF THIS HISTORIC PARK AND FOUNTAIN / IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF HIS GENEROSITY / BOWLING GREEN WAS RESTORED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK / IN 1977 WITH HIS ASSISTANCE UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF / ABRAHAM D. BEAME, MAYOR / JOSEPH P. DAVIDSON, COMMISSIONER /

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