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Originally Posted by SoCal1954
All very interesting and informative!!
I do not care for the 'coldness' of the new park scheme.
I think this was the best looking version; before they scraped the ground clean!  The older version was so appealing.
I am trying to get the right perspective, which corner was that statue on, in the early 1900's? I am assuming it was Hill and 5th, but not sure of the direction on the compass as to which corner it was at? S/W corner of Hill St. and 5th St.?? |
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I agree with you. The best incarnation of Central Park/Pershing Square was the one in place before World War I. My wife and I were just in that area this morning and we walked right by Pershing Square and did not go in. It's a very unfriendly-looking place.
The statue was originally at the southwest corner of 5th and Hill.