Black History Month Celebration:
New York City Parks Sculptures Honoring the African-American Experience

Foley Square Historical Medallions, Negro Burial Ground
Designed by CRI
Fabricated by sculptor Gregg Le Fevre, 2000
Foley Square, Reade Street & Lafayette Street, Manhattan

Peter and Willie
Sculptor Otto Neals, 1997
Imagination Playground, Lincoln Road entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Bronze

Tree of Hope
Sculptor Algernon Miller, 1972, restored 2004
Center median at Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard at 131st Street, Manhattan
Painted steel

Triumph of the Human Spirit
Sculptor Lorenzo Pace, 2000
Foley Square, Manhattan
Black granite

Harlem Hybrid
Sculptor Richard Howe Hunt, 1976; restored 2008
Roosevelt Triangle, Manhattan
Bronze

Tomorrow's Wind
Sculptor Melvin Edwards,
Fabricated circa 1990, installed 1995
Thomas Jefferson Park, Manhattan
Steel

Swing Low: A Memorial to Harriet Tubman
Sculptor Allison Saar; Landscape architect Quennell Rothschild & Partners, 2008
Tubman Triangle, 123rd, Street, St. Nicholas Avenue, and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Manhattan
Bronze, natural boulder, landscaping

Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese
Sculptor William Behrends; Landscape architect Ken Smith, 2005
Keyspan Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn
Bronze, granite, landscaping

Frederick Douglass
Sculptor Gabriel Koren; Memorial Circle Design and Water Wall Designed by artist Algernon Miller
Frederick Douglass Circle, 110th Street & Eighth Avenue, Manhattan
Bronze, cast stone, wrought iron, water feature