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Theodore Roosevelt Park

The New York Times Capsule map_it

  • Sculptor: Santiago Calatrava
  • Architect: Polshek Partnership
  • Description: Time capsule, containing more than 100 objects and artifacts and resting on a monolith; plaque set in a paving block
  • Materials: Capsule--stainless steel; monolith--black diabase granite (polished); paving blocks--Milford pink granite
  • Cast: 1999
  • Dedicated: March 26, 2000
  • Foundry: A.R.T. Research Enterprises, Lancaster, PA
  • Donor: The New York Times

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