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Alfred E. Smith Playground
Catherine Slip, Madison St. and South St.
Manhattan
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Acres: 1.75
Governor Alfred E.Smith Flagstaff 
Read a history from Parks’ Historical Signs Project. This text can be found posted within the park.
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- Sculptor: Paul Howard Manship
- Description: Flagstaff in a three-tiered, circular base with animal figures, on an octagonal pedestal
- Materials: Base--bronze, pedestal--Texas pink granite
- Cast: 1946
- Dedicated: 1950
- Foundry: Capitol Products, Inc., Long Island City, NY
- Donor: Governor A.E. Smith Memorial Committee
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