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Athens Square
29 St, 30 St, 30 Av, Newtown Av
Queens
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Acres: 0.90
Read a history from Parks’ Historical Signs Project. This text can be found posted within the park.
- Sculptor: Spiro Goggakis
- Architect: Stamatios P. Lykos, AIA, ASLA
- Description: Standing figure (heroic scale) on pedestal
- Materials: Figure--bronze; pedestal--green granite
- Cast: ca. 1998
- Dedicated: March 28, 1998
- Foundry: Dimitrus Gavalas, Patmou 3, Marousi, Atiki, Greece
- Fabricator: Stavros Georgopoulos
- Donor: City of Athens, Greece (sculpture); Athens Square, Inc. (installation)
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