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Bleecker Playground
Hudson St., Bleecker St. and W. 11 St.
Manhattan
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Acres: 0.36
The Family 
Read a history from Parks’ Historical Signs Project. This text can be found posted within the park.
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- Sculptor: Chaim Gross
- Architect: Karahan Schwarting Architectural Co.
- Description: Group of five figures (two large, three small) with integral support and plinth on pedestal
- Materials: Sculpture--bronze (brown patina); Pedestal--Carnelian red granite
- Cast: 1979
- Dedicated: May 27, 1992
- Foundry: Bedi-Makky Art Foundry
- Fabricator: Lithos International (pedestal)
- Donor: Irwin Hersey and Friends of Chaim Gross
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