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PARK FACT:
Bryant Park's Lawn is as long as a football field (300 feet) and 215 feet wide.
Bryant Park
bet.ween 5 and 6 Av, W 40 St and W 42 St
Manhattan
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Acres: 9.60
José Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva 
Read a history from Parks’ Historical Signs Project. This text can be found posted within the park.
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- Sculptor: José Otavio Correia Lima
- Architect: Clark and Rapuano
- Description: Standing figure (heroic scale) with integral plinth on pedestal on base decorated with applied medallion
- Materials: Figure, plinth, and medallion--bronze; Pedestal, original base, and replacement base--Barre granite (polished)
- Cast: 1954
- Dedicated: April 22, 1955
- Foundry: Fundição Cavina Ltda., Rio de Janeiro; Carbonic Engineering Co., 551 5th Avenue, New York, NY
- Donor: United States of Brazil
- Inscription: 1) Pedestal, front: ANDRADA / 2) Medallion: ESTADOS UNIDOS DO BRASIL / 15 NOVEMBRO DE 1889 / 3) Original base, proper right section: JOSE BONIFACIO DE ANDRADA E SILVA / 1763 ---1838 / PATRIARCH OF THE INDEPENDENCE / OF BRAZIL / STATESMAN --- SCIENTIST --- AUTHOR / 4) Original base, center section: ANDRADA / 5) Original base, proper left section: THIS STATUE IS THE GIFT OF THE / UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL / TO THE / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 1954 / 6} Front of replacement base, proper right: JOSE BONIFACIO DE ANDRADA E SILVA / 1763 [space] 1838 / PATRIARCH OF THE INDEPENDENCE / OF BRAZIL / STATESMAN --- SCIENTIST --- AUTHOR / 7) Front of replacement base, proper left: THIS STATUE IS THE GIFT OF THE / UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL / TO THE / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 1953 / 8) Integral plinth, proper left: RIO DE JANEIRO / C LIMA ESCULTOR --- 1954 / 9) Integral plinth, rear: FUNDIÇÃO CAVINA. LTDA / RIO DE JANEIRO --- BRASIL --- 1954/
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