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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

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bet.ween 5 and 6 Av, W 40 St and W 42 St

Manhattan

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Acres: 9.60

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe map_it

  • Sculptor: Karl Fischer
  • Description: Bust on pedestal
  • Materials: Bronze, Swedish black granite
  • Cast: circa 1932
  • Dedicated: February 15, 1932
  • Fabricator: Victor Frisch (pedestal)
  • Donor: Goethe Society of America

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