PARK FACT:
William Jay Gaynor, who is honored with a statue in the park, survived an assassination attempt as Mayor of New York!
Cadman Plaza Park & Brooklyn War Memorial
William Jay Gaynor Memorial 
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- Sculptor: Adolph Alexander Weinman
- Description: Bust on pedestal in front of a broad stele with paired bas-reliefs; stele is on a platform reached by two steps
- Materials: Bust and bas-reliefs--bronze; Pedestal, stele, platform--pink Milford granite
- Cast: 1926
- Dedicated: 1926
- Foundry: American Art Foundry, New York
- Donor: Gaynor Memorial Committee
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