PARK FACT:
The park's swimming complex was opened in stages between 1940 and 1942 as part of a massive Work Projects Administration (WPA) capital construction program.
John Jay Park & Pool
Kryeti-Aekyad #2 
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- Sculptor: Douglas Abdell
- Architect: Thomas Balsley Associates
- Description: Precariously balanced pieces of steel
- Materials: Welded hot-rolled steel (painted black)
- Cast: ca. 1979
- Dedicated: October 1979
- Donor: Rosenstiel Foundation
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