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Joyce Kilmer Park
Grand Concourse to Walton Av bet. E 161 St and E 164 St
Bronx
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Acres: 6.88
Louis J. Heintz Memorial 
Read a history from Parks’ Historical Signs Project. This text can be found posted within the park.
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- Sculptor: Pierre Feitu
- Architect: William Welles Bosworth
- Description: Standing figure with integral plinth on a pedestal on a three-step base; a female figure stands at the front of the pedestal in the act of writing an inscription on it
- Materials: Figures--bronze; Pedestal and steps--Somesound granite
- Cast: 1905
- Dedicated: 1909
- Inscription: 1) Signed on integral plinth, proper left: PIERRE FEITU NY 1909 / 2) Founder's mark on integral plinth, proper right: AUBRY BRO'S FOUNDERS N.Y. / 3) Front of pedestal: LOUIS J. HEINTZ 4) Front of pedestal, words being written by Fame: TO COMMEMORATE / THE FOUNDING OF / THE PROGRESS AND / PROSPERITY OF THE / BRONX / 5) Plaque at pedestal rear: JOHN J. RONNER / JOHN H. KNOPPEL / WILLIAM G. MC CREA / LOUIS A. RISSE / LOUIS F. FAFFEN / ADOLPH C. HUPFEL / MATHEW P. BREEN / HENRY C. SCHRADER / ARTHUR C. BUTTS / 1905 /
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