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PARK FACT:

Philanthropist Daniel Willis James donated the James Fountain to the park in the 1880s with the intention of teaching New Yorkers about kindness and charity. Originally, tin cups were chained to the fountain to allow passerby to quench their thirst.

Union Square Park

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Broadway To 4 Ave., E 14 St. To E 17 St.

Manhattan

Directions: Google Maps | MTA Trip Planner

Acres: 6.51

Monuments

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Standing figure (over life-size) with integral plinth on pedestal

Armenian Grove Plaque

Armenian Grove Plaque

Plaque set in plinth

George Washington

George Washington

Equestrian figure on intergral plinth, pedestal on plinth

Independence Flagstaff

Independence Flagstaff

Flagstaff on drum pedestal with two bas-reliefs and two plaques

Marquis de Lafayette

Marquis de Lafayette

Portrait statue on pedestal

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Standing figure (over life-size) with integral plinth on pedestal with plaque

Union Square Drinking Fountain

Union Square Drinking Fountain

Group of three figures---standing mother holds baby on right arm with infant at her left side---(over life-size) on an ornamented, octagonal pedestal with a lion head fountain and a basin on each of four sides; formerly a working drinking fountain

Union Square Park Labor & History Plaques

Union Square Park Labor & History Plaques

A series of 22 plaques set into the sidewalks surrounding park

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