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Location:
North side of Bowling Green Fountain
Description:
Plaque
Materials:
Bronze; original plinth--granite
Dimensions:
2'6" x 3'1"
Cast:
1992
Dedicated:
May 4, 1992
Foundry:
International Bronze Tablet Company, Inc.
Fabricator:
International Bronze; Cayuga-Crimmins (original marker)
Donor:
Valerie Delacorte and City Parks Foundation
Inscription:
IN MEMORY OF
GEORGE T. DELACORTE
JUNE 20, 1893 - MAY 4, 1991
PUBLISHER AND PHILANTHROPIST
WHOSE MANY GIFTS BEAUTIFY
NEW YORK CITY
*****
THE RESTORATION OF THIS HISTORIC PARK AND FOUNTAIN
IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF HIS GENEROSITY
BOWLING GREEN WAS RESTORED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK
IN 1977 WITH HIS ASSISTANCE UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF
ABRAHAM D. BEAME, MAYOR
JOSEPH P. DAVIDSON, COMMISSIONER
North side of Bowling Green Fountain
Description:
Plaque
Materials:
Bronze; original plinth--granite
Dimensions:
2'6" x 3'1"
Cast:
1992
Dedicated:
May 4, 1992
Foundry:
International Bronze Tablet Company, Inc.
Fabricator:
International Bronze; Cayuga-Crimmins (original marker)
Donor:
Valerie Delacorte and City Parks Foundation
Inscription:
IN MEMORY OF
GEORGE T. DELACORTE
JUNE 20, 1893 - MAY 4, 1991
PUBLISHER AND PHILANTHROPIST
WHOSE MANY GIFTS BEAUTIFY
NEW YORK CITY
*****
THE RESTORATION OF THIS HISTORIC PARK AND FOUNTAIN
IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF HIS GENEROSITY
BOWLING GREEN WAS RESTORED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK
IN 1977 WITH HIS ASSISTANCE UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF
ABRAHAM D. BEAME, MAYOR
JOSEPH P. DAVIDSON, COMMISSIONER
*Please note, the NAME field includes a primary designation as well as alternate namings often in common or popular usage. The DEDICATED field refers to the most recent dedication, most often, but not necessarily the original dedication date. If the monument did not have a formal dedication, the year listed reflects the date of installation.
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