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Location:
Sheepshead Bay; West End Ave. betw. Shore Blvd. & Emmons Ave.
Sculptor:
George P. Vellonakis (designer)
Architect:
George P. Vellonakis
Description:
Tower consisting of brickwork partially concealing fourteen vertical bars supporting crown with beacon at top, three-tiered base, horizontal marker, approximately one hundred rough-hewn varisized vertical markers, two evergreen trees, evergreen shrubs
Materials:
Brickwork--stone; bars (and crown?)--steel (rusticated); beacon--bronze; base and markers--granite
Dimensions:
Horizontal marker L: 21'
Cast:
ca. 1997
Dedicated:
June 22, 1997
Donor:
Brooklyn Borough President's Office
Inscription:
1) encircling crown
"['Remember' in English and Hebrew?]"
2a) top tier of base, counterclockwise
"POLAND [...]"
2b) middle tier of base, counterclockwise
"GERMANY [...] HUNGARY"
2c) bottom tier of base, counterclockwise
" AUSTRIA [...] DENMARK [...]"
3) horizontal marker
"[...]"
4) vertical markers
"[...]"
Sheepshead Bay; West End Ave. betw. Shore Blvd. & Emmons Ave.
Sculptor:
George P. Vellonakis (designer)
Architect:
George P. Vellonakis
Description:
Tower consisting of brickwork partially concealing fourteen vertical bars supporting crown with beacon at top, three-tiered base, horizontal marker, approximately one hundred rough-hewn varisized vertical markers, two evergreen trees, evergreen shrubs
Materials:
Brickwork--stone; bars (and crown?)--steel (rusticated); beacon--bronze; base and markers--granite
Dimensions:
Horizontal marker L: 21'
Cast:
ca. 1997
Dedicated:
June 22, 1997
Donor:
Brooklyn Borough President's Office
Inscription:
1) encircling crown
"['Remember' in English and Hebrew?]"
2a) top tier of base, counterclockwise
"POLAND [...]"
2b) middle tier of base, counterclockwise
"GERMANY [...] HUNGARY"
2c) bottom tier of base, counterclockwise
" AUSTRIA [...] DENMARK [...]"
3) horizontal marker
"[...]"
4) vertical markers
"[...]"
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