Wallach Walk (btwn E 75th & 76th St), New York, NY
Outdoor Sculpture · Central Park · 55 tips and reviews
HISTORY: Created in 1959 by Jose de Creeft (1884-1982), this bronze sculpture features characters from the 1865 Lewis Carroll story‚ "Alice in Wonderland."
HISTORY: Designed by Emma Stebbins and dedicated in 1873, this fountain was the only sculpture commissioned as part of Central Park’s original design. Its official name is “Angel of the Waters.”
Outdoor Sculpture · Central Park · 6 tips and reviews
HISTORY: Dedicated in 1894, this statue depicts the explorer whose trans-Atlantic trips, starting in 1492, helped lead to European colonization of the Americas.
HISTORY: Unveiled in 1965, this bronze statue pays tribute to the Cuban author and activist, who died in 1895 fighting for his homeland‚'s liberation from Spain.
Sculpture Garden · Central Park · 4 tips and reviews
HISTORY: Dedicated in 1913, this is a tribute to the more than 260 Americans who died when the battleship Maine exploded in the Havana, Cuba, harbor in 1898.
Outdoor Sculpture · Central Park · 6 tips and reviews
HISTORY: Unveiled in 1872, this statue by John Quincy Adams Ward pays tribute to one of the world's most famous playwrights, who lived from 1564 to 1616.
HISTORY: Dedicated in 1921, this statue depicts the 19th century, Venezuela-born general who has been referred to as the "George Washington of South America."