BGuthrie Photos: NY -- NYC -- Central Park -- The Mall and Literary Walk (Halleck, Burns, Scott, Shakespeare, and Columbus statues)

NY -- NYC -- Central Park -- The Mall and Literary Walk (Halleck, Burns, Scott, Shakespeare, and Columbus statues):

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1. CPMALL_110529_01.JPG: Christopher Columbus 1892 was marked by celebrations of the 400th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas and the dedication of Gaetano Russo's Columbus Circle stone monument in Central Park. The Russo monument shows Columbus looking outward with his hand on the tiller of his ship, while the Sunol monument portrays a more spiritual explorer with his outstretched arm and eyes looking upward to heaven in gratitude for his successful voyage. Sunol modified this sculpture from one he had done in 1885 in the Plaza de Colon in Madrid.
2. CPMALL_110529_10.JPG: William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was the first sculpture of a writer to be placed on the Mall, known informally as Literary Walk. It is fitting that two famous nineteenth-century actors, James Morrison Steele MacKay and Edwin Booth, were involved with the sculptor to create this monument to the world-renowned dramatist. Edwin Booth, America's most famous Shakespearean actor, laid the cornerstone and advised Ward on the appropriate costume for a gentleman in Elizabethan England. MacKay, a good friend of Ward, was the model and suggested the pensive pose. The sculpture was donated by the citizens of New York, led by a committee to honor the 300th anniversary of the birth of the poet and dramatist in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. Shakespeare is one of four sculptures by Ward in Central Park; the others are The Pilgrim at East 73rd Street near the north drive, Seventh Regiment at the West Drive at 67th Street, and Indian Hunter. Henry Clay Folger, of Folger Library fame, was one of the donors who paid for the sculpture.
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4. CPMALL_110529_31.JPG: Robert Burns Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scotland's national poet, is most famous for his song Auld Lang Syne. Here he is depicted on a tree stump, most appropriate for the tree-lined Mall, having just composed to his love, Mary, a poem which is written on a scroll at his feet.
5. CPMALL_110529_37.JPG: Fitz-Greene Halleck The least known literary figure today on Literary Walk, Halleck was a writer of satirical and romantic verse, and for many years the personal secretary to the eminent John Jacob Astor. The statue has the distinction of having been dedicated by U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes. A Connecticut native and descendant of Pilgrims, Halleck's best known work was Marco Bozzaris – a poem that became a standard classroom recitation. Halleck also wrote lyrics for poet Robert Burns, whose own statue stands nearby – along with Sir Walter Scott and William Shakespeare. The sculpture was commissioned after his 1867 death by publisher and Central Park proponent William Cullen Bryant and General James Grant Wilson. It was created by James MacDonald. President Hayes and an estimated crowd of 10,000 spectators attended its 1877 dedication. The gathering left so much damage to the surrounding turf that Park officials subsequently banned such large crowds.
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Description of Subject Matter: The Mall and Literary Walk
The Mall, a quadruple row of American elms, is Central Park's most important horticultural feature, and one of the largest and last remaining stands of American Elm trees in North America.
The elms form a cathedral-like canopy above the Park's widest pedestrian pathway. and are one of the Parks most photographed features. The quarter-mile pedestrian path is the only intentional straight line inside the Park's walls.
Taking care of these trees is a full-time job for the Central Park Conservancy's tree crew. Each of the Park's thousands of trees are entered into a database, so they can be monitored by the Conservancy. The trees of Central Park have an important impact on the urban environment. They improve the quality of our air and water; reduce storm water runoff, flooding and erosion; and lower the air temperature in the summer. This is why Central Park is called the lungs of New York City.
The southern end of the Mall is known as Literary Walk. The statue of Christopher Columbus is the odd man out, since 4 of the 5 tributes here depict prominent writers. Nearby are Scottish poet Robert Burns and his compatriot, Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott. A little farther north is Fitz-Greene Halleck, the first statue of an American to be placed in the Park. Ten years after his death, he was still so beloved that over 30,000 adoring fans came to the unveiling of his statue by President Rutherford B. Hayes and his entire cabinet. Today hardly anyone knows his poetry or his name, but everyone remembers their visit to the Mall.
If you look down, you'll see engraved granite paving stones lining the southern end of Literary Walk in order to commemorate each endowed tree in the Park. To support Central Park Conservancy's efforts to care for the Park's trees, donate to the Tree Trust to endow the care of an existing tree or to fund the planting of a new tree.
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