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But it turned out that during construction of the Taconic State Parkway, unneeded pieces of Tuckahoe marble had been used as a fill and when the road was dug up for improvements, many pieces were salvaged for use in the restoration. That presented a problem when restoration of the structure began in 2001. The arch was made of marble from a now-closed quarry roughly 21 miles north in Tuckahoe.

$150,000 was raised and construction of the current arch began in 1890. It was so popular that the public demanded a permanent structure. At that time, to celebrate the centennial of the inauguration of President George Washington, a temporary arch made of plaster and wood was constructed about 100 feet north of the current arch. While the Washington Arch was dedicated in 1895, its history goes back to 1889. Find Washington square arch stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Though the structure's innards are off-limits to the public, I was recently given a tour by John Krawchuk, the director of historic preservation for the New York City Parks Department. It also boasts a killer view-if you can get up on the roof.

The project received awards from the Greenwich Village Historical Society for contributions to the quality of life in Greenwich Village, and a Lucy Moses Preservation Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy.The 72-foot-tall Washington Arch marks the northern end of Washington Square Park and the beginning of the Manhattan grid. Sculptural elements were gently cleaned and netted with nylon mesh to prevent bird nesting and provide a protective net should any failures of the carvings occur in the future, and the roof membrane and drainage systems were redesigned and replaced. Well-known for its arch, honoring George Washington, the man for whom the park is named, and its fountain, the arch's elder by 43 years and a popular meeting spot, Washington Square Park also houses several other monuments and. Damaged elements stabilized with injections of low viscosity epoxy and the insertion of stainless steel pins. Washington Square Park has served various roles for its community throughout the years, adapting to meet its needs.

Poet Gertrude Drick, painters John Sloan and Marcel Duchamp, and Provincetown Playhouse actors Russell Mann, Betty Turner, and Charles Ellis found a way into the Arch and stole up the spiral. Vellonakis, the Washington Square Fountain is Already Aligned The Shell Game: On NYU 2031. On January 23, 1917, a group of Village Bohemians stole to the top of the Washington Square Arch for a fte. Fall 2011 NBC News Reports on This Blog's Report of Trees Repeatedly Dying Around the Fountain Actually, Mr. The park was opened in the year 1871 and is managed by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Open fissures were filled with a lime-rich cementitious mixture to reduce the potential for further damage. In early 2002 DGA commenced work on a two-year 2.7 million effort (completed April 2004) to repair, refurbish and restore NYCs historic Washington Square Arch. Exitus Acta Probat: The Washington Square Arch Phase I Opens May 2009 NYC's Redesign Plans for Washington Square Park Washington Square 6 A.M. The Washington Square Arch is located near the northern entrance of Washington Square Park, a popular public park in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. All paint and underlying graffiti stains were removed from the statuary and reliefs. We developed and oversaw treatment implementation that addressed the repair or replacement of missing and damaged elements, conservation of the statuary, cleaning, waterproofing and bird-proofing, and general masonry repairs. Weathering, pollution, water seepage, roosting birds, vandalism, and inappropriate treatments contributed to the widespread deterioration and erosion of the masonry surface, and in some cases complete loss of sculptural elements. The Arch’s Tuckahoe marble exterior began to deteriorate nearly from the time of its installation. The grand arch was an expression of the “City Beautiful” movement, which aimed to create a unified Classical character in civic monuments. The Washington Square Arch was designed by Stanford White and dedicated to New York City in May 1895.