Union Square Timeline Medallion 22

Description

Material: Bronze insets and bluestone pa

These plaques depict historical events in Union Square. Twenty two bronze panels inset into a block-long ellipse of bluestone pavers illustrate a timeline beginning with Native American history and leading to the late 1800's.

Constructed, 1872

Ladies Cottage

Installed, 1870

Lincoln Monument

Installed, 1856

Washington Monument

Installed, 1876

Lafayette Statue

Constructed, 1881

James Fountain

Constructed, 1842

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Starting / Ending Plaque on the Union Square Timeline

Union Square plan

Union Square landscape with the fountain in the center

Union Square - 14th Street with the Lincoln monument on the left and the Washington monument on the right

The Fountain, installed 1842, commemorating the Croton Aqueduct in the center on Union square

The Lafayette statue, dedicated 1876

Union Place designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. and Calvert Vaux.

The elliptical park had featured an iron picket fence, a large central fountain, and paths in a cross pattern lined by allées of trees.

To accommodate public gatherings, Olmsted and Vaux removed the fence and hedges, squared off the park’s northern end, added the Women and Children’s Pavilion, and widened the sidewalks.

The Lincoln monument, installed 1870

University Place

Ladies Cottage built 1872

Intersection of Broadway and 14th Street

Deadman's curve - The South West corner of Union Square

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