 The Library's rear terrace, designed by Thomas Hastings includes classical ornaments such as garlands, urns, and ram's heads. This is the site of the William Cullen Bryant Memorial. Bryant (1794-1878) was a newspaper editor, one of America's most popular poets, and a civic improver who led the campaign to create Central Park. Herbert Adams, one of the best New York sculptors of his period, created the bronze figure of Bryant. The memorial was dedicated in 1911, at the completion of the library. 

William Cullen Bryant Memorial

Jean Parker Phifer, NYC architect and author of Public Art New York, reads a selection about the William Cullen Bryant Memorial, a bronze statue located in Bryant Park.

Matthew Broderick breaks it down for us through a statistical collage: the facts and figures of Bryant Park.