I do love the statue - now hard to see with the trees - across from the Apple Store on 5th Ave, across from the Plaza Hotel (now Plaza Condominiums and Hotel). I take pictures of it a lot, because I love it, investigating it, I found some interesting history.
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| Pulitzer Fountain with the Plaza behind it. |
The statue is called Abundance (you can see in the detail of the second picture why). It was done in 1916 and was designed to balance the "Sherman" Statue across Central Park South. Although the Sherman Statue has recently been gold plated and garners much more attention.
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| The model for the statue was Doris Doschar (stage name Doris Doree) |
The model for this statue was Doris Doschar who was a rather famous actresss in the silent's under the name of Doris Doree. Interestingly, she also posed for the Liberty Quarter as Lady Liberty. which came out in 1916, the same year the fountain was finished.
One last picture I took, because I love Abundance through the trees.
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