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Henry Hudson Park, Bronx, NY

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Henry Hudson Park

Look up at a 100-foot Doric column topped by a 16-foot Henry Hudson, set on the high ground of a Bronx park that watches over the Henry Hudson Bridge.

Palisade Ave, Kappock St and Independence Ave, Bronx, NY 10463 · Bronx, NY

About Henry Hudson Park

This 8.97-acre Bronx park is named for the explorer whose ship, the Half Moon, anchored in New York Harbor in 1609. Its monument was begun for the 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration: the 100-foot Doric column went up by 1912, but the statue waited until Robert Moses revived the project and it was dedicated on January 6, 1938. Karl Gruppe finished the 16-foot figure from his teacher Karl Bitter's model and added two bronze reliefs at the base. The south half of the park has ball courts and playgrounds.

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