Pulitzer Fountain
Pulitzer Fountain is an outdoor fountain located at Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, New York. The fountain is named after newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer who died in 1911 having bequeathed $50,000 for the creation of the fountain.Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Modern Art and Carnegie Hall.
Museum of Modern Art
Museum
Carnegie Hall
Arts center
Photo: Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0.
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue at 881 Seventh Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by its namesake, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the venue is one of the most prestigious in the world for both classical music and popular music. Carnegie Hall is situated 1,800 feet west of Pulitzer Fountain.
Central Park Zoo
Zoo
Photo: Tim Rodenberg, CC BY 2.0.
The Central Park Zoo is a 6.5-acre zoo located at the southeast corner of Central Park in New York City. It is part of an integrated system of four zoos and one aquarium managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society. Central Park Zoo is situated 1,400 feet north of Pulitzer Fountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diamond District and Theater District.
Diamond District
Neighborhood
Photo: ChrisRuvolo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
A diamond district is an area where the cutting, polishing, and trade of diamonds and other gems takes place. There are a number of these districts around the world, including: It may also refer to Diamond District, an American hip-hop group formed by Oddisee, Uptown XO & Yu.
Theater District
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Broadway. Times Square. Madison Square Garden. The name says it all: the Theater District is the entertainment hub of the city, and possibly the entire nation.
Lenox Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lenox Hill is a neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.
Pulitzer Fountain
- Type: Body of water
- Description: fountain at Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, New York
- Categories: fountain and sculpture
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.76409° or 40° 45′ 51″ northLongitude
-73.97358° or 73° 58′ 25″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)Inception
May 1916Open location code
87G8Q27G+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 988718514OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainOpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q18157051
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Pulitzer Fountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pulitzer Fountain”
- Dutch: “Pulitzer Fountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نافورة بوليتسر”
- Japanese: “ピューリッツァー噴水”
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Highlights include Apple Fifth Avenue and The Plaza Food Hall.
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