Pomona sculpture
Project type: Historical Restoration, Archaeology and History, Civic Facilities, Monuments and Memorials
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to restore the Pomona statue (also known as the “Lady of the Plaza”) in Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, during the mid-1930s. The statue tops the Pulitzer Fountain in the plaza’s southern half.
Source notes
The New York Times: "A CITY STATUE'S LOT IS NOT A HAPPY ONE; But the Ravages of Man, Time and Neglect Are Now Being Halted by Careful Restoration," August 23, 1936 (pg. 12)
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 2, 2018.
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