Soldiers and Sailors Monument Riverside Drive, West 89th Street, NYC

Mo “Hey!”

                                                                                          Sa “Yea, what?”

Mo “What are we going to talk about this week.”

Sa “Was thinking about since pop pop was in the service we should talk about the Soldiers and Sailors Monument.”

Mo “Oh the big columns near the dog park on 89^th street and Riverside?”

Sa “Yes that’s the one.”

Mo “So what can you tell me about it?”

Sa “The monument was commissioned by the State of New York in 1893, the competition was held in 1897. The purpose was to commemorate the Union Army soldiers and sailors who served in the Civil War.”

Mo “I know that it was designed by the Stoughton brothers, engineer Charles W. and architect Arthur A. Stoughton. They are the ones who won the competition with a design inspired by Greek antiquity.”

Sa “Another week you are on the ball. Did you get offered more food?”

Mo “Kind of while you were sleeping pop pop gave me chicken to be good.”

Sa “That is OK I got mine before I went to sleep while you were going potty. But back on track. The monument has a cylindrical form of white marble with 12 Corinthian columns, it is capped with richly carved ornament of eagles and cartouches. The design was based upon the ancient Choragic monument of Lysicrates from the 4^th BC in Athens, an iconic form used during the Greek Revival in 19th century America.”

Mo “Ooo ooo wait I know that it stands at 100 feet, it is larger in scale than the relic it imitates.”

Sa “Good we are getting the hang of doing this stuff. The plinths that stand atop the south stair list the New York volunteer regiments that served during the war, as well as the Union generals and the battles they led. The ornament was sculpted by a human named Paul E. Duboy. Several features were never realized, including a pathway down to the Hudson and a more developed plaza area to the south of the monument.”

Mo “That is pretty awesome for this week.”

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