Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch

Animals

“Bird God” Strikes Again

Graffiti by Denis Shelagin on January 23. Rachel Baron/BklynerBird God is back, and he’s got lots to say. The new messages, scribbled just a few feet below where the original message was and has since been scrubbed from, read: “If you cripple or kill any more of my

Central Brooklyn

Grand Army Plaza To Receive $8.9M Restoration

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – On Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver announced that the City is providing the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/alliance-receives-89m-restoration-grand-army-plaza/] $8.9 million to go toward the restoration of Grand Army Plaza, including the historic Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Citywide Monuments Conservation Program

Bronze Statues On Soldiers And Sailors Memorial Arch Getting Facelift

Photo by Debra Van EnkenvoortHave you noticed people working on the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Grand Army Plaza this week? That’s because the NYC Parks’ Citywide Monuments Conservation Program [http://www.nycgovparks.org/art-and-antiquities/permanent-art-and-monuments/conservation] (CMCP) is preserving the bronze statues on the arch thanks to