The 1.5 acre municipal park known as Dag Hammarskjold Plaza occupies the entire southside of the block between First and Second Avenues on East 47th Street in the Manhattan neighborhood of Turtle Bay. Take the photo tour below!
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- The park is named for Dag Agne Carl Hammarskjold.
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- The entrance dome at East 47th Street near Second Avenue.
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- Steps lead to a raised platform where public sculpture is frequently exhibited. Notice the bronze turtle in the fountain, a symbolic tribute to Turtle Bay.
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- Lighting fixtures
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- Collonade
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- Kathrine Hepburn Garden
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- Path Paver with a quote from Katherine Hepburn
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- Park Cafe
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- Wallenberg Memorial
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St. George Slaying the Dragon, by sculptor Zurab Tsereteli.
Entitled “Good Defeats Evil,” the dragon in the sculpture is made of fragments of U.S. and Soviet ballistic missiles.