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Washington Square Park Central Fountian (New York City, New York)
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The current fountain was installed in Washington Square in 1870 as part of a redesign of the park under Boss Tweed. Hoping to increase the value of his lands to the south of Washington Square Park, Tweed also sent a road through the square near the fountain, which caused local traffic to block walkways and allowed the fumes of Fifth Avenue buses turning around in the park to fill the air. In late 1950s traffic through the park was stopped, leaving the area an oasis of tranquility in a hectic city.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Square_Park
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Coordinates: 40°43'50"N 73°59'50"W
- Aileen B. Ryan Oval 17 km
- Maxim Glen 60 km
- Dupont Circle 330 km
- Hogan's Fountain Pavilion Area 1042 km
- L.R. Nelson Corporation 1321 km
- pond 1530 km
- Pond 1531 km
- Unnamed pond 1531 km
- Unnamed lake 1532 km
- Fountain de la Juventud 2110 km
- Greenwich Village 0.6 km
- West Village 0.8 km
- SoHo 0.9 km
- Lower (Downtown) Manhattan 1.1 km
- Midtown (Manhattan, NY) 2.4 km
- Manhattan 6 km
- Hudson County, New Jersey 6.4 km
- Brooklyn 11 km
- Queens 14 km
- The Palisades 26 km