Pulitzer Fountain

 water, fountain, reflecting pool

The Pulitzer Fountain is located in the southern part of the Grand Army Plaza, at 59th Street and Fifth Avenue.

It is 22 feet high and was designed my sculptor Karl Amargo (1867-1915) and Architect Thomas Hastings (1860-1929). The model of the female figure was Audrey Munson.

The fountain was donated by publisher Joseph Pulitzer, (1848-1911) at a cost of $50,000, who bequeathed funds to erect a fountain. Hungarian-born Pulitzer moved to New York in 1883, after taking ownership of the New York World, the sensational and gossip-filled tabloid that, along with William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal, marked the beginning of the era of yellow journalism in the United States. He also helped institute the Pulitzer Prize, the prestigious award given each year to various journalists, writers, and composers.

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