Manhattan: 5th Avenue - 58th Street (West)

Fifth Ave., west side, between West 58th and West 59th Streets, showing prominently, the Pulitzer Memorial Fountain at, the S.W. corner of West 59th Street. The fountain was erected from funds left by Joseph Pulitzer, and is constructed of limestone and consists of six basins rising in pyramidal form. In the center of the top basin, on a pedestal, is a bronze statue, eight feet high, of a nude female figure holding a basket of fruit. The fountain is often called the Fountain of Abundance. The sculptor is Carl Bittner, who lived from 1865 to 1915 and the architects
are Carrere and Hastings. It was given to the city in 1916.
August 15, 1929.
P. L. Sperr.