City Life Org - Grand Army Plaza Arch is Restored

Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn Has $8.9 Million in Preservation Work Completed - The Reconstruction Era

One of the most visited Civil War sites in the country is Grand Army Plaza outside of Prospect Park in Brooklyn. This site is dominated by a massive Victory Arch which by 2018 had been identified as structurally deteriorating.  That year, Mayor Bill de Blasio set aside 8.9 million dollars in city funds to restore the arch and surrounding features in the plaza. I have already written a full Photo Tour of the site with a complete history and here …

City Life Org - Grand Army Plaza Arch is Restored

Photo by NYC Parks / Malcolm Pinckney Prospect Park Alliance and NYC Parks Hosted Ribbon-Cutting Celebration for the Historic Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza  NYC Parks and Prospect Park Alliance, the non-profit organization that operates Prospect Park in partnership with the City, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the restoration of the iconic Soldiers'…