RIVERSIDE DRIVE’S firefighter memorial
The Firemen’s Memorial, designed by H. Van Buren Magonigle and sculpted in 1912 by Attilio Piccirilli, is a large marble slab surrounded by an approach of steps, two balustrades and allegorical figures representing Sacrifice (shown as a woman embracing the body of her dead husband) and Duty (shown as a mother standing by a fire [...]
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