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Joyce Kilmer Park

Park · Bronx, New York

A park in the Concourse section of the Bronx, owned and maintained by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. It contains the Lorelei Fountain, the Heinrich Heine Memorial, a white marble sculpture created in 1896 by the German sculptor Ernst Herter and unveiled at the park on July 8, 1899.

History

The Lorelei Fountain was vandalized from 1900 onward, its figures' arms cut off. It was restored and reopened at its current location in 1999.

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Bounded by Grand Concourse, Walton Avenue, East 164th Street and East 161st Street, Bronx, NY

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