Thursday 3 November 2016

New York 2016 - Madison Park / Flatiron

Madison Square Park is located between Maddison Avenue and Fifth Avenue, 23rd to 26th Street. At the South West Corner, at the junction of 5th Avenue and 26th Street the Flat Iron Building is situated.

Madison Square and Flat Iron
New York City
The Flat Iron building derives it name from it's resemblance to a cast iron clothes iron. The building sits on a tri-angle of Fifth Avenue, Broadway, and East 22nd Street, it's address 175 5th Avenue. When it was built in 1902, with 20 floors,  it was one of the tallest buildings in New York.



Flatiron Building
New York City

Flatiron Building British Tank WW1
New York City

WW1 American Troops march down 5th Avenue past Flat Iron Building
New York City
 On the West Side of Madison Square is the Worth Monument which was erected over the tomb of General William Jenkins Worth. Worth enlisted into the Army in 1812 when America went to War with the United Kingdom, serving as a Lieutenant. He was the fourth commandant of West Point. By 1824 he was a Lieutenant Colonel and a Colonel in 1838, fighting with the Eighth Infantry against the Seminole Indians in Florida. Promoted to Major General in 1846, he took part in all the major engagements of the Mexican-American War (1846-48). After the War he commanded the Army in Texas where he died from Cholera in 1849.

 
Worth Monument Madison Park
New York City
Located on Madison Avenue and 23rd Street is the Met. Life Building. Constructed in 1909, it was the tallest building in the World until the building of the Woolworth Tower in 1913. 
 


Met Life Building and Eternal Light Flagstaff
New York City
Located on 5th Avenue in Madison Park is the Eternal Light Flagstaff. It was erected to commemorate the first anniversary of American troops who were received in the square on their home coming. It records the Battles of the American Expeditionary Force, and is dedicated to those who lost their lives during the conflict.
 
 Each year the annual Veterans Day parade concludes at Madison Park, and official ceremonies are conducted at the Flagstaff.


Eternal Light Flagstaff

Eternal Light Flagstaff
Madison Park NYC

Eternal Light Flagstaff
Madison Park NYC
 
Inscription: East face:
TO OUR HEROES / 'TIS THE / STAR SPANGLED BANNER / OH LONG MAY IT WAVE/ O'ER THE LAND / OF THE FREE / AND THE HOME OF / THE BRAVE / YPRES-LYS / AISNE LYS / SOMME DEFENSIVE / SOMME OFFENSIVE /

West face:
OISE-AISNE / ST. MIHIEL / CAMBRAI / AISNE-MARNE/ VITTORIO-VENETO/
MEUSE-ARGONNE / SOMME OFFENSIVE / CHAMPAGNE-MARNE / MONTDIDIER-NOYON/ THIS STAR WAS LIGHTED / NOVEMBER XI MCMXXIII/

North face:
IN MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO HAVE MADE / THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE / FOR THE TRIUMPH OF / THE FREE PEOPLES / OF THE WORLD/

South face:
ERECTED / TO COMMEMORATE / THE FIRST HOMECOMING / OF THE
VICTORIOUS / ARMY AND NAVY / OF THESE UNITED STATES / OFFICIALLY
RECEIVED BY / THE CITY OF NEW YORK / ON THIS SITE / ANNO DOMINI
MCMXVIII /

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