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"This mysterious New York City arch is what used to be called the “Victory Arch”, a temporary monument of wood and plaster built at 24th Street and Fifth Avenue in 1918.

According to the New York Times’ insightful Streetscapes column, the arch was conceived by mayor John F. Hylan to commemorate the New Yorkers who died in World War I. Plans to make the Victory Arch a permanent monument were eventually thwarted due to a group of sculptors who felt it was too vengeful towards the Germans, and even Fiorello H. LaGuardia publicly denounced the project as an “Altar of Extravagance.”
 
can't let go of History
Ernest Hemingway, at the American Red Cross Hospital in Milan, 1918
He fought in WW1 as you know...and he was hurt


 

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