The Bronx’s Van Cortlandt Park holds an unexpected piece of Grand Central Terminal history. What some call “Cortlandthenge” consists of 13 pillars, placed there in 1905, that helped determine which stone would be used for the building’s facade.
. There are 13 that remain , and they’ve been more of a hidden secret than a lauded historic monument over all this time.
The goal, Cohen said, was to restore these pieces of history and then maintain them, because that's how monuments — which she calls "a runoff of our collective memories and our history" — survive.survive — the biggest restoration at the time was the Statue of Liberty . This became a prototype for other restoration projects citywide, and MAS wanted to make sure lesser-known artifacts, in all of the boroughs, got the same treatment.
"These stones are not actually what you call works of art," Cohen said, "but they had a great connection to the Municipal Arts Society which, with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Kent Barwick [former head of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission],The stones "were just marred with graffiti," when they first looked at them, according to Cohen.
"The Parks Department's first response to these things is to paint over it, and that's the worst thing you can do because those layers of paint build up and build up," Cohen said. "Then there's more graffiti, and you know, you don't see the natural stone."
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