Civic Virtue by American sculptor Frederick MacMonnies languished for decades in front of the Queens Borough Hall.
Location: The Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street Brooklyn, NY
Client/Owner: The Green-Wood Cemetery
General Contractor: Mullen Construction
Marble Restoration: Kreilick Conservation
Project Status: Built
Size: 300 sq ft
Additional Information: Civic Virtue at Green-Wood
Civic Virtue by American sculptor Frederick MacMonnies languished for decades in front of the Queens Borough Hall
The Green-Wood Cemetery volunteered to make a home for it where it would be maintained
As designed by us and approved by the NYC Public Design Commission, the setting was simplified from the original elaborate fountain, bringing the marble figure closer to ground and making it easier to approach and read wholly in the round
Here the polished granite base is being installed after placing the statue on a new foundation
The marble dating from 1920 was finely restored
A final landscape ring in corten steel and an interpretive sign complete the composition