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Doughboy Park is a 1.71-acre (6,900 m2) New York City public park in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens. It is located on a hilly parcel of land between Skillman Avenue and Woodside Avenue, and between 54th Street and 56th Street. Also during the 1990 renovations, the park gained another prominent feature: an accurately oriented compass rose embedded in the pavement, annotated with the names of the ancient Greek wind gods (the Anemoi).

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  • Doughboy Park is a 1.71-acre (6,900 m2) New York City public park in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens. It is located on a hilly parcel of land between Skillman Avenue and Woodside Avenue, and between 54th Street and 56th Street. Also during the 1990 renovations, the park gained another prominent feature: an accurately oriented compass rose embedded in the pavement, annotated with the names of the ancient Greek wind gods (the Anemoi). (en)
  • Doughboy Park é um parque público da cidade de Nova Iorque de 1,71 acres (6.900 m²), no bairro de , no Queens. Está localizado em um terreno montanhoso entre a Skillman Avenue e a Woodside Avenue, e entre a 54th Street e a 56th Street. Desde a instalação da estátua em 1923, o parque tem sido palco de eventos locais do Memorial Day e outros eventos patrióticos. Em 2006, no quinto aniversário dos ataques terroristas de 11 de setembro de 2001, uma placa comemorativa no parque foi dedicada. Diz: (pt)
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  • Doughboy Park is a 1.71-acre (6,900 m2) New York City public park in the Woodside neighborhood of Queens. It is located on a hilly parcel of land between Skillman Avenue and Woodside Avenue, and between 54th Street and 56th Street. The park land was originally obtained by the city as a play area for local school P.S. 11 in 1893. During the First World War, local soldiers met here before shipping off to the front in Europe. A memorial was commissioned by the Woodside Community Council for these soldiers, including ten who were killed during the war. The memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day, 30 May 1923. It features a statue of a somber, wounded American infantryman, colloquially called a doughboy. The bronze statue was created by Flushing, Queens based sculptor Burt Johnson, who also designed another doughboy statue in DeWitt Clinton Park in Manhattan. The statue was selected as the best memorial of its kind in 1928 by the American Federation of Artists. The terrain of the park was considered too steep for children to play on, and in 1957 the land was turned over to the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. In 1959, the section of 54th Street between 39th Drive and Woodside Avenue was removed and converted to parkland, connecting the park to the adjacent . Seating, paths, and trees were later installed in the park, and in 1971 the park was given its current name. A conservation project in 1990 restored the statue, and multiple upgrades to the park have maintained the park. Also during the 1990 renovations, the park gained another prominent feature: an accurately oriented compass rose embedded in the pavement, annotated with the names of the ancient Greek wind gods (the Anemoi). Since the installation of the statue in 1923, the park has been the location of local Memorial Day observances and other patriotic events. In 2006, on the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a memorial plaque in the park was dedicated. It reads: On September 11, 2001, the following who lived or worked in Woodside died in the World Trade Center attack. Their lives touched our hearts, their sacrifice changed us forever.We remember them with love and honor.(34 names follow) In 2017, it was announced that Doughboy Plaza's seating area and 9/11 memorial would be rebuilt at a cost of $750,000. The project budget was later doubled, and the reconstruction was approved in early 2018. The project would be completed by 2020. (en)
  • Doughboy Park é um parque público da cidade de Nova Iorque de 1,71 acres (6.900 m²), no bairro de , no Queens. Está localizado em um terreno montanhoso entre a Skillman Avenue e a Woodside Avenue, e entre a 54th Street e a 56th Street. A área do parque foi originalmente obtida pela cidade como uma área de recreação para a escola local PS 11 em 1893. Durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial, soldados locais se encontraram aqui antes de embarcarem para a frente na Europa. Um memorial foi encomendado pelo Conselho da Comunidade Woodside para esses soldados, incluindo dez que foram mortos durante a guerra. O memorial foi dedicado no Memorial Day, em 30 de maio de 1923. Apresenta a estátua de um soldado de infantaria americano sombrio e ferido, coloquialmente chamado doughboy. A estátua de bronze foi criada pelo escultor de , , que também projetou outra estátua de doughboy no , em Manhattan. A estátua foi selecionada como o melhor memorial do gênero em 1928 pela Federação Americana de Artistas. O terreno do parque era considerado muito íngreme para as crianças brincarem e, em 1957, o terreno foi entregue ao Departamento de Parques e Recreação da Cidade de Nova Iorque. Em 1959, a seção da 54th Street entre a 39th Drive e a Woodside Avenue foi removida e convertida em parque, conectando o parque ao adjacente. Assentos, caminhos e árvores foram instalados mais tarde no parque e, em 1971, o parque recebeu seu nome atual. Um projeto de conservação em 1990 restaurou a estátua, e várias atualizações para o parque mantiveram o parque. Desde a instalação da estátua em 1923, o parque tem sido palco de eventos locais do Memorial Day e outros eventos patrióticos. Em 2006, no quinto aniversário dos ataques terroristas de 11 de setembro de 2001, uma placa comemorativa no parque foi dedicada. Diz: :Em 11 de setembro de 2001, os seguintes que moravam ou trabalhavam em Woodside morreram no ataque ao World Trade Center. Suas vidas tocaram nossos corações, seu sacrifício nos mudou para sempre.Lembramo-los com amor e honra.(34 nomes seguem) Em 2017, foi anunciado que a área de estar do Doughboy Plaza e o memorial do 11 de setembro seriam reconstruídos a um custo de 750 mil dólares. O orçamento do projeto foi posteriormente duplicado e a reconstrução foi aprovada no início de 2018. O projeto seria concluído em 2020. (pt)
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