Manhattan : Greeley Square

Manhattan : Greeley Square

What: In the newspaper wars of the 1890s, Horace Greeley's New York Tribune was the archrival of the New York Herald, but it's just coincidence that the two publications and their publishers are both memorialized at the heart of the 34th Street district. Greeley Square features the restored statue of Greeley (who, contrary to popular belief, did not coin the expression, "Go west, young man," but borrowed it from John Babsone Lane Soule), and many of the same amenities installed and maintained by the Partnership in its neighbot to the North. Like Herald Square, Greeley Square has its birds: to recall the eagles that were once part of the Tribune's masthead, the Partnership chose eagles to decorate this square's gateposts.
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