On the back of NYPL's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, you can find Bryant Park, a tiny 39,000 square meter public park with a wonderful lawn in the middle of all of midtown Manhattan's skyscrapers. Previously known as Reservoir Park, in 1884 it was renamed Bryant Park to honour the New York Evening Post editor and abolitionist William Cullen Bryant. In 1899 the construction of the New York Public Library building began, and when it finished in 1911 the memorial was also created. On it's center you can find the bronze statue of Bryant created by Herbert Adams. The history of the park has been marked by a great period of deterioration, and by the 1970s it had been taken over by drug dealers, prostitutes and the homeless. In 1980 the Bryant Park Restoration Corporation was created with the purpose of restoring the parks former glory, which had been achieved by the 1990s after major rebuilding projects.

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