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View of Columbus Circle, looking east down Central Park South from inside the Time Warner Center.
View of Columbus Circle, looking east down Central Park South from inside the Time Warner Center.

Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Completed in 1905 and renovated a century later, it is the site of the first traffic circle in the United States. It is located at the intersection of Broadway, Central Park West, Central Park South (59th Street), and Eighth Avenue, at the southwest corner of Central Park, with coordinates 40°46′05″N, 73°58′55″WCoordinates: 40°46′05″N, 73°58′55″W. The traffic circle was designed by William P. Eno, a businessman who pioneered many early innovations in road safety and traffic control, as part of Frederick Law Olmsted's vision for the park, which included a circle at Explorers Gate, its most important Eighth Avenue entrance. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2400x1600, 607 KB) Photo of Columbus Circle, New York City, from the third floor balcony in the foyer of the Time Warner Center, looking east down 59th Street. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2400x1600, 607 KB) Photo of Columbus Circle, New York City, from the third floor balcony in the foyer of the Time Warner Center, looking east down 59th Street. ... Central Park South is a street in Manhattan, New York City; it is a section of 59th Street. ... Time Warner Center and Columbus Monument. ... Columbus Circle may refer to: Columbus Circle, a traffic circle in New York City 59th Street–Columbus Circle (New York City Subway), the nearby subway station complex Shops at Columbus Circle, an adjacent shopping mall the Columbus Circle neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois Columbus Circle (Syracuse, NY), a plaza and neighborhood... Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Five Boroughs redirects here. ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City. ... Central Park West is an avenue in New York City. ... Central Park South is a street in Manhattan, New York City; it is a section of 59th Street. ... Eighth Avenue is a north-south avenue on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic. ... Central Park is a large public, urban park (843 acres or 3. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Columbus Circle, New York City, NY; site of the first traffic circle in the United States completed in 1905 DeSoto Fountain sits in the center of a traffic circle in the city of Coral Gables, Florida. ... William Phelps Eno (1858-1945) was an American businessman responsible for many of the earliest innovations in road safety and traffic control. ... The field of road safety is concerned with reducing the numbers or the consequences of vehicle crashes, by developing and implementing management systems ideally based in a multidisciplinary and holistic approach, with interrelated activities in a number of fields. ... Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was a United States landscape architect, famous for designing many well-known urban parks, including Central Park and Prospect Park in New York City. ... Eighth Avenue is a north-south avenue on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic. ...


Now, as then, Columbus Circle is a major transportation hub. The M5, M7, M10, M20, and M104 buses all stop at Columbus Circle. The circle is a major hub for the subway, connecting the A, C, B, D, and 1 New York City Subway lines at 59th Street-Columbus Circle. Passengers board a bus at Westchester Square. ... 59th Street-Columbus Circle is a New York City Subway station complex on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line and the IND Eighth Avenue Line. ... 207th Street to Lefferts Boulevard, Far Rockaway, or Rockaway Park note: dashed line shows rush hour only service The A Eighth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. ... The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The B Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The D Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 1 Broadway–Seventh Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Times Square–42nd Street station entrance The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as MTA New York City Transit. ... 59th Street–Columbus Circle is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and the IND Eighth Avenue Line. ...


The monument at the center, created by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo, is the point at which distances to and from New York City are officially measured. It was erected as part of New York's 1892 commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Columbus' first voyage to the Americas. Constructed with funds raised by Il Progresso, an Italian-language newspaper, the monument consists of a marble statue of Columbus atop a 70-foot granite column decorated with bronze reliefs representing Columbus' ships: the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María. Its pedestal features an angel holding a globe. 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... World map showing the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere historically considered to consist of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... Venus de Milo, front. ... Close-up of granite from Yosemite National Park, valley of the Merced River Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... Assorted ancient Bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ... The Niña (the Spanish word for girl) was one of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage towards the Indies in 1492. ... Replica of the Pinta The Pinta (the Painted) was fastest of of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. ... A functional sailing replica of the Santa Maria found in Funchal, Madeira Islands, Portugal. ... The Archangel Michael by Guido Reni wears a late Roman military outfit in this 17th century depiction An angel is a supernatural being found in many religions. ... World globe A Baroque era celestial globe A globe is a three-dimensional scale model of a spheroid celestial body such as a planet, star or moon, in particular Earth, or, alternatively, a spherical representation of the sky with the stars (but without the Sun, Moon, or planets, because their...


Renovations to the circle completed in 2005 included new water fountains (by WET Design, of Fountains of Bellagio fame), wooden benches, and plantings encircling the monument. The inner circle measures approximately 36,000 square feet, and the outer circle is approximately 148,000 square feet. The redesign, by the Olin Partnership of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the recipient of the 2006 American Society of Landscape Architects’ General Design Award Of Honor. Bellagio is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. It is owned by MGM Mirage and was built on the site of demolished Dunes hotel and casino. ... Laurie Olin (b. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... The American Society of Landscape Architects is the national professional association representing landscape architects, with more than 15,000 members and 48 chapters, representing all 50 American states, US territories, and 42 countries around the world. ...


Neighborhood

Columbus Circle, with the Time Warner Center in the background.
Columbus Circle, with the Time Warner Center in the background.

Time Warner Center, the world headquarters of the Time Warner corporation, is located on the west side of Columbus Circle on the site of the old New York Coliseum. The complex also hosts the Shops at Columbus Circle, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the New York City studio headquarters of CNN. On the north side of Columbus Circle is the Trump International Hotel and Tower, with its famous steel globe. Immediately prior, the edifice had been an office tower, the Gulf + Western Building, housing the New York City headquarters of Paramount Pictures. Other notable institutions around Columbus Circle are the prestigious John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Fordham University, New York Institute of Technology, the Professional Children's School, and the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 776 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Picture taken by BigMac on September 9, 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 776 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Picture taken by BigMac on September 9, 2005. ... Time Warner Center and Columbus Monument. ... Time Warner Center and Columbus Monument. ... Time Warner Inc. ... The New York Coliseum was a convention center that stood on Columbus Circle in New York City from 1954 to 2000. ... The Shops at Columbus Circle is an urban shopping center in the Time Warner Center in Manhattan, New York City -- a complex of skyscrapers that was completed in 2003. ... Jazz at Lincoln Center is a new addition to the Lincoln Center performing arts complex, located at 60th Street and Broadway in New York City, slightly south of the main Lincoln Center campus and directly adjacent to Columbus Circle. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York) is an Emmy Award-nominated American business executive, entrepreneur, television personality and author. ... Trump International Hotel and Tower The Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York City, NY is a high-rise building. ... Gulf and Western Industries, Inc. ... Information in this article or section has not been verified against sources and may not be reliable. ... The John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a criminal justice college in New York City which has about 12,000 FTE (full-time equivalent) students, including traditional, pre-career undergraduate students and those pursuing master’s degrees in several disciplines. ... Fordham University is a private, coeducational research university[2] in the United States, with three residential campuses located in and around New York City. ... The New York Institute of Technology (also known as NYIT and New York Tech) is a private, co-educational college in New York in the USA. The college has three New York campuses, two on Long Island and one on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, as well as global... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Ethical Culture Fieldston School, known as Fieldston, is a private independent school in New York City and a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League. ...


On the northeast lies the Merchant's Gate to Central Park, dominated by the Maine Monument. An imposing Beaux-Arts edifice of marble and gilded bronze, it was built in 1913 as a memorial to sailors killed aboard the battleship USS Maine, whose mysterious 1898 explosion in Havana harbor precipitated the Spanish-American War. Beaux-Arts architecture[1] denotes the academic classical architectural style that was taught at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The firepower of a battleship demonstrated by USS Iowa A battleship is a large, heavily-armored warship with a main battery consisting of the largest caliber of guns. ... USS Maine (ACR-1), the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the state of Maine, was a 6682-ton second-class pre-dreadnought battleship originally designated as Armored Cruiser #1. ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Nickname: (Spanish) City of Columns Position of Havana in the Americas Coordinates: , Country  Cuba Province Ciudad de La Habana Municipalities 15 Founded 1515a Government  - Mayor Juan Contino Aslán Area  - City 721. ... Combatants United States Republic of Cuba Philippine Republic Spain Commanders Nelson A. Miles William R. Shafter George Dewey Máximo Gómez Emilio Aguinaldo Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Arsenio Linares General Ramón Blanco Casualties 3,289 U.S. dead (432 from combat); considerably higher although undetermined Cuban and Filipino...


The neighborhood around Columbus Circle is vibrant and eclectic. Within one mile are Lincoln Center, the American Museum of Natural History, the Plaza Hotel near Grand Army Plaza, Hearst Tower, and Times Square. The Hell's Kitchen and Midtown neighborhoods lie to the south and the Upper West Side to the north. The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Plaza Hotel as seen from the corner of 5th Avenue and 59th Street in Manhattan For the music festival PlazAid, click here The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South in Manhattan, currently... Hearst Tower, in September 2006 Interior of the Lobby taken from Cafe 57 Hearst Tower in New York City, New York is located at 300 West 57th Street on Eighth Avenue, near Columbus Circle. ... Times Square. ... View from between 47th and 48th street on Ninth Avenue looking north toward Time Warner Center and Hearst Tower Hells Kitchen, also known as Clinton and Midtown West, is a neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City that includes roughly the area between 34th Street and 57th Street, from... Main article: New York City Midtown Manhattan viewed from the Brooklyn Bridge. ... The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River above West 59th Street. ...


One of the buildings adjoining Columbus Circle, now known by its address of 2 Columbus Circle, is an Edward Durrell Stone-designed building originally housing the now-defunct Huntington Hartford Gallery of Modern Art. Vacant since 1998, it is listed as one of the World Monuments Fund's "100 most endangered sites". The original design of the Edward Durell Stone building in 2 Columbus Circle. ... Edward Durrell Stone (1902 Fayetteville Arkansas - 1978 New York City), American modernist twentieth century American architect. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The World Monuments Fund (WMF) is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic art and architecture worldwide through fieldwork, advocacy, grantmaking, education, and training. ...

Columbus Circle, circa 1907
   
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Columbus Circle, circa 1907

Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 253 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 324 pixel, file size: 68 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) en: Columbus Circle Columbus Circle, New York circa 1907 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 253 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 324 pixel, file size: 68 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) en: Columbus Circle Columbus Circle, New York circa 1907 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

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EarthCam - Columbus Circle Cam (462 words)
Columbus Circle, first envisioned as the grand entryway to Central Park and transformed in 1905 into the first traffic circle in the United States, is a major New York City landmark.
Columbus Circle is a major NYC landmark located at the crossroads of Broadway, Central Park West, Central Park South, and Eighth Avenue, on the southwest corner of Central Park.
Columbus Circle is adjacent to one of the main entrances to Central Park and is located at the ends of Central Park South and Central Park West.
Columbus Circle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (633 words)
Columbus Circle is a major landmark and point of attraction in New York City.
Named for Christopher Columbus, the monument was erected as part of New York's 1892 commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Columbus' first voyage to the Americas.
The inner circle measures approximately 36,000 square feet, and the outer circle is approximately 148,000 square feet.
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