James Gordon Bennett Memorial at Broadway, Av Of Americas, between W 34 St and W 35 St, Manhattan. It is a memorial to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gordon_Bennett,_Sr." class="extiw" title="en:James Gordon Bennett, Sr.">James Gordon Bennett, Sr.</a> (1795-1872), founder of the New York Herald and his son <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gordon_Bennett,_Jr." class="extiw" title="en:James Gordon Bennett, Jr.">James Gordon Bennett, Jr.</a> (1841-1918).
<p>The statue shows Minerva and the bell ringers, colloquially called <i>Stuff and Guff</i>.
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The monument was made in Paris by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Carl%C3%A8s" class="extiw" title="en:Antonin Carlès">Jean Charles Antonin Carlès</a> (1851–1919), cast in 1894 and dedicated in 1895. It originally crowned the New York Herald building, the 1894 home of Bennett's newspaper. In 1921 the building was razed. All of the bronze statuary was removed, stored away. It was recycled into the 40-foot tall memorial which was unveiled with great fanfare in November 1940.
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