Duke Ellington Circle Duke Ellington Circle Duke Ellington Circle is a traffic circle located at the Northeast corner of Central Park at the foot of Fifth Avenue and of 110th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The traffic circle is named for the jazz musician Duke Ellington. Formerly named "Frawley Circle", the traffic circle was renamed "Duke Ellington Circle" in 1995. In 1997, a tall statue by sculptor Robert Graham, depicting the Muses — nine nude caryatids — supporting a grand piano and Duke Ellington on their heads was erected in the middle of the shallow amphitheater composing the circle.
New York State Fallen Firefighters Memorial New York State Fallen Firefighters Memorial The New York State Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Albany, New York is dedicated to the New York firefighters who have died in the line of duty. Governor of New York George Pataki officially dedicated the memorial on October 5, 1998. It features a by gray granite wall, with 2,312 names permanently etched into the stone. In front of the wall stands a high dark bronze sculpture of two firefighters rescuing an injured colleague created by NY sculptor Robert Eccleston. The sculpture rests on a paved plaza with charcoal and red bricks forming a Maltese