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.
520 Park Avenue 520 Park Avenue 520 Park Avenue is a skyscraper located on East 60th Street and Park Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects. The building cost US$450 million to build. Arthur and William Lie Zeckendorf of Zeckendorf Development developed the building. Like much of Stern's work, the building is New Classical in style. The exterior of the building is clad in limestone, similar to 15 Central Park West. The building is shorter than Stern's two other Manhattan skyscrapers, 30 Park Place and 220 Central Park South. The developer,