Verdi Square Sawyer and built in 1926–28. The 72nd Street New York City Subway station () lies under the square. The Verdi Square entrance to the station in the square is one of only three remaining head houses on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. In the center of Verdi Square stands a monument to the opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, erected in 1906. A statue of him by Pasquale Civiletti (1858–1952) stands at the top of it and statues of four of his most famous characters (Falstaff on the west side of the statue, Leonora of "La forza del destino" on the south
Felix Knight Arwater Kent Foundation Scholarship Auditions of the Air, and made it to Manhattan prior to placing second in the judging. Upon returning to California, Knight sang at the Hollywood Bowl in the Giuseppe Verdi opera "La traviata" alongside Lily Pons, and then traveled to San Francisco, California, where he did Hector Berlioz's "La damnation de Faust" with the city's opera company. Once he returned to Hollywood, he continued voice studying and radio work, including the CBS program "Shell Mountain House" with Raymond Paige and his Orchestra. Knight finally made his screen debut in 1934 in RKO Pictures "Down to Their