Walloon Settlers Memorial/Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center

Immigrant Monuments in
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Walloon Settlers Memorial
"Architect: Henry Bacon
Description: Stele on base
Materials: Limestone
Cast: ca. 1924
Dedicated: May 20, 1924
Donor: Conseil Provincial du
Hainut (Belgium)"
-http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/batterypark/monuments/1647

-Dedicated on 300 anniversary of
Walloon arrival in New York
-Made of Hainaut granite, a Belgian
stone
-Designed by same person who
designed the Lincoln Memorial
-Located in the center of Battery Park

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Presented to the City
of New York by the
Conseil Provincial Du
Hainaut
In Memory of the
Walloon Settlers
Who Came Over to
America in the Nieu
Nederland Under the
Inspiration of Jesse
de Forest of Avesnes
Then County of
Hainaut
One of the XVII
Provinces

1624-1924

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Other Monuments
Stone Map of New Amsterdam; located in Peter Minuit Plaza

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The Immigrants by Luis Sanguino, 1973
"Dedicated to the People of All Nations Who Entered America Through Castle Garden
In Memory of
Samuel Rudin
1896-1975
Whose Parents Arrived in America in 1883"

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Netherland Monument, H.A. Van den Eyden, 1926; a flagpole pedestal

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New Immigrant Marker: Clemente Soto Velez
Cultural and Educational Center (CSV)
Left: http://csvcenter.com/2005/csv%20old%20photo.jpg
Right: <http://www.festivalofideasnyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CSV-facade-w-
street-signs.jpg>

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About CSV
-Located in Lower East Side
-Cultural center dedicated towards the advancement of
Puerto Rican/Latino culture, including art, music, dance,
film/video and poetry
-Founded in 1993 and named after famous Puerto Rican
poet Clemente Soto Velez

-The Center's "Dutch Neo-Gothic building is a former
public school (PS 160) constructed in 1898 by the Board of
Education of the City of New York" (http://
csvcenter.com/2005/history.htm).
- Visit: csvcenter.com/2005 for more information
- Address: 107 Suffolk Street,
New York, NY 10002
P: (212) 260-4080

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