The Still Hunt (crouching panther) statue by Edward Kemeys, from 1885, Park
Drive at about East 76th Street. Refurbished and remounted in 1937 by WPA
workers.
- Still
Hunt History, New York City Parks Department website: “In 1937,
the Parks monuments crew repatined the piece and secured it to the natural
rock outcropping.”
- The Columbus
Monument (explains the monuments crew's New Deal connection).
- New Deal Assistance in
NYC Parks Department Projects, 1934-43.