Designated: 6/9/1967
Architect : Charles A. Platt
Architectural Style: N/A
Address: Concourse Entrance (Facing Pelham Parkway Between Lake Agassiz And Cope Lake).
The Rainey Memorial Gates at the Bronx Zoe are monumental, free-standing
bronze-sculptured gates designed to express animal and plant motifs. For them, the
noted American sculptor, Paul Manship, chose a naturalistic style with stylized
simplifications so much admired in the ’20’s and influenced by the French Exposition des Arts Decoratifs. With its plant and animal themes these gates serve as
STATUS Designated Individual Landmark
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The Bronx
The only borough contiguous with the mainland of the United States, the Bronx was named for Jonas Bronck who established a settlement in the area in 1639. The Bronx’s main thoroughfare, the Grand Concourse, was conceived as part of the City Beautiful movement. It was...
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