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WILLIAM JAY GAYNOR MEMORIAL
William Jay Gaynor MemorialHistoryThis monument, loted on the northern part of Cadman Plaza near the Brooklyn Bridge approach, honors William Jay Gaynor (1851–1913), journalist, lawyer, state supreme urt jtice, Brooklyn rint, and mayor of New York om 1910 to 1913. The Gaynor Memorial Commtee missned German-born sculptor Adolph Alexanr Weman (1870–1952) to create the bt of Gaynor flanked by a pair of allegoril bas-reliefs reprentg law and strength on one si and knowledge and ease on the other. The scriptn, “Ours is a ernment of laws not men, ” scrib Gaynor’s anti-rptn, pro-reform style.
Although helped to office by Tammany Hall, which was known for s patronage polics, Gaynor chose not to pay back the polil mache wh veted polil appotments; stead he assembled a pro-reform ernment that worked to streamle New York’s bloated civil service system.
This st Gaynor polilly; he was the target of an assassatn attempt 1910 and lost the support of Tammany Hall. Wh the support of a aln of pro-reform terts, Gaynor phed for re-electn. Click map for directnsClick image for larger viewWilliam Jay Gaynor Memorial DetailsLotn: Near walkway to Brooklyn BridgeSculptor: Adolph Alexanr WemanDcriptn: Bt on pestal ont of a broad stele wh paired bas-reliefs; stele is on a platform reached by two stepsMaterials: Bt and bas-reliefs--bronze; Pestal, stele, platform--pk Milford graneDimensns: Bt H: 3' W: 2'8" D: 1'7"; Pestal H: 4' W: 1' 6 1/2" D: 1'6"; Stele H: 9'10" W: 16'10" D: 6'Cast: 1926Dedited: 1926Foundry: Amerin Art Foundry, New YorkDonor: Gaynor Memorial CommteeInscriptn: Front:.
WILLIAM JAY GAYNOR
WILLIAM JAY / GAYNOR / MAYOR OF / NEW YORK CITY / 1910 - 1913 /. WILLIAM JAY GAYNOR / LAWYER JURIST EXECUTIVE / DEFENDER OF CIVIL LIBERTIES / BORN ORISKANY, NY FEBRUARY 23, 1851, DIED / SEPTEMBER 10, 1913, JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME / COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 1894 TO / 1900 MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY 1910 TO 1913 / "OURS IS A GOVERNMENT OF LAWS NOT OF MEN" /Please note, the NAME field clus a primary signatn as well as alternate namgsoften mon or popular age. William Jay Gaynor (1851-1913) was om upstate Oroskany, NY, served as the 92nd NYC Mayor after a stt on the NY State Supreme Court om 1910 to 1913, dyg office.
“Gaynor was that great rary Amerin polil history: a judge who actually believed the Bill of Rights. The Gaynor Memorial, a bt flanked by a bas relief mural wh allegoril pictns of law/strength on one si and ease on the other, was dited 1926, 13 years after the mayor’s ath. Gaynor was a rint of Park Slope and would, on ocsn, walk to Cy Hall across the Brooklyn Bridge.