General Sherman Monument, Grand Army Plaza

The Grand Army Plaza, looking south, with General Sherman Monument in the foreground. Plaza Hotel is on the right. Vanderbilt Mansion (demolished in 1926) and the 26-story Heckscher Building (Crown Building), completed in 1921, are in the background. Photograph by Ewing Galloway (1880-1953), 1925. Source: New York Public Library.

In September 2015 the Central Park Conservancy completed a major restoration of the northern half of Grand Army Plaza, including a conservation and regilding of the Sherman monument. The Conservancy also restored the plaza based on its historic 1916 design, including installing a double row of London plane trees, new benches, lamps, and paving stones.