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School's out for summer! Artist Milo Mottola held a contest for local elementary school kids to make drawings of their favorite animals to help him design the carousel. 36 submissions were selected amongst thousands for the whimsical carousel animals./ "Totally Kid Carousel" by Milo Mottola (1997), located in Riverbank State Park, 145th Street and Riverside Drive, Manhattan. @nycparks @percentforartnyc

Hippopotamus Fountain (1993) by Bob Cassilly, located in Riverside Park, 91st Street and Riverside Drive, Manhattan. @nycparks

"A woman is like a teabag; you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water." — Eleanor Roosevelt / "Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial" (1996) by Penelope Jencks, located in Riverside Park, 72nd Street and Riverside Drive, Manhattan, photograph by the artist. @nycparks

It's Westminster Week! / "Balto" (1925) by Frederick George Richard Roth, located in Central Park, Fifth Avenue and East 67th Street, Manhattan, photograph by A.L. Schuszler. @nycparks @centralparknyc 

"Garment Worker" by Judith Weller (1984), located in Seventh Avenue and 39th Street, Manhattan, photograph by Irene B. Bayer.

Happy Earth Day! / Growth (1985) by Jorge Luis Rodriguez, located in Harlem Art Park, East 120th Street & Sylvan Place, Manhattan. @nycparks

Happy Valentine's Day! / "Cactus Couple" (1985) by Thea Tewi, located on the roof of The Arsenal in Central Park, Manhattan, photograph by Calvin Wilson. @nycparks @centralparknyc

Artist Jo Davidson depicted avant-garde writer Gertrude Stein as a modern day Buddha. Stein posed for Davidson in 1920 in her famed Paris apartment where she welcomed Picasso, Matisse, and Hemingway. Thrilled with her portrait, Stein reciprocated with a word painting of Davidson in Vanity Fair. / Gertrude Stein (1992) by Jo Davidson, located in Bryant Park, Manhattan. @nycparks