Piccirilli Place (Bronx)
Present name:East 142nd Street
Location:Between Willis Avenue and Brook Avenue
Honoree: The Piccirilli family, parents, six sons and a daughter, immigrated from Tuscany in 1888 and by 1893 had established a home and sculpture studio at 467 E. 142nd Street. Original Piccirilli sculptures include The Maine Monument at Columbus Circle and the Fireman’s Memorial on Riverside Drive. They also carved the Library Lions at 42nd St. and the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial. The studio closed in 1945, the year three of the brothers died.
LL:2003/62