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[[Image:Duarte Square jeh.JPG|thumb|View from north end of Duarte Square]]
''' Juan Pablo Duarte Square''', usually shortened to '''Duarte Square''', is a {{convert|0.45|acre|ha|adj=on}} triangular park in [[Hudson Square]], in [[Lower Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. The park, operated by the [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]] (NYC Parks), is bound by [[Sullivan Street]] and the [[LentSpace]] plot to the west, [[Grand Street (Manhattan)|Grand Street]] to the north, [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] to the east, and [[Canal Street (Manhattan)|Canal Street]] and [[Albert Capsouto Park]] to the south.

==History==
In the late 17th century, the plot was a farm owned by [[Trinity Church (Manhattan)|Trinity Church]]. The square in its current form was officially dedicated in 1945 in concert with the renaming of [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] to the Avenue of the Americas "in celebration of Pan-American unity".<ref name="nyc parks">{{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M279/highlights/7734 |title=Duarte Square |work=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation |access-date=2011-11-19}}</ref> In 1975 benches, trees and sidewalks were added to the square. On May 26, 1977, control of the square was transferred from the [[New York State Department of Transportation]] to [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation|NYC Parks]]. In 1978, the Consulate of the [[Dominican Republic]] dedicated a statue of [[Juan Pablo Duarte]] in the square. The dedication took place on the 165th birthday of Duarte, who was one of the founding fathers of the [[Dominican Republic]]. [[Italy|Italian]] [[sculptor]] [[Nicola Arrighini]] designed the thirteen-foot bronze figure, which today rests atop an eight-foot granite base. This statue is one of a group of six other monuments to [[Latin American]] leaders throughout the Avenue of the Americas.<ref name="nyc parks" /><ref>{{cite news |title=A Gift From Mexico |first=Michael |last=Pollak |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/nyregion/thecity/07fyi.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 7, 2004 |access-date=2011-11-19}}</ref>

==LentSpace==
[[File:LentSpace - Occupy protest.jpg|thumb|Protestors in Duarte Square (left) massing at the boundary of LentSpace (right)]]
To the immediate west of NYC Parks' portion of Duarte Square, across a one-block stretch of Sullivan Street that is now closed to traffic, is a plot owned primarily by [[Trinity Church (Manhattan)|Trinity Wall Street]] (a parish of the [[Episcopal Diocese of New York]]) and also known as "Duarte Square". It is fenced off and leased for a non-profit arts program known as [[LentSpace]]. This plot was targeted by the [[Occupy Wall Street]] organization as a new campsite.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/17/nyregion/church-that-aided-wall-st-protesters-is-now-their-target.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all|title=Occupy Group Faults Church, a Onetime Ally|author=Matt Flegenhemer|date=2011-12-17|access-date=2011-12-17|work=The New York Times}}</ref> On December 17, 2011, after demonstrating in Duarte Park and marching on the streets surrounding the park, occupiers climbed over and under the fence. Police responded by arresting about 50 demonstrators, including at least one Episcopal bishop.<ref name="Duarte17">{{cite news|title=Arrests as Occupy Protest Turns to Church|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-protesters-march-against-trinity-church.html|access-date=December 18, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 17, 2011|author=Al Baker|author2=Colin Moynihan}}</ref><ref name="Yes!">{{cite news|title=Re-Occupy: A Movement Seeks a Sanctuary: On occupying Trinity Church—and the Occupy movement's relationship with established institutions.|url=http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/reoccupy-a-movement-seeks-a-sanctuary|access-date=December 31, 2011|newspaper=Yes!|date=December 19, 2011|author=Nathan Schneider|archive-date=January 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123232016/http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/reoccupy-a-movement-seeks-a-sanctuary|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081004172333/http://newyorkcitystatues.com/juan-pablo-duarte/ New York City Statues]

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[[Category:History of the Dominican Republic]]
[[Category:Squares in Manhattan]]
[[Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan]]
[[Category:1978 sculptures]]
[[Category:Bronze sculptures in New York City]]
[[Category:Sixth Avenue]]

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