William Jay Gaynor Memorial

You are standing before a memorial to William Jay Gaynor, the ninety-fourth mayor of New York City, who served from nineteen ten to nineteen thirteen. This monument features a bronze bust of the man himself, cast in nineteen twenty-six by the sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman. Flanking the bust are intricate bas-reliefs representing allegorical figures of law, strength, knowledge, and ease. The inscription carved into the granite base captures his political philosophy: Ours is a government of laws, not men. Continue