Herald Square - "Give My Regards to Broadway" - NY, NY
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"Give My Regards to Broadway" is a song written by George M. Cohan. Herald Square is mentioned as a place where he wants to be remembered to his friends. Herald Square is bounded by 6th Avenue, Broadway, and 34th Street in Manhattan.
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Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/04/2016
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Give My Regards to Broadway is an song written by George M. Cohan in 1904 for the musical play Little Johnny Jones. In the play, a man played by George M. Cohan, sings this song to a friend who is returning by ship to America from a foreign land. Herald Square is mentioned as a favorite place along with Broadway, 42nd Street, Coney Island, and the Waldorf Hotel where Cohan would like to be remembered to his friends.
Lyrics:
Did you ever see two Yankees part
Upon a foreign shore
When the good ship's just about to start
For old New York once more?
With tear dimmed eye, they say goodbye
They're friends without a doubt
When the man on the pier
Shouts, "Let them clear"
As the ship strikes out
Give my regards to Broadway
Remember me to Herald Square
Tell all the gang at Forty Second Street
That I will soon be there
Whisper of how I'm yearning
To mingle with the old time throng
Give my regards to old Broadway
And say that I'll be there e'er long
Say hello to dear old Coney Isle
If there you chance to be
When you're at the Waldorf, have a smile
And charge it up to me
Mention my name ev'ry place you go
As 'round the town you roam
Wish you'd call on my gal
Now remember, old pal
When you get back home
Give my regards to Broadway
Remember me to Herald Square
Tell all the gang at 42nd Street
That I will soon be there
Whisper of how I'm yearning
To mingle with the old time throng
Give my regards to old Broadway
And say that I'll be there e'er long
Herald Square was once the headquarters of the defunct New York Herald newspaper. Today a memorial monument to the founder James Gordon Bennett Sr. and his successor, his son James Gordon Bennett Jr. stands where the building once stood on the north side of Herald Square. A You-Are-Here map is located at the south end of Herald Square.
The sculpture in the granite niche is that of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, and a pair of bell ringers. The bronze sculpture was created by Antonin Jean Carles in 1895, relocated to its current location in 1940, and dedicated on November 19, 1940.
Below the granite niche is the inscription:
A MEMORIAL TO
JAMES GORDON BENNETT (1795-1872)
FOUNDER OF THE NEW YORK HERALD IN 1835
AND TO HIS SON
JAMES GORDON BENNETT (1841-1918)
THROUGH WHOSE VISION AND ENTERPRISE
THE NEW YORK HERALD BECAME ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT NEWSPAPERS
THE BRONZE FIGURES OF MINERVA AND THE BELL
RINGERS ARE THE WORK OF ANTONIN JEAN CARLES.
THEY STOOD, FROM 1895 TO 1921. ABOVE THE CORNICES
OF JAMES GORDON BENNETT'S NEW YORK HERALD
BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HERALD SQUARE
AND TOLLED THE ACTIVE HOURS TO THE MILLIONS.
IN 1928, THEY WERE GIVEN BY WILLIAM T. DEWART,
PUBLISHER OF THE NEW YORK SUN, TO NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY, THROUGH WHOSE GENEROSITY
IN 1928 THEY ENTERED ON PERMANENT LOAN,
THE CARE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS OF
THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THAT THEY MAY BE HERE
RESTORED TO THEIR ORIGINAL AREA OF PLEASANT
SERVICE, AND TO THEIR PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF
OUR CITIZENS. FUNDS FOR THE RESTORATION
WERE PROVIDED BY SUBSCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE LIVES ARE DEEP ROOTED
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HERALD SQUARE.
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