Bryant Park and New York Public Library, main branch

looking west from Fifth Avenue and 40th Street

fountain at Bryant Park

looking south from 42nd Street, across Bryant Park, Empire State Building in the distance (center)

hmmm . . . is that Patience, or Fortitude ?

Originally named Leo Astor and Leo Lenox after the founders of the NYPL, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia named them Patience and Fortitude in the 1930's Depression era. Patience is to the south, and Fortitude to the north - as in the above photograph.