GPS Coordinates of

Irish Hunger Memorial United States

Central address: 95 North End Ave, New York, NY 10282, USA

Elevation: 0.259
Time Zone: America/New_York

Latitude: 40° 42' 54.2376'' N
Longitude: 74° 0' 58.9248'' W

Irish Hunger Memorial, United States

The latitude of Irish Hunger Memorial is 40.715066, and the longitude is -74.016368. Irish Hunger Memorial is located in New York City, United States with the gps coordinates of 40° 42' 54.2376'' N and 74° 0' 58.9248'' W. The category of Irish Hunger Memorial is Historic Sites.

The Irish Hunger Memorial, designed collaboratively by artist Brian Tolle, landscape architect Gail Wittwer-Laird, and architecture firm 1100 Architect, is located on a 0.5-acre (0.20 ha) site at the corner of Vesey Street and North End Avenue in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, and is dedicated to raising awareness of the Great Irish Famine. Referred to by the Irish as An Gorta Mór in Irish or "The Great Hunger" in English, the Famine killed over a million people in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. Construction of the memorial began in March 2001, and despite the September 11 attacks on the nearby World Trade Center, which also affected surrounding areas, the memorial was completed and dedicated on July 16, 2002.

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