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BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARTY MARKOWITZ PARTICIPATES IN A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY
FOR THE NEWLY RENOVATED BAILEY FOUNTAIN AT GRAND ARMY PLAZA

	In photo 2: Borough President Markowitz poses with models dressed in the latest Brooklyn wedding fashions.
Photograph by Kathyrn Kirk
In photo 1: Borough President Markowitz joins Prospect Park Alliance President Tupper Thomas and Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Julius Spiegel in celebrating the newly renovated Bailey Fountain at Grand Army Plaza.

Today, Borough President Marty Markowitz joined New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Julius Spiegel, Prospect Park Alliance President Tupper Thomas, and Alliance members in celebrating the completion of the renovation of the Bailey Fountain at Grand Army Plaza. The event also featured a fashion show, with Brooklyn bridal designs, and a display of wedding cakes to recognize the fountain’s leading role in many Brooklyn wedding portraits.

“For Brooklynites who have eagerly awaited the return of one of our borough’s most beautiful public spaces at Grand Army Plaza, the wait is over. Today, Prospect Park, where the designers got it right, gets back one of its crown jewels, as the Bailey Fountain gurgles back to life,” said Borough President Markowitz. “We all thank the Prospect Park Alliance and its tireless leader, Tupper Thomas, for guiding the shining star of Brooklyn’s parks back to the glorious splendor it deserves.”

The Bailey Fountain is reopening following a two-year, $1.5 million renovation and reconstruction project. Funded through the Mayor’s capital budget, with funds allocated by former Councilmember Kenneth Fisher, and with additional funding by the Vanneck Bailey Foundation, the reconstruction project included the reconstruction and stabilization of the Fountain’s central sculpture, its foundations and the plaza surrounding it. It is a part of The Campaign for Prospect Park.

The Bailey Fountain is named after Brooklyn-based financier and philanthropist Frank Bailey and his wife Mary Louise Bailey. It is the fourth fountain to occupy the space at Grand Army Plaza.