In the context of Pulitzer Fountain, explore the Initial design and construction of the History.
In  December 1912, the executors of the estate of Joseph Pulitzer announced that New York City had approved the fountain's proposed location, in the plaza between 58th Street and 60th Street, just west of Fifth Avenue, the same plaza where the equestrian  Sherman Monument stood since 1903. The executors invited five architecture firms to participate in a competition to determine the fountain's design, and to provide designs for a "good architectural treatment of the whole plaza."In January 1913, the five schemes were exhibited at the New York Public Library, including the winning scheme, designed by Carrère and Hastings. Architect Thomas Hastings' design placed the fountain in the southern half of the plaza, whereas the Sherman Monument remained in the northern half (but moved fifteen feet west to be symmetrically opposite the fountain). Hastings' design for the fountain included a "symbolical figure-the exact symbolism not yet having been decided upon." Construction began in 1915, and by November, a newspaper reported: "The Pulitzer Fountain...is now finished and bubbling with the purest Croton water," noting that work on the northern portion of the plaza was delayed by subway construction.In the executed design, Karl Bitter's allegorical bronze statue Pomona depicts the goddess of abundance holding a basket of fruit. The model was Doris Doscher. Because Bitter died on April 9, 1915, having just completed the plaster cast of the figure, Hastings and Bitter's widow selected Isidore Konti to complete the statue. Konti began work in the fall of 1915, and the statue was cast in April 1916. The statue was installed on (or about) May 1, 1916, "with little or no ceremony."
goddess of abundance bronze New York Public Library Joseph Pulitzer Pomona Thomas Hastings Carrère and Hastings Doris Doscher Karl Bitter's Sherman Monument Fifth Avenue Isidore Konti Karl Bitter