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Lincoln Memorial’s Bronx Link
By Alex Eidman | February 27th, 2013 | 
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- Published in: Mott Haven Herald
The Associated Press
STATUE OF LIMITATIONS: A retired math teacher wants to make sure the once-famous Piccirilli family, who members fashioned the famed tribute to the 16th president from their Mott Haven studio, is not forgotten.
If the street sign that reads “Piccirilli Place” at the corner of 142nd St. and Willis Avenue lacks meaning for Mott Haven residents, it’s because the family it honors is one of the neighborhood’s best-kept secrets.
Almost a century ago, the block was the site where six brothers from the Piccirilli family carved the iconic sculpture of Abraham Lincoln that is now housed at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
