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The Hall of Fame includes a 630-foot outdoor colonnade featuring 98 bronze busts and commemorative plaques. The colonnade has places for 102 busts and 102 honorees have been elected, but due to lack of funding the last four busts were never commissioned.  
 
The Hall of Fame includes a 630-foot outdoor colonnade featuring 98 bronze busts and commemorative plaques. The colonnade has places for 102 busts and 102 honorees have been elected, but due to lack of funding the last four busts were never commissioned.  
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It also includes three buildings: the Gould Memorial Library, a Hall of Languages, and a Hall of Philosophy. The Gould Memorial Library was used as a setting in the movies [[A Beautiful Mind]], [[The Thomas Crown Affair]], and [[Sophie's Choice]]. In 2004, the J. Paul Getty Trust donated $228,000 to repair the badly deteriorating building.<ref>Arenson, Karen W. (2004) "Regilding a Bronx Landmark," The New York Times, July 30, 2004, p. B1</ref>
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It also includes three buildings: the Gould Memorial Library, a Hall of Languages, and a Hall of Philosophy. The Gould Memorial Library was used as a setting in the movies [[A Beautiful Mind]], [[The Thomas Crown Affair]], and [[Sophie's Choice]]. In 2004, the J. Paul Getty Trust donated $228,000 to repair the badly deteriorating building.<ref>Arenson, Karen W. (2004) "Regilding a Bronx Landmark," The New York Times, July 30, 2004, p. B1</ref>
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
[http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/hallofFame/ Hall of Fame for Great Americans]
 
[http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/hallofFame/ Hall of Fame for Great Americans]
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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