by Susan | Apr 12, 2021 | Monuments
In Turkish, the phrase “Yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh” — “Peace at Home, Peace in the World” — was first said by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on 20 April 1931 to the public during his tours of Anatolia (aka Asia Minor.) This stance was later...
by Susan | Mar 15, 2021 | Monuments
The Irish Famine Memorial, along the Riverway, was dedicated on November 17, 2007. A bronze statue of three Irish figures anchors one end of the site, with a walkway incorporating memorial bricks and flagstones leading to the memorial wall. There, a narrative plaque...
by Susan | Mar 1, 2021 | Monuments
William Tarr’s 1974 weathering Cor-Ten steel black sculpture stands atop the plaza of Martin Luther King Jr. High School down the street from Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side at 66th and Amsterdam. All four sides of this cube include important dates in the life...
by Susan | Feb 22, 2021 | Monuments
This engraved stone is embedded in the pavement in front of the Bexar County Court House in Main Plaza / Plaza de las Islas. It says: Captain Toribio de Urrutia and Fray Santa Ana now determined to do their best to establish a permanent and lasting peace with the...
by Susan | Feb 15, 2021 | Monuments
The Door of Equality (La Puerta de Igualdad) is the latest gateway sculpture by the artist Sebastian and is a gift to the City of San Antonio from Fundación Sebastian and Siempre México to commemorate the city’s rich civil and human rights history. The sculpture...
