by Susan | Jun 26, 2023 | Monuments
Freedom of the Human Spirit is a 28-foot-tall bronze figurative sculpture that sits just to the east of Arthur Ashe Stadium. It was created by Marshall M. Fredericks for the 1964 World’s Fair. The New York City Parks Department describes it as a “Group of...
by Susan | Feb 14, 2022 | Monuments
“Obelisk to Peace”, created by Irving Marantz in 1972, is at the main entrance of 3 Park Avenue (between 33rd & 34th St., in Murray Hill.) It is 23 feet high, made from bronze and is set on a polished granite base. (The photo on the right is of a...
by Susan | Sep 20, 2021 | Monuments
A large bronze memorial bust of Robert F. Kennedy, former U.S. Senator and U.S. Attorney General in the 1960s, sits in the center of Brooklyn, New York, at Columbus Park. Kennedy, a Democrat, served as New York’s U.S. Senator from 1965 to the time he was assassinated...
by Susan | Aug 30, 2021 | Monuments
After World War II, the General Assembly of the United Nations decided that its headquarters would be established in New York City. In 1946 the Rockefeller family donated funds for the acquisition of a tract of land in Manhattan. Construction of the building complex...
by Susan | Jul 5, 2021 | Monuments
This monument depicts Benito Juárez (1806–1872), one of Mexico’s most loved political figures and the first Mexican figure to be commemorated with a New York City monument. Mexican sculptor Moises Cabrera Orozco created the piece, which portrays Juárez leaning on a...
