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New York’s Memorial to Joan of Arc

March 22, 2021by Walk About New York

“Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing; but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die […]

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World War I Memorials, Part Five

November 11, 2019by Walk About New York

“Men and Women of Brooklyn Who Died In the World War MCMXIV – MCMXVIII They gave their lives for liberty And universal peace Honor, Duty, Country” —Inscriptions above the benches […]

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Lady Liberty’s Father

July 4, 2019by Walk About New York

“Remain steadfast in the faith; instruct yourself; bridle your tongue; repress your wrath; forbear to do evil; associate with the good; screen the faults of your neighbor; relieve the poor […]

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The Bethesda Angel, Its Lesbian Connection

June 30, 2019by Walk About New York

“All had expected something great, something of angelic power and beauty and when a feebly-pretty idealess thing of bronze was revealed the revulsion of feeling was painful. The figure resembles […]

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Tiffany Lamps for a Tiffany Birthday

February 18, 2019by Walk About New York

“Beauty is what nature has lavished upon us as a supreme gift.” —Louis Comfort Tiffany (18.February.1848–1933) Happy birthday to Louis Comfort Tiffany! Today marks the 171st anniversary of his birth. […]

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World War I Memorials, Part Four

November 11, 2018by Walk About New York

“My wish has been to send light into the darkness of men’s hearts, and to be the servant of a noble purpose . . . art is not a vague […]

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“Atlas” at Rockefeller Center

August 10, 2017by Walk About New York

“That great giant, Atlas, whose shoulders bear the circling sky.” —from “Metamorphoses,” A.D. 8, by Ovid Directly across Fifth Avenue from the seat of the archbishop of the Archdiocese of […]

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‘Standing Lincoln’ at The Met

February 12, 2017by Walk About New York

“Lincoln stood tall in the carriage, his dark uncovered head bent in contemplative acknowledgment of the waiting people.” —Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907) Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln. […]

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Tom Otterness’ “Rolling Penny”

September 23, 2016by Walk About New York

“I learnt sculpture by myself. I studied as a painter when I first came to New York. I didn’t go to college; I went to art school for a couple […]

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Central Park’s Seventh Regiment Memorial

May 30, 2016by Walk About New York

The Veteran Corps “commemorated the memory of their comrades who fell in the Civil War with appropriate exercises… The monument was almost hidden from sight by wreaths and flowers, as […]

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