Atlas by Sculptor Lee Lawrie , the largest sculpture at Rockefeller Center located in the forecourt of the International Building, at 630 Fifth Avenue.In 1937, New York’s Italian community protested the statue of Atlas in Rockefeller Center because the face of the Titan bore too much resemblance to Benito Mussolini.
A big Bear named Brown in the Line Friends store at 1515 Broadway near Times Square. This is the first U.S. store opened by Line, which is known as the hottest messaging app in Japan. The 4,628-square-foot space contains toys, cushions, stationery and other items featuring the bear, the rabbit and bright-yellow chicken.
Times Square installation by zU studio. zU team presents a new verb — re-lying — a beneficial action for our respiratory, digestive and circulatory systems. The circular disposition of the installation stands as a sign of love, peace, and unity between human beings — seven furniture pieces honor seven chakras in the body.
Just a few days left to see Uraeus by German artist Anselm Kiefer at Rockefeller center. The sculpture includes symbols from numerous myths and traditions. "An eagle swept through the air in wide circles, and on it hung a serpent, not like a prey, but like a friend: for it kept itself coiled round the eagle’s neck.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra
Created by Zurab Tsereteli, a native of Georgia, the sculpture titled "Good Defeats Evil" was presented by the Soviet Union to the United Nations on the occasion of the organization's 45th anniversary in 1990. The sculpture is 39 feet high and weighs 40 tons, depicting St. George slaying the dragon.
A giant of 193 hand-painted bees is on display in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in NYC through August 2018. Muralist Matt Willey created 193 painted panels of bees to represent the number of UN-member nations. The Good of the Hive is an artistic initiative founded by Matthew Willey to hand-paint 50,000 honeybees – the number necessary for a healthy, thriving hive - in murals around the world.
Alexander Hamilton's Grave at Trinity Church Cemetery. Alexander Hamilton, a founding father and the first secretary of the treasury of the United States died 214 years ago today from a gunshot wound.In a duel held in Weehawken, New Jersey, Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shoots his long-time political antagonist.
One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and World Trade Center 7, the second building to bear that name in the World Trade Center complex. The original structure was completed in 1987 and was destroyed in the September 11 attacks. 7 World Trade Center officially opened on May 23, 2006.
Patio from the Castle of Vélez Blanco (1506–15) in Metropolitan museum of art . It was originally part of the Castillo de Vélez-Blanco in , Andalusia, in the southeast of Spain . In 1904, the castle's owners sold the entire patio to a Parisian dealer. George Blumenthal purchased the patio in 1913 and gifted the patio to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the year of his death (1941).
James Watson House ( right) built in 1793 and extended in 1806 , and the Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in the Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in the Financial District of Manhattan. James Watson was the first Speaker of the New York State Assembly and Elizabeth Ann Seton lived next door.
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