Random art on display

I was walking with some people down 8th ave(I think) between 18th and 17th street on the east side of the street, when someone spotted this on the ground next to a payphone(they still have some around!)

I was walking downtown, lower eastside, when I saw this statue on the rooftop of this building. I wrote down the exact street, but I have misplaced the paper I wrote it on, so I will insert the location later. If you zoom in close,you will see that  it's a statue of Stalin. There was this thing going on around the city  last year or so, where these statues were being placed on roof tops of buildings, this may or may not be one. I recall a report on the news someone thought one of the statues was a real person about to jump off the building!