Outdoor Statues in New York

I so forgot where I took this picture. On the westside in the 100's, but I can't remember what avenue. I do remember it was next to a church.

 I was heading to Harlem Tavern to meet my friends for Cinco de Mayo so I know this was on 116th street and to the right were some stairs that I walked down to get to the street on the other side.

Outdoor Statues

I love going to Fort Tryon Park and seeing what new art work they have on display!

 

Outdoor Statues in NYC - Harriet Tubman Memorial

This statue of Harriet Tubman  is at the intersection of 122st street, Frederick Douglass Boulevard and St Nicholas Street in Harlem. There was controversy about her facing south, but I get why she is facing south.  The following link is from the NYTimes talking about it in 2008:http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/why-is-harriet-tubman-facing-south/

Outdoor statues: Adam Clayton Powell

This is a statue of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. on the corner of 125th streeet and ACP(Adam Clayton Powell or 7th ave.),  diagnal from the state building also named after him. We could stand to use more representatives in government like him.

*From Wikipedia

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

from New York's 18th district

In office

1945–1971

Preceded by Walter A. Lynch

Succeeded by Charles B. Rangel

Personal details

Born November 29, 1908(1908-11-29)

New Haven, Connecticut

Died April 4, 1972(1972-04-04) (aged 63)

Miami, Florida

Resting place Ashes scattered over Bimini

Political party Democratic

Spouse(s) 1) Isabel Washington, 1933 (div);

2) Hazel Scott, 1945 (div.);

3) Yvette Flores Diago, 1970 (div.)

Religion Baptist

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was an American politician and pastor who represented Harlem, New York City, in the United States House of Representatives (1945–71). He was the first person in New York of African-American descent elected to Congress, and became a powerful national politician.

In 1961, after sixteen years in the House, Powell became chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, the most powerful position held by an African American in Congress. As Chairman, he supported the passage of important social legislation under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Following allegations of corruption, in 1967 Powell was excluded from his seat by Democratic Representatives-elect of the 90th Congress but he was re-elected; and he regained the seat in a 1969 United States Supreme Court ruling.

Outdoor statues in New York / Randomness

I saw this at Union Square on 14th street. It was raining and I didn't want to take my camera out of my bag, but I like how the colors of the trees and the buildings look behind the statue and I was already there...

Outdoor Statues: Charging Bull

 I took yhis picture about a year ago and got caught up in school and other life activities and I didn't post it. I was downtown for a meetup at South street seaport so I went early to take some pictures since I'm rarely in this area. I kid you not, I was across the street from the bull and no one was around the thing, but no sooner did I cross over to take a picture all these people/tourists appeared! I hate having random people in my photos unless they are interesting or in this case there is too large a crowd and no one is moving anytime soon. A little wikipedia info below.

Charging Bull, which is sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull, is a 3,200 kilograms (7,100 lb) bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica that stands in Bowling Green Park near Wall Street in Manhattan, New York City. Standing 11 feet (3.4 m) tall^[1] and measuring 16 feet (4.9 m) long,^[2] the oversize sculpture depicts a bull, the symbol of aggressive financial optimism and prosperity, leaning back on its haunches and with its head lowered as if ready to charge. The sculpture is both a popular tourist destination which draws thousands of people a day, as well as "one of the most iconic images of New York"^[3] and a "Wall Street icon"^[4] symbolizing "Wall Street" and the Financial District.

Outdoor Statues In New York City

The below statue is of the man for whom Bryant park is named after, where the Seventh on Sixth fashion shows in the tents are being held for the last season before moving to Lincoln Center. This statue is located behind the main library on fifth avenue between 40th and 42nd streets. Bryant Park is on Sixth avenue between the same streets. 

William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 – June 12, 1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post.

Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American writer who spent most of her life in France, and who became a catalyst in the development of modern art and literature.

This is statue is only a few feet away from the staue of William Cullen Bryant.

Outdoor statues in New York 2.

Between the two fashion shows yesterday, I went walking to get my pics of more outdoor statues that wa in the area.

This is Fiorello LaGuardia, 99th mayor of New York City and the the namesake of the aiport out in Queens. Here's a little wikipedia info:

Fiorello Henry La Guardia (pronounced /fiəˈrɛloʊ ləˈɡwɑrdiə/; born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia; December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was Mayor of New York for three terms from 1934 to 1945. He was popularly known as "the Little Flower", the translation of his Italian first name, Fiorello, and, most likely, a reference to his short stature. A Republican, he was a popular mayor and a strong supporter of the New Deal. La Guardia led New York's recovery during the Great Depression and became a national figure, serving as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's director of civilian defense during the run-up to the United States joining the Second World War.

He was a short guy about 5'2"(1.57m). He died of pancreatic cancer in his home at 5020 Goodridge Avenue, in the Riverdale section of the Bronx at the age of 64 and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

This is Alexandere Lyman Holley. Wikipedia info:

Alexander Lyman Holley (20 July 1832 – 29 January 1882) was a mechanical engineer and was considered the foremost steel and plant engineer and designer of his time, especially in regard to applying research to modern steel manufacturing processes. He received 15 patents, 10 for improvements in the Bessemer process, which he purchased the rights to in 1863 and brought to the United States. He soon designed and built Bessemer plants in Troy, New York, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He planned or was consulted on a dozen others. He chaired the first meeting of the founders of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in the offices of the American Machinist on 16 February 1880, and is credited for establishing the intellectual boundaries of the mechanical engineering profession and ASME. He was born in Lakeville, Connecticut and attended Brown University. He died in Brooklyn, New York. During his early 20s, Holley was a close friend of Zerah Colburn, the well-known locomotive engineer and journalist/publisher. In 1857, the two visited Britain and France and compiled a report for the presidents of American railroads, The Permanent Way. In 1860, the two traveled together on the maiden voyage of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Eastern. Holley's most famous book, Armor, followed a visit he made to Britain in 1863 when he again met Zerah Colburn. He received many honors, including being made an honorary member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1892; and in 1890 a monument was unveiled in Washington Square Park, New York bearing a bust of him.

Because of all the renovation going on in Washington Square ParK, this is the best picture I could get of Guiseppe Garibaldi. Most of the park is gated off like this. Only the middle section with the arch is open and the walkway where I took the picture of the bust of Alexander Holley is open.

 

This is what it should look like. This is from wikipedia and a bit about Garibaldi:

Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807 – June 2, 1882) was an Italian military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and had to flee Italy after a failed insurrection. Garibaldi took part in the War of the Farrapos and the Uruguayan Civil War leading the Italian Legion, and afterwards returned to Italy as a commander in the conflicts of the Risorgimento.

He has been dubbed the "Hero of the Two Worlds" in tribute to his military expeditions in both South America and Europe.[1] He is considered an Italian national hero.

I didn't get a picture of George Washington for whom Washington Square Park is named after because I think it was on the arch at the entrance of the park and to get a good picture I would have had to stand in the street, but there are traffic lights obscuring the view. Too much of a hassle.

Outdoor Statues in New York

Last Sunday after church, I took a really long walk through Central Park to start ticking off some items on my goals list. The batteries in my camera died so, I had to walk further than I wanted to, to Duane reade to buy some batteries. It was a nice day , I got almost two hours of walking in and got my pictures!

Here are some pictures of the statue of Bolto just up the path from the Tisch Childrens Zoo in Central Park. This is what is said in the above picture:

 “ Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of the sled dogs that relayed antitoxin six hundred miles over rough ice, across treacherous waters, through Arctic blizzards from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome in the Winter of 1925. Endurance · Fidelity · Intelligence[4] ”

This is a couple of sentences from wikipedia to explain who Bolto was and what he did:

Balto (c.1919-14 March 1933) was a Siberian Husky sled dog who led his team on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska to Nenana, Alaska by train and then to Nome by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the disease.

The statue was sculpted by Frederick Roth, was erected in New York City's Central Park on December 17, 1925, just 10 months after Balto's arrival in Nome

This statue is a little ways up from the statue of Bolto.

From  wikipedia: Władysław II Jagiełło (help·info)[1] (born ca. 1362; died 1 June 1434), was Grand Duke of Lithuania and later King of Poland. He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle, Kęstutis. In 1386, he converted to Christianity, was baptized as Władysław, married the young Queen Jadwiga of Poland, inducted into the Order of the Dragon and was crowned Polish king as Władysław Jagiełło.[2] His reign in Poland lasted a further forty-eight years and laid the foundation for the centuries-long Polish-Lithuanian union. He gave his name to the Jagiellon branch of the established Lithuanian Gediminids dynasty, which ruled both states until 1572,[3] and became one of the most influential dynasties in medieval Central and Eastern Europe.[4]

And this statue of a panther or couger, was a little surprise on an out cropping of rocks and it's on the path when you away from Bolto and  right before you reach the Jagiełło statue. You have to look up or you might miss him!