Black, Latino and Asian City Council members who find the sculpture oppressive and racist may finally win a two-decade fight to remove it from their chamber. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Monuments and Memorials (Structures)”
George Floyd Statue Vandalized in New York's Union Square
By Gotham Rex on October 3, 2021
Sculptures of Mr. Floyd, Breonna Taylor and John Lewis are on display in a Manhattan park known as a site of protests. “These monuments have meaning,” Mr. Floyd’s brother said. Source: New York Times
Buffalo Soldiers, the Famed Black Cavalry, Get a Statue at West Point
By Gotham Rex on September 10, 2021
For decades, the Buffalo Soldiers taught military horsemanship to cadets at West Point. On Friday, a statue was unveiled in their honor. Source: New York Times
Overlooked No More: Hettie Anderson, Sculptors’ Model Who Evaded Fame
By Gotham Rex on August 12, 2021
Her image has been rendered on gold coins and monuments around the United States. But little is known about this Gilded Age model. Source: New York Times
In Manhattan, Daily Sweeps Target Homeless New Yorkers
By Gotham Rex on August 2, 2021
The approach to persuading people to go to shelters — used heavily since the pandemic started — is ineffective, critics say. Source: New York Times
Hart Island’s Last Stand
By Gotham Rex on July 16, 2021
After years of study, the city has declared an emergency to bulldoze most of the buildings on the city’s potter’s field, without following the usual environmental review process. Source: New York Times
Battery Park Monument for Essential Workers Is Paused After Protests
By Gotham Rex on July 12, 2021
Residents had pushed back at Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plans for a tribute to essential workers in Battery Park City. Source: New York Times
9/11 Museum’s 20th-Anniversary Exhibitions Become Victims of Cuts
By Gotham Rex on July 12, 2021
At an important vantage point in history, there will be no special shows looking back at the 2001 attacks, and critics say the museum keeps too tight a rein on the story. Source: New York Times
In Maya Lin’s ‘Ghost Forest,’ the Trees Are Talking Back
By Gotham Rex on July 1, 2021
The installation in the heart of Madison Square Park is the artist’s memorial to another war — the one against nature. Source: New York Times
George Floyd Statue in Brooklyn Is Defaced With Hate Group’s Symbol
By Gotham Rex on June 24, 2021
The vandalism came just days after the statue was unveiled, and only a day before the officer who killed Mr. Floyd was to be sentenced. Source: New York Times
Essential New York Workers Honor Colleagues Killed by Covid-19
By Gotham Rex on May 21, 2021
The Sanitation Department unveiled a statue to the workers it lost during the pandemic. It is likely to be the first of many such memorials. Source: New York Times
In the Bronx, a Face Lost in Time
By Gotham Rex on January 22, 2021
A much-vandalized bronze statue of “Fame” in Joyce Kilmer Park is to be returned this year with a new head, arms and feet — even without any record of what the statue’s original face looked like. Source: New York Times
In Brooklyn, Grand Army Plaza Gets an Intervention
By Gotham Rex on November 20, 2020
The Memorial Arch, a granite monument to soldiers and sailors in the plaza, is about to get desperately needed restoration work. Source: New York Times
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Native Daughter of Brooklyn, to Get a Statue in Her Hometown
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2020
The memorial, announced by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, is one of several efforts to honor Justice Ginsburg in Brooklyn, where she grew up. Source: New York Times
Monuments That Celebrate Communal Struggles, Not Flawed Men
By Gotham Rex on September 18, 2020
Contemporary sculptures by Jeffrey Gibson and others, part of “Monuments Now” at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, draw on the past to look toward the future. Source: New York Times