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Central Park

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Bharti Kher’s Monumental “Ancestor” Sculpture Watches Over Central Park

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie September 13, 2022September 13, 2022

The artist says her sculpture of a mother figure, located at the southeast entrance of the park, represents “a guide to search and honor our past histories.”

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Monument to Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth Unveiled in Central Park

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia August 27, 2020November 5, 2020

A statue of three pioneers of women’s rights joined the park’s collection, which previously featured only fictional women.

Posted inNews

Central Park Women’s Suffrage Monument Approved After Months of Heated Debate

by Hakim Bishara October 23, 2019October 24, 2019

Following criticism over the historical accuracy of previous proposals, the statue was revised again to reflect differences of opinion between abolitionist Sojourner Truth, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.

Posted inNews

Monument to Seneca Village Family Rushed and Historically Inaccurate, Experts Say

Avatar photo by Kate Gill October 23, 2019October 23, 2019

The monument to the Lyons family from the historic 19th-century village of mostly Black residents will be placed nearly 20 blocks uptown from its original location in Central Park.

Posted inNews

Historians Raise Concerns Over Central Park’s Suffragist Monument

Avatar photo by Zachary Small August 21, 2019August 22, 2019

“If Sojourner Truth is added,” the letter reads, “it could obscure the substantial differences between white and black suffrage activists, and would be misleading.”

Posted inNews

Architects Reimagine Central Park After a Fictional Eco-Terrorist Attack

Avatar photo by Zachary Small December 4, 2018December 5, 2018

Competitors for the University of Pennsylvania’s ICONOCLAST Design Competition were asked to design a post-apocalyptic Central Park after a fictional eco-terrorist attack left “Bill Di Blastoff” looking for a more democratic, ecological, and beautiful plan.

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Images of Joy in Central Park from 1970s New York

by Bedatri D. Choudhury May 23, 2018

The photographs in the exhibition at the Arsenal Gallery create a sub-narrative to New York during its time of crisis, imparting an uncommon joie de vivre in a story that is commonly defined in terms of disintegration and sadness.

The statue of J. Marion Sims has been removed from Central Park (illustration by the author for Hyperallergic)
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Statue of Gynecologist Who Experimented on Enslaved Women Removed from Central Park

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton April 17, 2018April 17, 2018

The monument to J. Marion Sims will eventually be installed, along with a display adding historical context, near his grave in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery.

Posted inArt

160 Years of Ice Skating in New York City

by Claire Voon January 24, 2018January 24, 2018

Ice skating in New York reveals the history of social spaces in the city that helped shape the foundations of modern life.

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Central Park’s First Statue of Historic Women Will Honor Two Suffragettes

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 6, 2017November 6, 2017

On the centennial of women’s suffrage in New York state, the Parks Department dedicated a site for a forthcoming statue of two of the movement’s leaders: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.

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A Death-Plagued Gilded Age Ballroom, Recreated on the Edge of Central Park

by Letícia Wouk Almino June 16, 2017June 16, 2017

I don’t believe in ghosts, but if I did, I would wonder whether the many dead owners of the William C. Whitney Ballroom might be tempted to haunt Liz Glynn’s reincarnation of it.

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The Artist Behind the Trump Tombstone Explains Their Intentions [UPDATED]

by Claire Voon April 5, 2016May 10, 2016

On Easter Sunday, a tombstone engraved with Donald Trump’s name and the message “Made America Hate Again” mysteriously popped up in the middle of Central Park.

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