Monument sights in New York City
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Statue of Liberty
In a city full of American icons, the Statue of Liberty is perhaps the most famous. Conceived as early as 1865 by French intellectual Edouard Laboulaye as a monument to the republican principals shared by France and the USA, it's still generally recognized as a symbol for at least the ideals of opportunity and freedom to many. French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi traveled to New York in 1871 to select the site, then spent more than 10 years in Paris designing and making the 151ft-tall figure Liberty Enlightening the World. It was then shipped to New York, erected on a small island in the harbor and unveiled in 1886. Structurally, it consists of an iron skeleton…
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World Trade Center Site
Plagued by design controversies, budget blowouts and construction delays, the first part of the World Trade Center (WTC) redevelopment – the National September 11 Memorial, known more simply as the 9/11 Memorial – opened to the public on September 12, 2011. The wait was worth it. Titled Reflecting Absence, its two massive reflecting pools are as much a symbol of hope and renewal as they are a tribute to the thousands who lost their lives to terrorism.
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Battery Park
With its 13 works of public art, the Holocaust Memorial, the NYC Police Memorial, the Irish Hunger Memorial, the rose-filled Hope Garden and sweeping views of Lady Liberty, this delightful bit of green is practically an outdoor museum.
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Unisphere
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