by Susan | May 28, 2018 | Monuments
Commissioned as part of the 1964 New York World’s Fair, the Unisphere is a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth, located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the borough of Queens, New York City. It measures 140 feet high and 120 feet in diameter....
by Susan | May 21, 2018 | Monuments
John Lewis moved to Atlanta as a founding leader of SNCC— the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee—with an impressive resume as an activist. As a Fisk University student he’d been arrested for leading sit-ins and protests. In 1961 he helped spearhead the Freedom...
by Susan | May 14, 2018 | Monuments
The Monument No More Torture is in Padre Henrique plaza in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. It was designed by the architect Demetrio Albuquerque in response to a city request for proposals. It was the first monument built in honor of the dead and disappeared during the...
by Susan | May 7, 2018 | Monuments
In the late 1960s and early 70s, Florida State University had a reputation as the “Berkeley of the South.” Then-FSU President J. Stanley Marshall had what, in retrospect, was a straightforward policy for mass rallies and protests on campus. Organize any...
by Susan | Apr 30, 2018 | Monuments
Millicent Fawcett is the first woman to be commemorated with a statue in Parliament Square. It’s also the first statue in the square designed by a woman, Gillian Wearing. It was dedicated on April 25, 2018. In 1866 at the age of 19 Fawcett collected signatures...
by Susan | Apr 23, 2018 | Monuments
The Detroit Evening News was founded in 1873 by newspaper tycoon James E. Scripps; in 1916, architect Albert Kahn was hired to design a new home for its operations. The Lafayette Boulevard facade features four statues by Corrado Parducci and five panels spelling out...
