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Gotham Gazette's Rebuilding NYC Slideshow: Maine Monument |
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Many of the citys memorials were created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and are filled with the traditional symbols and allegories popular at that time. The southern perimeter of Central Park is home to an especially large concentration of these statues, memorials and monuments. Figures at each side of the Maine Monument (pictured), at the entrance to Central Park near Columbus Circle, represent the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, while a young boy at the front of the monument stands at the prow of a ship and holds his hands in a "victory" sign. "It is a really rather grandiose thing." said Morrone, "with just tons of classical symbolism in it." |
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