Fearless Girl Statue to Stay in Financial District (for Now
Source: NY Times
Fearless Girl, the wildly popular statue that has spent the last few weeks staring down the Financial Districts well-known Charging Bull, has received a new lease on life. Originally scheduled to be removed next week, it will now remain in place until early 2018, officials said on Monday.
Fearless Girl was created by the sculptor Kristen Visbal and erected in Bowling Green, a small park, by the financial firm State Street Global Advisors in honor of International Womens Day in March.
The statue was an immediate hit, drawing crowds who snap selfies or stand alongside the bronze child and mimic her pose: hands on her hips, slight smile on her face, and her skirt and pony tail seeming to blow in the breeze.
Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York stood beside the statue during a news conference on Monday as he announced the decision to extend its stay until the next International Womens Day, on March 8, 2018. He called the statue a symbol of standing up to fear, standing up to power, being able to find in yourself the strength to do whats right.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/nyregion/fearless-girl-statue-de-blasio.html
Jonny Appleseed
(960 posts)to take pics with the bull's testes.
I'm glad it's staying
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)will be.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,253 posts)I live in Manhattan, but I don't usually get that far downtown. I must make the trip!
CTyankee
(63,911 posts)I'm really clueless...
Sgent
(5,857 posts)in honor of women's day, and the artist which did the wall street bull (1987) complains that its a cheap advertising stunt.
CTyankee
(63,911 posts)in particular -- think Florence during the early Italian Renaissance and how much public art was paid for by the Medici family. And I know what I am talking about...