Monumentally New York: The Top 30 Public Statues, Monuments and Memorials Not in New York City

ISBN-10: 160008057X
ISBN-13: 9781600080579
Category: Travel
Pages: 200
Language: English
Published: 2007-10-22
Publisher: Rooftop Pub
Author: Chuck D'imperio

Description

Monumentally New York takes the reader on a fascinating 2,000-mile journey around beautiful Upstate New York and to the many small cities and towns within, which hold some of the most remarkable pieces of public art in all of the Empire State. Chuck D'Imperio includes his own “Top 30” list of statues, monuments, and memorials, and all are in New York State, but all are not in New York City. On your journey around the state, you will visit the tribute to teenager Sybil Ludington (“The Female Paul Revere”), the impressive memorial to the Dogs of War (“Canine Courage”), a grand life-sized statue of America's favorite horse champion, “Seabiscuit,” a lighthouse gift from France, the sad testimonies in stone and bronze commemorating the Irish Famine and September 11, 2001, as well as monuments to war heroes, memorials to immigrants who helped build New York State, and three different statues to three very different U.S. presidents.You will be awed by the image of Mary Jemison (“The White Woman of the Genesee”), be inspired by the powerful tribute to abolitionist John Brown, and, perhaps, even be moved to tears by the tribute to those who have given so much to America over the years, the Gold Star Mother memorial.From Syracuse to Lake Placid, from Buffalo to Albany, and from Carmel to Cooperstown, Monumentally New York is a unique and wonderful chronicle of the iconic remembrances that grace the public spaces of Upstate New York and make this region so unforgettable. The book includes photographs of each of the thirty monuments as well as directions to the town or city each is in.

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