Administered by City of New York Department of General Services One Centre Street New York New York 10007
Located Municipal Building Centre & Chamber Streets Tower Roof New York New York
Date:
1913. Installed March 1913
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 58-59.
Lederer, Joseph, "All Around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City," New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 59.
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Summary:
A female figure wearing classical drapery and a laurel headdress, holds a crown in her proper left hand and a shield and laurel branch in her right hand. She faces west and stands barefoot on top of the Municipal Building's tower, her drapery blows in the wind behind her. The laurel signifies fame; the crown has five parapets which symbolizes the five boroughs of the city; and dolphins which surround the crown refer to the city as a seaport town.
