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Outdoor Sculptures
The Immigrants
Reflecting the diversity of newcomers to the U.S. from 1855-90, Luis Sanguino's
1973 work includes an African, a Jew, a family, a priest, and a worker.
• Battery Park
Giovanni da Verrazzano
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ans with this 1909 statue by Ettore Ximenes.
• Battery Park
The Four Continents
Sculptor Daniel Chester French reflects 18th-century U.S. views - meditative Asia
and exotic Africa to the sides, regal Europe and a dynamic U.S. in the center.
• U.S. Custom House, 1 Bowling Green
Shadows and Flags
Louise Nevelson's 1977 figures enliven the traffic island they inhabit. The largest is
rooted to the ground, others are on stilts.
• Between Maiden Lane, William, & Liberty Sts
