Hundreds of statues dot the Manhattan landscape, and indeed, in all five boroughs. All but a handful represent idyllic, mythic or allegorical figures, or decorative designs. In the distinct minority are…
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Street Lamps
HOW TO FRAME A CROOK. How the Department of Transportation defaced classic cast iron poles in the 1980s.
by Kevin WalshBefore the days when the New York City Department of Transportation began to install replicas of classic bishop-crook, “Corvington” long-armed lamps and twinlamp designs, they defaced still-standing classic lampposts that were…
