MY VIDEO; SOME OF THE MEMORIALS IN RIVERSIDE PARK ON SUNNY DAY

Well, actually the day was more than just sunny, it was humid and sweltering...seeking refuge as much as possible in the shade of Riverside Park seemed like a good idea...


VIDEO;

https://youtu.be/GGXnSNL9p-I

There were some people out in the sun, as there always are, even when it is really hot... well, it was 93 degrees and very humid; the really bad heat of the summer has yet to come ...

Great day for cold drinks and snacks..

Joan of Arc poised with horse's leg raised-- if both legs are raised, it means rider died in battle..there were hassles about almost all the memorials etc. in Riverside Park ( as there are with memorials and monuments everywhere)...an unusual one with the Joan of Arc statue came because the sculptor-- Anna Hyatt Huntington...was a WOMAN ....at the end of the 19th Century, women still had to fight very hard to get accepted in all the professions and the Arts

Sign reminding everyone to behave and park rules etc.

This woman walking her dogs is dressed for the heat and sun..

All overlooked by the big early 20th century apartment buildings, which are monumental in effect as they march along down the length of the Park..

The Soldier's and Sailor's Door shows how much trouble they put into these memorials...( and how they have to work on keeping them maintained )

There is still the big house across the drive where the judge lived who got the idea for Grant's Tomb from looking at the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors' Monument here..

There are all sorts of mementos here of battle carved in the stone too

The Firemen's Memorial went up the fastest and with the least hassle.. ( I noticed in reading about American monuments and memorials, especially the Washington Monument, just how much debate and squabbling went on about them and just how long some of them took to be built.. the Memorial at the World Trade Center controversy, while it went on agonizingly long, was just typical of what usually happens...)

Yes, the Firemen's Memorial, with its bas relief plaque done in classical style by the sculptor Attilio Picirelli...)the overall architect was a man named Harold Van Buren McGonigle, --both Piccirelli and McGonigle were recognized with awards etc. for their work...

As well as his flanking statues of (above) a fireman's widow and child and..

The wrenching statue of the Firemen's widow with his broken body ( which critics have compared favorably to Michelangelo's work)..the two statues are called "Duty" and "Sacrifice", and those words are forever in the FDNY's history...

Grant's Tomb is a huge place which is worth a trip entirely to itself... I will do a posting next about that video, which I did last winter...

VIDEO- WATCH IN THEATER MODE OR FULL  SCREEN

https://youtu.be/GGXnSNL9p-I