Historical Signs in Manhattan

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Nathan Hale
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” This graceful, 13-foot standing bronze figure,...

Nathan Straus Playground
This playground and school are named for Nathan Straus (1848-1931), who was born in Otterberg, Rhenish Bavaria (now Germany) o...

Netherlands Monument
This monumental flagstaff commemorates the Dutch establishment of New Amsterdam and the seventeenth century European settlemen...

New York Korean War Veterans Memorial
This monument honors military personnel who served in the Korean War (1950-1953). The memorial, dedicated in 1991, was designe...

New York's Municipal Slave Market
On Wall Street, between Pearl and Water Streets, a market that auctioned enslaved people of African ancestry was established b...

Night Presence IV
One of a series of sculptures by esteemed artist Louise Nevelson (1899–1988), this massive, undulating assemblage of ...

Norwegian Veterans Monument
This monument honors the valiant sailors of the Norwegian merchant marines and navy who lost their lives in the cause of the A...

Number 11 Perspectives Sculpture
Located in the center median of Broadway, just north of 106th Street, this abstract sculpture, made of intersecting welded ste...

NYC AIDS Memorial Park at St. Vincent's Triangle
The NYC AIDS Memorial honors more than 100,000 New Yorkers who died of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). It also rec...

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