The statue was brought to the United States in 1955. It was originally offered to the United Nations as a symbol of peace, ... it was placed in front of the New York Buddhist Church, ...

Discounting the number of plastic versions in souvenir shops and the like, in New York City, Statue of Liberty sculptures can be found at the Brooklyn Museum, in front of 667 Madison Avenue, atop ...

It stood 35 feet high – equivalent to a six-storey building – and was destined for a spot on the East River, facing the United Nations building. Audrey Flack had worked on it for nearly a decade.

As the leaders of the world gather in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly, the institution unveiled a statue to late South African President Nelson Mandela. The statue was ...

Unveiling the statue on Monday at its headquarters in New York, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, described Mandela as a man who “embodied the highest values of the United Nations ...

Traffic goes around New York's Columbus Circle and its 70-foot-tall column topped by a statue of Christopher Columbus. A movement to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day ...

The American Museum of Natural History in New York City decided recently to take down the statue of Theodore Roosevelt that has been displayed in front of the museum on Central Park West since 1940.