Joan of Arc: The Maid of the Upper West Side
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Thursday, January 6th, 2011 at 6:30pm
New York Youth Hostel*
891 Amsterdam Avenue at 104th Street
On December 6, 1915, Anna Vaughn Hyatt's equestrian statue of Joan of Arc was unveiled with great ceremony on Riverside Drive and 93rd Street to a crowd of nearly 1,000 people. In the years that followed, no other statue of an individual in New York City, except that of George Washington at the United States Sub-Treasury, was the focus of so much attention. But today, the statue, which was the first of a real woman ever erected in the city, is often overlooked.** Join Independent Researcher Valerie Thaler to learn the fascinating story behind the statue and to celebrate Joan of Arc's 599th birthday! Talk Presented by Park West Neighborhood History Group, Columbus/Amsterdam BID, and Hostelling International--New York.
*Originally the Association Residence for Respectable Aged Indigent Females, this Individual Landmark (designated 1983) was built in 1881-1883 and designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt.
**But not always! The Joan of Arc Statue was a stop on LW's Public Art walking tour in June of 2010.
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