The statues are life-sized. The colors were beautiful, but it wasn't light enough to capture them. |
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On our Landmark Dash, we traveled out to the Bronx to see this library. Designed as an outpost of NYU, the grounds have since been turned in the the Bronx College.
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The building is very classical, almost a temple to higher learning. Inside 16 columns of Green marble are topped by gold gilded column toppers (also designed by the Architect). Floating above them are 16 carved figures - each life sized although they look smaller by distance. I didn't get a good shot of the top of the ceiling, where a large light fixture is. Apparently it was a skylight until Vietnam protests destroyed it in the 1960s.
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It was very cool to see in person.
A shot of the interior. Those are Dash participants counting the ceiling squares (Ed did that for our team and got the number exactly correct). . |
Randy and Ed outside the library |
Not long after completion. The pergolas are still there and hold busts of famous people in categories like statesmen, artists, inventors, etc. |