“You can’t spell earth without art”
"Earth without art is just eh" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many posters. "Did you know you can't spell Earth without art?" was posted on Twitter…
“You can’t spell heart without art”
"You can't spell heart without art" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Remember, you can’t spell heart without art" was printed in the Los Angeles (CA)…
“You can’t spell paint without pain”
"You can't spell paint without pain" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying means that a painter's struggles are produced in a painting. Also, painting can…
“You can’t spell painting without pain”
"You can't spell painting without pain" is a saying that has been printed on several images. The saying means that a painter's struggles are produced in a painting. Also,…
“You know it’s tax season when you see a dancing Statue of Liberty on the street corner”
Liberty Tax Service began in 1998; in 2004, it employed people dressed as the Statue of Liberty to stand on sidewalks and bring in customers. For many people, it's a sign that it's tax…
Alamo (black cube at Astor Place)
"Alamo" is the name of the big black cube at Astor Place, opposite Cooper Union, in the middle of a traffic island. During a brief repair and cleaning in 2005, and everyone said,…
Apple Stand (“Big Apple” art exhibit, 2025)
New York City artist Olivia Rose did an "Apple Stand" art exhibit at Blankmag Books at 17 Eldridge Street in Manhattan's Lower East Side, in November 2025. The exhibit was all about…
Audrey Munson (New York’s “Civic Fame” and “Miss Manhattan,” San Francisco’s “World’s Fair Girl”)
Audrey Munson photo links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Munsonhttp://jschumacher.typepad.com/audrey_munson/http://www.remnantsofadream.com/pages/appendix_6.htmlGoogle Images Audrey Munson…
Bell of the Unforgotten
The "Bell of the Unforgotten" was put in place on October 16, 2005 to commemorate the unnamed victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. The bell is supposed to…
Big Apple (sculptures by Romero Britto, 2006 at LaGuardia Airport & 2011 at JFK Airport)
Brazilian artist Romero Britto has made many apple sculptures. In 2006, a "Big Apple" sculpture was placed at New York City's LaGuardia Airport, Terminal B. In 2011, Eunice Kennedy…
Big Apple sculpture (Bella Abzug Park and Dante Park, 2021-2022)
"Big Apple" is a sculpture by Canadian designer Felix Marzell that was in Bella Abzug Park (Hudson Yards) from October 13, 2021 until September 12, 2022. People can sit in the apple. In…
Civic Virtue (Big Boy, Fat Boy, Rough Guy)
"Civic Virtue" is not to be confused with "Civic Fame" (the statue, modeled by Audrey Munson, on top of the Municipal Building). "Civic Fame" debuted in 1922 in front…
Columbia University’s Alma Mater (Mary Lawton, model)
"Alma Mater" is a famous sculpture at Columbia University, installed in 1904 in front of the Low Memorial Library (formerly the campus library building). The sculptor Daniel Chester…
Diana (of Madison Square Garden)
The statue of "Diana" that graced the old Madison Square Garden (at Madison Square) is now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A copy is in the Metroplitan Museum of Art. "Diana"…
Double Check (Seward Johnson’s businessman sculpture in Liberty Park)
Seward Johnson's 1982 sculpture "Double Check" for Liberty Park (near the World Trade Center) showed a very lifelike businessman sitting in the park. The businessman survived…
Four Continents at U.S. Custom House—Who posed for America?
The "Four Continents" group of statues (Africa, America, Asia and Europe) by sculptor Daniel Chester French for the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in lower Manhattan were put in…
Iggy (iguana sculpture on the Lone Star Café)
New York's Lone Star Cafe at 61 Fifth Avenue (corner of 13th Street) featured country music acts from 1976 to 1989. A 40-foot polyurethane-and-steel iguana sculpture named "Iggy" was…
Inspiration of Washington Square (nickname of model Audrey Munson)
MacDougal Alley, in the area of Manhattan's Washington Square North, was the home of many famous sculptors and artists in the early 1900s. Audrey Munson (1891-1996), a popular model, was…
La Gran Manzana (sculpture opposite Radio City Music Hall)
The sculpture "La Gran Manzana" (Spanish for "The Big Apple"), by Mexican artist Enrique Cabrera, was unveiled on December 7, 2022 at 1251 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan,…
Leaping Louie (Prometheus statue in Rockefeller Center)
Prometheus was the Greek god who brought fire to mankind. Paul Manship's statue of him is in Rockefeller Center, just above the skating rink. An early, 1930s-1940s nickname was "Leaping…