Home | Countries and Cities | My Photos | New photos | Authors | Rate Pictures | Contact | Policy

Around the world

Amusement & theme parks

Ancient world

Animals

Castles & palaces

Christmas

Countryside

Fall views

Feel good photos

Flowers

Fountains

Interesting unusual buildings

Landmarks around the world

Military Theme

Monuments & sculpture compositions

Mountains

Night views

Quiet small-town views

Reflections

Religious buildings

Sea & ocean views

Shop-Signs

Shop-Windows

Sky

Spring

Sunsets

The best panoramic views

The most beautiful natural spots

The most famous buildings

Waterfalls

Winter

 
     Slide Show     


World Travel Photos :: Monuments & sculpture compositions :: New York City. Charging Bull on Wall Street - is This Man Challenging the Bull?

© Torontonian 88Author rate: 1.87
25 Aug 2007
Viewed: 2961


Slide Show | Leave a Comment | Send a Card | Add My Photos

The most famous and busiest business street in the world. New York Stock Exchange is located here. This beautiful bull and countless businessmen are the main attraction of this place.

Charging Bull (sometimes called the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull) is a 7,000 pound bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica. The sculpture depicts a bull, the symbol of aggressive financial optimism and prosperity. Arturo Di Modica created the sculpture following the 1987 stock market crash as a symbol of the "strength and power of the American people." Di Modica installed it in December 15, 1989 as "guerrilla art", front of the New York Stock Exchange as a Christmas gift to the people of New York. The police seized the illegal sculpture and placed it into an impound lot. In response to the public outcry favoring the sculpture, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation re-installed it several blocks away to its current location in the plaza at Bowling Green where it faces up Broadway.

The sculpture is one of the most photographed pieces of art in the city and has become a popular tourist destination for visitors to the Financial District.



Comments Leave a Comment
 

New York City. Charging Bull on Wall Street - is This Man Challenging the Bull?

Borodino. Memorial for Michael Kutuzov

Germany. Bremen

Germany. Munchen.

Germany. Essen. Villa Hugel

Beijing. Lion in the Forbidden City

Toronto. Mooses

Germany. Linderhof Castle

Germany. Bremen

Seoul. Water Clock of the Chosun Dynasty

Germany. Essen.

Germany. Bremen

Germany. Karlsruhe.

Moscow. All-Russia Exhibition Centre . Fragment of Fountain "Friendship of Nations"

Germany. Bremen

Germany. Bremen

Toronto. Kensington Market Pink Ladies

Hall. Hockey-player



 

Billboards and shop windows

City life - random scenes

Night views

Panoramic views

Skyscrapers

Events
September 11th, 2001

Landmarks
5th Avenue

Brooklyn Bridge

Central Park

Chrysler Building

CNN building

Empire State Building

FAO Schwarz

Flatiron Building

Jekyll and Hyde Club

Macy´s Department Store

Madame Tussauds Мuseum

MetLife Building

Metropolitan Opera Building

Monuments

Museum of Immigration

Rockefeller Center

Shops

St. Patrick´s Cathedral

Statue of Liberty

Supreme Court Building

Times Square

World Trade Center



.
Home |  Add photo |  New photos |  My World Shots |  Ontario Pics |  Toronto Snaps |  Jerusalem Shots  | Policy | Index

myworldshots.com © 1999-2009

.