Triumph of the Human Spirit
Triumph of the Human Spirit is a 2000 black granite sculpture by Lorenzo Pace, installed at Manhattan's Foley Square, in the U.S. state of New York. According to the City of New York, the 50-foot-high, 300-short-ton, abstract monument is derived from the female antelope Chiwara forms of Bambaran art.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork_type: sculpture
- Description: Sculpture in Manhattan, New York, U.S.
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New York City Hall and Woolworth Building.
New York City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Momos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New York City Hall is the seat of New York City government, located at the center of City Hall Park in the Civic Center area of Lower Manhattan, between Broadway, Park Row, and Chambers Street. New York City Hall is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Triumph of the Human Spirit.
Woolworth Building
Photo: Aude, Public domain.
The Woolworth Building is a 792-foot-tall residential building and early skyscraper at 233 Broadway in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Woolworth Building is situated 1,700 feet southwest of Triumph of the Human Spirit.
Freedom Tower
Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0.
One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and as the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Freedom Tower is situated 2,900 feet west of Triumph of the Human Spirit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Manhattan and TriBeCa.
Downtown Manhattan
Quarter
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan or Downtown New York City, is the southernmost part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The area is the historical birthplace of New York City and in the 17th and 18th centuries composed the entirety of the city.
TriBeCa
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
A former industrial district in Lower Manhattan, TriBeCa, short for "Triangle Below Canal Street", has transformed from artist community to upscale residential district in the 21st century.
Chinatown
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manhattan's famous Chinatown is a lively neighborhood, full of good values in restaurants and food shopping. Also on sale are cheap knockoffs of designer labels made in China, and all sorts of trinkets and toys.
Triumph of the Human Spirit
- Categories: sculpture, tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.71444° or 40° 42′ 52″ northLongitude
-74.00289° or 74° 0′ 10″ westInception
2000Open location code
87G7PX7W+QROpenStreetMap ID
node 1329113669OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q20880848
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