{"id":4176,"date":"2017-08-29T01:48:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T01:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/?p=4176"},"modified":"2017-08-30T02:04:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T02:04:37","slug":"newly-restored-plaque-for-women-in-queens-tell-the-tales-of-dark-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/?p=4176","title":{"rendered":"NEWLY RESTORED PLAQUE FOR WOMEN IN QUEENS TELL THE TALES OF DARK PASS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/a>A CONVERTED SPACE FOR <\/strong><\/h1>\n

QUEENS WOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By: Editor C. Harrison\/Au<\/u>gust 29, 2017<\/p>\n

A restoration plaque and public space was dedicated to the women of Queens August 22, 2017. The “Women’s Plaza in Queens,” ribbon cutting ceremony took place at the northeast corner of Union Turnpike and Queens\u00a0 Boulevard across\u00a0\u00a0from Borough Hall, Kew Gardens. Borough President, Melinda Katz hosted the ceremony.<\/p>\n

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The removal of the original\u00a0 statue “Triumph of Civic virtue,” was the idea of former Borough President, Claire Shulman who wanted it gone went she was the borough’s President. Shulman infamously stated of the old statue, “A municipal building is not appropriate place for a statue that portrays women as evil and treacherous.”<\/p>\n

The new plaza was formerly the site of the controversial “Triumph of Civic Virtue” statue, a 17-foot high marble statue depicted a male nude\u00a0 standing on top of two female figures representing “Vice” and “Corruption.” The statue was commissioned by Mayor George b. McClellan, Jr. in 1909 and\u00a0 designed by Beaux-Arts sculptor Frederick MacMonnies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The statue was installed and resided at City Hall since 1922 until it was\u00a0 relocated by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1941, to the grounds of the then new Queens Borough Hall, where it remained for over 70 years. The statue finally found a permanent home in December 2012, at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, where MacMonnies father , mother and brother are interred.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In January 2014, after taking office that newly installed Borough President Katz, endorsed former Borough President Helen Marshall’s idea to repair and restore the remaining structure and surrounding plaza and to repurpose and dedicate it to the women of Queens.<\/p>\n

According to Borough President Katz, “Queens has been home to so many incredible trail-blazing women across all industries, from business to politics, sport to entertainment,”\u00a0\u00a0“The Women ‘s Plaza in Queens-located in our borough’s civic center–is a visible, meaningful tribute to all the women of Queens who have made a lasting positive impact in New City and around the globe. This\u00a0 newly restored public space at Queens Borough Hall should be utilized by many and will serve as a reminder of how far we’ve come and how much further we must go.”<\/p>\n

I asked of the Borough President, what does the significant of the newly restore statue means to her in-light of how women are depicted by our President today, she stated “It means we are moving forward.” Katz also\u00a0said\u00a0\u00a0the statue\u00a0signified the importance of the movements around the country.<\/p>\n

BP Katz, further articulated\u00a0 that it’s essential that children recognize the statue and asked about it. Why it is dedicated to women.<\/p>\n

State Senator Leroy Comrie, another former Deputy Borough President, said the statue represented the dark day of Queens and if anyone had seen the space before it was 10 shades darker. He said people can come and enjoy the space.<\/p>\n

Claire Shulman, who thank and congratulated Borough President Katz for creating a beautiful space where people can relax and women will now be celebrated rather than denigrated. She also\u00a0referenced the fact \u00a0that we can’t champion the sculptor’s\u00a0legend\u2013\u00a0too many women leaders have come out of Queens.<\/p>\n

The base of the statue was repaired and cleaned as apart of a restoration project funded by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Brought President Katz, which began in May 2016 by\u00a0 DDC and contractor Perspective Construction Company, The $960,000 capital project restored damaged stonework, improved landscaping and installed\u00a0 plantings, new lighting and benches for public use. The site now also includes a ceremonial plaque indicating that the site has been rededicated in honor of the women of Queens.<\/p>\n

Highlights from the ribbon-cutting ceremony…all photographs taken by C. Harrison….<\/p>\n

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\u00a0A CONVERTED SPACE FOR QUEENS WOMEN By: Editor C. Harrison\/August 29, 2017 A restoration plaque and public space was dedicated to the women of Queens August 22, 2017. The “Women’s Plaza in Queens,” ribbon cutting ceremony took place at the northeast corner of Union Turnpike and Queens\u00a0 Boulevard across\u00a0\u00a0from Borough Hall, Kew Gardens. Borough President, … Continue reading NEWLY RESTORED PLAQUE FOR WOMEN IN QUEENS TELL THE TALES OF DARK PASS<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4176"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4204,"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4176\/revisions\/4204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bundiblog.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}