Because it would make his statue the first thing people saw when arriving by ship.
They signify freedom from oppression (in the new republic) and also hint at the end of slavery (illegal in the US since 1865).
There are seven spikes – representing the seven seas and continents of the world.
American Indians.
The most common is the whorl, and the rarest is the arch.
Figureheads are the carved wood decorations found at the prow of a ship. They show the wealth of the owner and often symbolize a quality, or the ship’s name – beautiful ladies, Greek gods and ferocious lions.
Brooklyn Bridge.
She has a hull made of steel and frames of iron.
The capital was New York City.
Kerosene or oil lamps.
They were heated by coal stoves in the kitchen, used for cooking.
Primitive toilets in the backyard called outhouses.
They washed clothing outdoors so they wouldn’t have to carry the heavy water indoors.
Mozzarella.
So that the sunlight can enter different galleries at different times of the day.
It is called tai chi.
Bedford Street.
George Washington.
Bob Dylan.
Avenues A, B, C and D.
Roosevelt was not elected but became president automatically when the previous one was killed.
Flatiron Building.
They are called water towers and are used both to store water and create water pressure for the residents of the building.
No, it’s a different state altogether, called New Jersey.
Three carloads of frozen turkey.
King Kong.
The 86th floor.
There are 1,860 steps from street level to the 102nd floor.
6,500.
Five: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
Look for the flags of Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland, and Denmark.
44 platforms – and 67 rail tracks.
The clock face that looks in the direction of 42nd Street is north, and from there you can figure out the rest!
Subway, bus, taxi – and even bicycle rickshaws.
88 miles of books.
Patience and Fortitude.
Honey.
It’s Salvador Dalí’s famous The Persistence of Memory.
A reflecting pool.
Van Gogh’s The Starry Night shows the French town of Saint-Rémy, as seen from the window of the sanatorium where Van Gogh was a patient.
The Beatles.
Its entrance is a glass cube.
Big, starring Tom Hanks.
The Greek titan, Atlas.
The Rockettes. They have been performing here since 1933.
A peacock. NBC adopted the stylized, multicolored peacock logo when color broadcasts were first introduced in 1962.
Sesame Street – it broadcasts in more than 120 countries.
27.
The country’s largest New Year’s Eve celebration.
New York Times.
Spectaculars.
Dora the Explorer, My Little Pony, and Bob the Builder are three of the most popular characters.
They both live in polar environments – penguins in the Antarctic and polar bears in the Arctic.
a Harbor seals; b California sea lions; c California sea lions; d Harbor seals.
The Dairy.
To replace the carousel that had burned down.
Around 150 years old.
For safety reasons, skating is no longer allowed.
Bethesda Arcade.
The fountain at Bethesda Terrace.
Because it offers seclusion and a freshwater lake full of fish the birds can feed on.
Lewis Carroll.
The Ugly Duckling – the story about a little tufty bird that became a beautiful swan.
It has two feet, instead of the normal four.
You can see the entire pond from the castle’s tower.
Because the castle is made of the same kind of rock as Vista Rock: Manhattan schist.
A school.
Swallowtail butterfly.
The Obelisk, also known as Cleopatra’s Needle.
The blue hippo has been named William.
The four seasons – spring, summer, fall, and winter.
It is called the “casual fourth position.”
In 1720.
Orange, red, yellow, and even some light green, all in varying shades.
Pocket watches were the most common type of watch from their development in the 16th century until World War I (1914–18).
Seventh Avenue.
China, in the 4th and 5th centuries BC.
The spiral design is similar to a nautilus shell.
The Eiffel Tower; the two-faced man has the shape of a heart imprinted on his hand.
The shapes include triangles, ovals, arcs, circles, and squares.
“Miss Liberty” by Mae Rockland Tupa is in the Ceremonial Art section.
The Iroquois Indians, who are said to have arrived around 800 BC.
Large murals, which often depict simple figures in bold colors.
No. The artist painted these realistic-looking shadows from a photo.
Exit the elevators on the 3rd, 4th, or 5th floors and head for the farthest window on the left.
It is written on the ledge that serves as a rain shelter over the main door.
Hi.
80.
The blue whale. The model in the Hall of Ocean Life is 69 ft (21 m) long.
Tyrannosaurus rex, or T. rex, was the fiercest dinosaur, with teeth up to 6 inches (15 cm) long.
The Brontosaurus. It was 80 ft (25 m) tall and weighed around 66,000 lb (29 tons). It had legs like tree-trunks and a giraffe-like neck that allowed it to pick all the best leaves from the tree tops.
Michael Jackson (with the Jackson 5).
Jazz, gospel, soul, and rap.
Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Frederick Douglass, and Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
The ashes of poet Langston Hughes lie beneath a “cosmogram,” in the Schomburg Center for Research into Black Culture.
He died from wounds after a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr.
Duke Ellington’s Take the A Train.
He is the blond one with a double-headed eagle on his shield.
Cloisters.
Cherry, apple, orange, pomegranate, and peach trees.
It was Shorakapok, which means “the edge of the river.”
A cherry tree.
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge, written by Hildegarde Swift and illustrated by Lynd Ward.
Sailors were used to working up a tall ship’s mast.
The line separates walkers from cyclists.
Elevated trains and trolley cars.
The Empire State Building.
Every ingredient that goes into his creations is made from scratch.
It was a firehouse.
His nightgown, because that is what he usually wore while writing.
Through a CT scan.
American Indians on the left and European settlers on the right.
An alpaca; it is furry because it lives in the cold Andes mountains of Peru.
Wallaby.
The Hamadryas baboon exhibit.
Porcupines.
Ducks, turtles, egrets, and herons.
Brooklyn Children’s Museum.
The dragons.
Moray eels.
Malagasy tomato frog.
Off the coast of Belize.
Bloodhounds; they both have the ability to detect minute quantities of blood.
Little Odessa, after the city of Odessa in Ukraine.
Because a director is at work deciding which camera view should follow another.
It was used to make movies.
Foley art.
They stand for Automated Dialogue Replacement.
Slide Mantra.
Jupiter.
Balance.
Wentzscopes.
John Glenn.
In treetops.
It comes from the Visitors & Administration Building sinks, dishwashers, and showers.
A worm.
The Lenape.
Because rocky environments are often high up in the mountains.
Chocolate.
Because they do not need many harmful pesticides to grow.
The snow leopard.
Separated from Africa millions of years ago, Madagascar is ecologically unique and species have been able to develop there in isolation.
The purpose is to engage the tigers and stimulate their minds.
The wall displays baseballs signed by current and past Yankees.