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The Maine Monument et cetera

The Maine Monument has always been one of my favourite monuments in New York. It’s dedicated to the dead of the U.S.S. Maine incident and the Spanish-American War. The Monument is beautiful, not only due to its intriguing massing and beautiful sculpted work, but also because its placement in relation to Columbus Circle. It moves upward, encompassed in the lush greenery of Central Park behind it, and the bottom half projects itself forward into the Circle and creates a pleasing visual arrangement.

Above, as seen through the window of the Allen Room of the new Frederick P. Rose Hall at the AOL Time Warner Center. According to the review of opening night in the Sun, the Allen Room’s acoustics are amazing, and it looks as if Rose Hall will be an important addition to the cultural world of the City. (Note to Lucas and Adam: pencil this into your schedules).

Above the Maine Monument is pictured with the base of the Columbus column in the middle of Columbus Circle. The Circle is currently undergoing a massive refurbishment to try to make it more accesible and parklike rather than just a glorified traffic circle.

Top photo by Corin Anderson

Published at 7:48 am on Saturday 30 October 2004. Categories: Architecture New York Tags: , .
Comments

These pics are great!They make me want to go there. I’m doing a report on Maine, and these pics are on there! I love the statue of the angel.

— Courtney Schultz 27 Nov 2007 2:19 pm

Audrey Munson is beautiful in this statue of Maine, as she is in 14 others around the city.
Did you do any articles on her?

— ron 21 Jan 2008 1:31 am
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