Triumph of the Human Spirit
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Triumph of the Human Spirit is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Wedding Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
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 (15.2 m), 300-short-ton (272.2 t), abstract monument is derived from the female antelope Chiwara forms of Bambaran art. The sculpture is sited near a rediscovered Colonial-era African Burial Ground, and its support structure alludes to the slave trade's Middle Passage. Following the 1991 discovery of the African Burial Ground, the work was commissioned by the New York City Government program Percent for Art. The work was dedicated on Columbus Day (October 12), 2000. Pace feels that Columbus Day is an inappropriate date to celebrate his "work that honors the slaves, immigrants, and Indians who were wronged in this nation's formative years." He and other African-Americans boycotted the unveiling because of the Columbus Day date, which was chosen as a rare day in which both New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and United States Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan could synch their availability. The work was commissioned for $750,000 ($1.72 million in 2025), but took 8 years (including two rejections) to complete. The sculpture has received a lot of notoriety as a gathering place for demonstrations and rallies.
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Dates from 2000.
Wikidata Q20880848, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 2000
- Material
- granite
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 10.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wedding Garden: 0.1 mi
- Millenium Park: 0.3 mi
- Robert Wagner Greenstreet: 0.3 mi
- Yoya's Park: 0.5 mi
- M’Finda Kalunga Garden: 0.7 mi
- Abraham De Peyster: 0.1 mi
- Civic Fame: 0.1 mi
- 5 in 1: 0.1 mi
- Manhattan Sentinels: 0.1 mi
- Sen Yat-sen: 0.2 mi
- Hall des Lumières: 0.1 mi
- Mmuseumm: 0.2 mi
- Dream House: 0.3 mi
- Banksy Museum: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Chinese in America: 0.4 mi
- Collect Pond Park: 0.1 mi
- Columbus Park: 0.2 mi
- Tribeca Tower Courtyard: 0.2 mi
- City Hall Park: 0.2 mi
- Chatham Square: 0.2 mi
- Site of the Beach Pneumatic Subway: 0.2 mi
- Cortlandt Alley: 0.2 mi
- Chinatown: 0.2 mi
- Bloody Angle: 0.2 mi
- Textile building: 0.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 0.9 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 1.3 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 1.9 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.6 mi
- Bird Island: 1.2 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 3.9 mi
- Audubon Park: 4.4 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Remains of Early New York: 0.1 mi
- Sugar House Prison Window: 0.1 mi
- Horace Greeley: 0.1 mi
- The Bridewell: 0.2 mi
- Lin Zexu: 0.3 mi
- Grassy Hill: 2.2 mi
- Outlook Hill: 2.2 mi
- Slide Hill: 2.2 mi
- Discovery Hill: 2.3 mi
- Kings Bluff: 3.6 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 1.4 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 1.4 mi
- Freedom Field: 3.2 mi
- Street Seats: 3.8 mi
- Palisades: 2.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.8 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 14.8 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 14.8 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 14.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 3.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 4.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.1 mi
- The Loch: 6.0 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 1.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 17.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 17.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 17.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.6 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.4 mi
- Barber: 18.5 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Triumph of the Human Spirit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 330° | 268 m | 20.4 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 311° | 263 m | 24.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 329° | 260 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 329° | 230 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 10° | 208 m | 23.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 327° | 185 m | 21.8 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 328° | 180 m | 21.5 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 298° | 179 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Manhattan/Chinatown · 0 mi
- Manhattan/TriBeCa · 0 mi
- New York City · 0 mi
- Manhattan/East Village · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 1 mi
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