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Save Ellis Island
Ellis Island is a national landmark and an irreplaceable American icon. Beginning in 1892, the island served as a gateway into the United States for 12 million people from all over the world. Today nearly 40% of all Americans can trace their roots to Ellis Island. In 1965, Ellis Island was added to the National Park System as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.
Ellis Island, also known as "The Forgotten Side," consists of 30 hauntingly beautiful buildings on the south side of the island that have been vacant, shuttered and unseen by the public for over half a century. Now there is a new movement to restore and re-open these buildings. Ellis Island is a national landmark and an irreplaceable American icon. Beginning in 1892, the island served as a gateway into the Un... more -
India plans huge 'liberty' statue
The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra says it plans to build a statue off the Mumbai (Bombay) coast to rival New York's Statue of Liberty.
The statue will be of the Maratha warrior king Shivaji, considered a hero in Maharashtra for his defiance of Mughal and British forces. The statue will be built on a man-made island, which will include a library, a museum and an amphitheatre.
Critics say the project is too expensive at more than $4.5m. They say that the government of the western Indian state faces more pressing problems, such as a food, water and power crisis in addition to a high suicide level among farmers.
Vishal Dhage, a state government official, said the statue would be about the same height as the Statue of Liberty - which, with plinth includes, stands at 305ft. The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra says it plans to build a statue off the Mumbai (Bombay) coast to rival New York's St... more -
The Statue of Liberty looking like she's from India
That's a billboard for Jet Airways, just outside Penn Station, in New York (thanks to Sendhil Revuluri). AnimalNewYork tried to summon some mock patriotic disgust--"Indian Airline Hates America, Liberty"-- but gave up pretty fast.
A bindi on Lady Liberty! And right outside Penn Station! While you're at Jet Airways, "India's finest international airline,"why don't you dress her in a sari (well actually, she kinda already is), step on her toes, and extinguish her torch right after lighting Old Glory on fire with it? EvilDoers! Don't you know America is at war? With, like, all of Asia? We push a button, and your WHOLE COUNTRY becomes a tarmac! Boycott Jet Airways! Boy...nevermind. Is the billboard at all offensive? Insensitive? Me, I don't think so. Tattoo Vishnu on LL's ass, I don't care. Maybe it's offensive to Indians?
Um... no? I really can't imagine any Indians--at least no one in India--being offended by this (the Statue, that is, not the Vishnu concept). In fact, having worked in advertising in India for several years, I can guess with some confidence that this exact idea has been used by the Indian ad industry umpteen times That's a billboard for Jet Airways, just outside Penn Station, in New York (thanks to Sendhil Revuluri). AnimalNewYork tried to summon... more -
"Cloverfield" Decapitated the Statue of Liberty
"Cloverfield" star, Lizzy Caplan, tells us what she'd do if the Statue of Liberty's head landed at her feet and what she thinks about the way the movie's used every day technology to tell the story.
"Cloverfield" is in theaters now. "Cloverfield" star, Lizzy Caplan, tells us what she'd do if the Statue of Liberty's head landed at her feet and what she thinks about ... more
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