NWNY’s Cultural Trips: An exhibit at the Mayor’s House Chronicles the Resilience of Women in New York
An art show honors women whose setbacks and accomplishments have helped make New York an iconic city while examining the most pressing issues of our times, including race, class and gender Written by Bruna Shapira At Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residence, a dark bronze sculpture is displayed near the entrance. This faceless figure, with big, injured feet, is a reminder of a complicated past. The house’s first owner, shipping merchant Archibald Gracie, had slaves who built it as a...