There are three sculptures of Christopher Columbus in Hudson County, New Jersey created by Archimedes Giacomantonio. The tributes to Columbus become contentious around 2020 when there were calls for removal and subsequent rebuttals of their retention. [1] Archimedes Aristedes Michael Giacomantonio (1906 – 1988), also known as Jock Manton, a corruption of his surname. [2] was a native Jersey City
Columbus Park is a Hudson County park on Clinton Street in Hoboken. The statue created in 1937 is a bronze depicting Columbus with a sword hanging from his belt and a cross around his neck, on a granite pedestal. [3]
Reproductions of the work were installed in Columbus Park in Memphis, Tennessee [4] [5] and Hazleton, Pennsylvania. [6]
The Columbus statue at Journal Square ( 40°43′56″N74°03′47″W / 40.732142°N 74.063114°W ) in Jersey City was dedicated on October 15, 1950. Originally situated in a traffic island across from Loew's Jersey Theatre in 1998 it was moved to a pedestrian plaza. The ten-foot bronze statue is mounted on a white marble shaft and depicts Columbus "in a militant pose, holding a cross in his left hand and pointing westward with his right." [7] Funding for the statue was through private subscription. While on county-owned land, it is not property of the county and is partially maintained by the local chapter of the Dante Alighieri Society. [8] [9] A plaque was added to the pedestal when rededicated on October 12, 1992, in memory of Edward F. Zampella, the "Voice of the Columbus Day Parade." [10]
Lincoln the Rail Splitter, is a work created by Giacomoantonio when he was 19 years old. The graduating class of Lincoln High School purchased the work for the school in 1926. [11] [12] [13] The Police Monument was created in 1936. [14] [15] [16]
Ellsworth Park is a city square between Palisade Avenue, New York Avenue and 23rd and 24th streets in Union City. Made in 1979, the bronze bust of Columbus is situated on a granite pedestal. It was cast at Roman Bronze Works. [17]
Another Giacomoantonio work in Union City is the Monument to Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. Known as the Spanish–American War Memorial it was dedicated in Veterans Memorial Plaza (formerly Triangle Park), at Palisades Avenue and 33rd Street on September 29, 1940, and is dedicated to the "memory of the soldiers, sailors and marines who fought in the war with Spain in 1898."
Hoboken, New Jersey, is home to many parks, historical landmarks, and other places of interest.
The Heights or Jersey City Heights is a neighborhood in Jersey City, New Jersey, located atop the New Jersey Palisades, along the west side of the Hudson River. It is bound by Paterson Plank Road on the north, Highway 139 on the south, Hoboken on the east, and the Hackensack River on the west. and Penhorn Creek on the west. Its postal area ZIP Codes are 07307, and portions of 07306.
The Hackensack Plank Road, also known as Bergen Turnpike, was a major artery which connected the cities of Hoboken and Hackensack, New Jersey. Like its cousin routes, the Newark Plank Road and Paterson Plank Road, it travelled over Bergen Hill and across the Hackensack Meadows from the Hudson River waterfront to the city for which it was named. It was originally built as a colonial turnpike road as Hackensack and Hoboken Turnpike. The route mostly still exists today, though some segments are now called the Bergen Turnpike. It was during the 19th century that plank roads were developed, often by private companies which charged a toll. As the name suggests, wooden boards were laid on a roadbed in order to prevent horse-drawn carriages and wagons from sinking into softer ground on the portions of the road that passed through wetlands. The company that built the road received its charter on November 30, 1802. The road followed the route road from Hackensack to Communipaw that was described in 1679 as a "fine broad wagon-road."
Bergen Hill refers to the lower Hudson Palisades in New Jersey, where they emerge on Bergen Neck, which in turn is the peninsula between the Hackensack and Hudson Rivers, and their bays. In Hudson County, it reaches a height of 260 feet.
Bergen-Lafayette is a section of Jersey City, New Jersey.
The Hudson Waterfront is an urban area of northeastern New Jersey along the lower reaches of the Hudson River, the Upper New York Bay and the Kill van Kull. Though the term can specifically mean the shoreline, it is often used to mean the contiguous urban area between the Bayonne Bridge and the George Washington Bridge that is approximately 19 miles (31 km) long. Historically, the region has been known as Bergen Neck, the lower peninsula, and Bergen Hill, lower Hudson Palisades. It has sometimes been called the Gold Coast.
Palisade Avenue is the name given to a historic road which parallels the eastern crest of Hudson Palisades in northeastern New Jersey. It travels between Jersey City and Fort Lee, passing through Jersey City Heights, North Hudson, and Cliffside Park, with various parts carrying Hudson and Bergen county route designations. The avenue re-aligns itself at several places along its route as it crosses traditional municipal boundaries created in the 19th century. As a primary route running along the top of the Hudson Palisades, many segments offer scenic views of the Hudson River and the New York skyline. Since 2020 there is proposed state legislation to restrict building heights that would rise above the cliffs on the eastern side of Palisade Avenue along the entire corridor from Jersey City to Fort Lee.
The Firemen's Monument is a 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m) tall monument in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, that was designed by American sculptor Caspar Buberl and completed in 1891. The monument was built to commemorate the Volunteer Fire Department in Church Square Park on May 30, 1891.
Harriet Tubman Square is a city square in Downtown Newark, New Jersey.
The Columbus Obelisk is one of three monuments to Christopher Columbus in Baltimore, Maryland. Erected on 12 October 1792, the obelisk is the oldest monument to Christopher Columbus in the United States.
The Hudson County Park System owns and operates several county parks in Hudson County, New Jersey. It has its roots in the City Beautiful movement around the turn of the twentieth century. The system comprises eight parks comprising 716.52 acres (290.0 ha). Additionally, the county owns acreage in preservation areas in the New Jersey Meadowlands
The Columbus Monument is a 76-foot (23 m) column in the center of Columbus Circle in New York City honoring the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, who first made an expedition to the New World in 1492. The monument was created by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo in 1892.
A statue of Christopher Columbus was a memorial in Washington Park in Newark, New Jersey within the James Street Commons Historic District. It was made in Rome by Giuseppe Ciochetti and presented to the city by Newark's Italians in 1927. The statue was removed by the city in June 2020 to prevent its toppling in a Black Lives Matter protest.
The Jersey City Police Memorial is a tribute to the fallen officers of Jersey City Police Department located on Montgomery Street near City Hall in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Archimedes Aristedes Michael Giacomantonio was an American sculptor. He was also known as Jock Manton, a corruption of his surname. During his career he was commissioned to create works in Hudson County, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and in other public and private spaces across the United States. He was known for his busts of noted figures and small-scale figures as well as medallions for the Franklin Mint.
La Vela di Colombo, or the Sail of Columbus, is a monument located along the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey. It commemorates the 500th anniversary of the journey of Christopher Columbus to America in 1492, the role of Genoa, Italy in the Age of Discovery, and Italian immigration to the Port of New York and New Jersey.
The Peter Stuyvesant Monument is a memorial to Peter Stuyvesant and the establishment of settlement of Bergen, New Netherlands in 1660. It is located at Journal Square district of Jersey City, New Jersey. The statue of Stuyvesant by J. Massey Rhind was originally installed in 1913 at Bergen Square. The statue and pedestal were unceremoniously removed in 2010. In 2014, the statue was restored and placed at nearby park in anticipation that a new pedestal would be built at the original location.
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