Dec 22, 2021 · Civic Virtue Triumphant Over Unrighteousness was created by Frederick William MacMonnies between 1909 and 1922, commissioned by Mayor George McClellan to stand in front of City Hall. It was...

Oct 28, 2018 · Civic Virtue is notable for being both a mayoral commission and one of the most controversial public monuments in New York’s history. This colossal sculpture was originally part of a larger fountain complex (designed in collaboration with architect Thomas Hastings) that originally stood in Manhattan’s City Hall Park. in 1891, Angelina Crane ...

Jul 21, 2012 · The immense statue, installed in City Hall Park, featured a naked, hulking man representing virtue, standing atop nude female figures, representing vice. Women’s groups protested the...

May 3, 2016 · Workers have begun transforming the former site of the controversial Civic Virtue statue near Queens Borough Hall in Kew Gardens into a public green space, according to Queens Borough President...

Sep 29, 2008 · The statue is meant to portray civic virtue triumphing over vice and corruption, however, many have found it offensive for decades. Its allegorical portrayal of vice as female caused a stir following its unveiling in 1922 — which was just …

The Statue of Civic Virtue is an important sculpture in history marking the controversy of the symbolism used degrading women and the women groups rallying and protesting against the work and its imagery.

“Civic Virtue’s” musculature contains a similar detail and proportion to that of the Farnese Hercules. The female figures of Vice and Corruption hearken back to demigods and monsters of Greek myth.

Dec 18, 2012 · “Civic Virtue” is by one of America’s great early 20th century sculptors–Frederick MacMonnies. It is at Green-Wood because it had, essentially, been abandoned by NYC. It was in need of repair and a good home.

triumphofcivicvirtue.org seeks to be the authoritative web site for information about the Triumph of Civic Virtue statue. It is also a focal point for those who support keeping the statue in Kew Gardens, Queens and acquiring funding for its renewal.

Civic Virtue stood in front of City Hall [see the 1923 picture] until Mayor La Guardia decided he was sick of being mooned by it everytime he left the office. In 1941, La Guardia finally thought of a way to get rid of the thing. He made a gift of the statue to Queens County in honor of the opening of its new Borough Hall.