{"id":83393,"date":"2025-12-29T12:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/83393\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T12:03:17","slug":"giant-buddha-to-loom-over-manhattan-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/83393\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Buddha to loom over Manhattan in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) \u2014 If you\u2019ve ever walked along the High Line, you may have encountered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/giant-pigeon-sculpture-opening-public-123522805.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:giant pigeon called \u201cDinosaur.\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">giant pigeon called \u201cDinosaur.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The iconic bird near 10th Avenue and 30th Street will remain above Manhattan\u2019s busy streets until spring, when a brand-new statue arrives in town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:More Local News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> More Local News <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Carved in Vietnam, a 27-foot Bamiyan Buddha will take refuge along the High Line and will be on view for 18 months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Buddha sculpture by Tuan Andrew Nguyen pays homage to two 6th-century statues destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 in central Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis sculpture is a towering, 27-foot call to remembrance, asserting that our collective memory and our shared humanity remain the most enduring antidote against those who seek to break<br \/>and scatter the human spirit,\u201d said Alan van Capelle, executive director of Friends of the High<br \/>Line. \u201cWhat happened to the Buddhas of Bamiyan is not unique and is particularly resonant for<br \/>many people across this country today who face a real fear of erasure and cultural persecution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A work of this magnitude requires a platform of equal magnitude, and I hope its debut on the Plinth offers people a powerful place to connect and find strength in this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The statue will be installed above the intersection of 10th Avenue and 30th Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ben Mitchell is a digital content producer from Vermont who has covered both local and international news since 2021. 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