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Lenin Statue

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Lower East Side,聽New York

Facing West toward Wall Street, apparently
Best viewed from the sidewalk across the street
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A massive bronze Lenin keeps watch over the Lower East Side from his rooftop perch at Norfolk Street. Originally installed in the 1990s as a wink to the neighborhood's radical roots, the 18-foot Soviet leader disappeared for years before returning in 2018 to resume his eternal vigil.

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