BY KEVIN DUGGAN
A new statue of the late
United States Supreme Court
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
is coming to Downtown
Brooklyn’s City Point development
next year. The memorial
to the Brooklyn-born legal
eagle will be permanently
installed outside the mall
and condo complex’s Albee
Square entrance on March 15,
according to one of the building’s
managers.
“From the people who work
here, to the diverse shoppers
and shopping at City Point, everyone
feels welcome, equal
and respected. We are honored
to have this great statue grace
our property, and to bring Justice
Ginsburg’s ‘pathmarking’
spirit back to Brooklyn to inspire
us for generations,” said
Acadia Realty’s executive vice
president Chris Conlon in a
release Tuesday.
The date next spring would
have been Justice Ginsburg’s
88th birthday and is in the
middle of Women’s History
Month, and Borough President
Michael Bistreich
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Eric Adams — whose offi
ce pushed for renaming the
nearby Municipal Building
on Joralemon Street after the
highest-ranking judge — said
he will declare the day Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day in
the borough.
“No one can dispute the
towering achievements of this
judicial giant and the value of
adding her likeness to the landscape
of our city,” Adams said
in a statement on Oct. 13. “We
are pleased to champion these
tributes to her commitment to
justice, Brooklyn birthright,
and enduring legacy.”
The 6-foot bronze statue
was designed last year by international
husband-and-wife
artist duo Gillie and Marc as
part of their 2019 installation
“Statues for Equality” which
set up 10 memorials in Manhattan
of notable women like
Oprah Winfrey, P!nk, and Nicole
Kidman.
The artists hope that the
sculpture will be an inspiring
commemoration to Justice
Ginsburg’s trailblazing
achievements.
“With the two steps on
its large base representing
the Supreme Court and the
climb she made to get there,
the work is designed to provide
the public with an opportunity
to stand at her side,
and gain inspiration from her
journey fi ghting for equal
rights,” said Gillie and Marc
in a joint statement.
At the time of the artists’
last exhibit on the distant isle
of Manhattan, City Point partnered
with Gillie and Marc to
hang portraits of those same
notable women inside their
shopping center. In wake of
Ginsburg’s passing, the managers
of the Downtown Brooklyn
shopping complex wanted
to bring the newest effi gy to
A new statue of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will
be installed outside City Point on March 15, 2021. Gillie and Marc
her native borough, according
to a spokeswoman for the development.
The late justice was born in
Brooklyn in 1933 and grew up
in Midwood. She died on Sept.
18 at the age of 87.
The planned statue in the
heart of America’s Downtown
might not be the only one in
the borough as Gov. Andrew
Cuomo announced last month
he plans to install one at
Brooklyn Bridge Park.
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