The Immigrants at Battery Park

Artist: Luis Sanguino

Architect: Frank Luzi

Collection: Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

Date: Constructed, 1973

Sculptor Luis Sanguino celebrates the diversity of New York City and the struggle of immigrants in this heroic-sized bronze figural group. The sculpture depicts figures of various ethnic groups and eras, including an Eastern European Jew, a freed African slave, a priest, and a worker. The figures’ expressive poses emphasize the struggle and toil inherent in the experience of the immigrant or dislocated person.