2024-11-14T20:36:48-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/129790214/130-years-ago-today-the-statue-of-liberty-first-arrived-in-new-york Nicholas Korody 2015-06-17T13:29:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ik/ik12ms3qbo971xjp.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>According to legend, the Statue of Liberty came to sculptor Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Auguste Bartholdi as a vision: sailing into New York Harbor in 1870, the French artist suddenly imaged the persona of liberty welcoming him. He sketched out his idea and immediately began pitching it... It was 130 years ago today, on June 17, 1885, that the ship and its precious cargo reached New York&mdash;and another year before reassembly was complete and the finished product could be unveiled.</p></em><br /><br /><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/8a/8a5143eee8aac3ccc9697a7ca964fee1.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/31/31758c53d452f51e5aee34c64c9a33e9.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/11/1169dfeef379540b08b2d2264ac697e4.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/jm/jm7hnmok9ojoihu4.jpg"></p>