The Statue of Immigration
Emigrants or Immigrants · Huddled Masses
The Statue of Immigration
The skyline was steel, concrete and glass. The meaning was something else: liberty becoming personal.
The Call
Arrival Through Liberty
I came to America last week as an expat.
You know, on a Disney cruise ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of steel and concrete and glass, but as really the bedrock of the American Dream.
Threshold
The Statue of Personal Liberty
It has become the statue of my personal liberty. We don't call it the statue of immigration, we call it the statue of liberty.
Lady Liberty is stepping forward. She is meant to be carrying the torch of liberty from the USA to the rest of the world.
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Foreign Land
Empire State of Mind
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Jay Z expresses his personal feelings about everyday life in NYC.
“Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade”
“Long live the Kingdome, I'm from the Empire St. that's New York”
The black and white opening slide show captures the upper-crust landmarks that make Manhattan famous, a far cry from the Marcy Projects that he once rapped about, but more or less expected from the self-described new Sinatra.
The Elixir
Liberty Is a Direction
The Statue of Liberty is not only something you arrive at. It is something you carry forward.