Helayne Seidman
This comrade has gone from “red” to blue and yellow.
A famed Lower East Side statue of the previous revolutionary and Soviet chief Vladimir Lenin, which is now on prime of an condominium constructing at 178 Norfolk St., has been illuminated within the colours of the Ukrainian flag.
The 18-foot copper statue stood for years on a rental constructing referred to as Red Square at 250 Houston St. The communist chief’s likeness confronted south towards Wall Street together with his arm prolonged.
Michael Rosen, the developer behind Red Square, stated in a 2016 interview that he noticed the statue as “an homage to the history of the Lower East Side, which had been a hotbed of political thought.”
He organized the switch of Lenin in 2016 to a close-by condominium constructing when Red Square was offered.
It’s unclear who’s now shining the lights on Lenin.
This is the well-known statue of Vladimir Lenin in Lower East Side, NYC. Now lit up in Ukraine’s flag colours. Hey new neighbor. pic.twitter.com/3Q5SrB3iHa
— Nicole Bamber (@nicolebamber) March 4, 2022
Rosen, who lives in Vietnam, stated he didn’t know.
“But kudos to the person to shine a light on this tragedy,” he stated.
Lenin grew to become the primary head of the Soviet state in 1917.
