1915: West 99th Street and Riverside Drive - Joan of Arc Statue Unveiling
Unveiled exactly 100 years ago, on December 6, 1915, she still sits tall in the saddle: our Upper West Side Joan of Arc.
There's lots of information about how she came to be part of the richness of our neighborhood, thanks in large measure to researcher Valerie Thaler who has spoken on the topic around town and at the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group series..
One particularly interesting historical tidbit: Mrs. Thomas Alva Edison did the unveiling!