![]() The Bull 's head is lowered, its nostrils flare, and its wickedly long, sharp horns are ready to gore it's an angry, dangerous beast. In Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan: A Historical Guide, Dianne Durante describes the sculpture: Children also frequently climb the sculpture. The sculpture is both a popular tourist destination, which draws thousands of people a day, as well as a symbol of Wall Street and the Financial District, being described as "one of the most iconic images of New York" and a "Wall Street icon". It depicts a bull, the symbol of financial optimism and prosperity, leaning back on its haunches and with its head lowered as if ready to charge. It stands 11 feet (3.4 m) tall and measures 16 feet (4.9 m) long. The sculpture is adjacent to 26 Broadway to the east and 25 Broadway to the west. The 7,100-pound (3,200 kg) sculpture is in a cobblestone-paved traffic median of Broadway just north of Bowling Green. Charging Bull has been a subject of criticism from an anti-capitalist perspective, such as in the Occupy Wall Street protests of 2011, and has also been compared to the biblical golden calf worshiped by the Israelites shortly after their Exodus from Egypt.Ĭharging Bull is at the northern tip of Bowling Green. Di Modica may have been influenced by a pair of huge metallic sculptures, a charging bull and a bear, placed in front of the Frankfurt, Germany Stock Exchange in 1985 as part of the 400th celebration of the exchange.įollowing the success of the original sculpture, Di Modica created a number of variations of the Charging Bull which have been sold to private collectors. Despite initially having only a temporary permit to be located at Bowling Green, Charging Bull became a popular tourist attraction. After being removed by the New York City Police Department later that day, Charging Bull was installed at Bowling Green on December 20, 1989. Late in the evening of Thursday, December 14, 1989, Di Modica arrived on Wall Street with Charging Bull on the back of a truck and illegally dropped the sculpture outside of the New York Stock Exchange Building. The sculpture was created by Italian artist Arturo Di Modica in the wake of the 1987 Black Monday stock market crash. Charging Bull is a popular tourist destination that draws thousands of people a day, symbolizing Wall Street and the Financial District. ![]() The 7,100-pound (3,200 kg) bronze sculpture, standing 11 feet (3.4 m) tall and measuring 16 feet (4.9 m) long, depicts a bull, the symbol of financial optimism and prosperity. Ĭharging Bull, sometimes referred to as the Bull of Wall Street or the Bowling Green Bull, is a bronze sculpture that stands on Broadway just north of Bowling Green in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. ![]()
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