Samuel J. Tilden Monument

"This guy lost an election over 100 years ago. My mother claims to have written a 45 page paper about him in elementary school BUT I don’t know if I believe her to be honest. Love having this man guard our block! Next to him are two “passive parks” which are like my backyard."

"Such a relaxing place to people watch and shed nature"

"Located at the corner of west 112th St and Riverside Dr. Overview Hudson River from the top of the bank. I feel it's a very important status in NYC with rich history.  Photos were taken on the visit to NYC in early spring.  Behind this status all the way up to the Columbia University campus in the background is Cathedral of St. John the Devine. Next to it at the corner of the 113th St is the status of Kossuth in memory of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution."

"One of my many secret New York spots( part of my forgotten city spots tour). Amazing history deep into the city. Excellent piece of history for America."

"About the Samuel Tilden - Rutherford Hays presidential election: “An informal deal was struck to resolve the dispute: the Compromise of 1877, which awarded all 20 electoral votes to Hayes. In return for the Democrats’ acquiescence to Hayes’s election, the Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South to end the Reconstruction Era of the United States. The Compromise effectively ceded power in the Southern states to the Democratic Redeemers, who went on to pursue their agenda of returning the South to a political economy resembling that of its pre-war condition, including the disenfranchisement of black voters.” – Wikipedia The photo is my grandmother Margaret Kerr Bearden circa 1925, visiting from Tennessee."