Touring NYC: The United Nations Headquarters (Part 2 of 2)

The tour continues.

Artwork at the United Nations Headquarters:  Artwork contributed by UN member countries can be found throughout the UNHQ. 

A gift from Spain, a mural showing the creation of the UN.  Our excellent tour guide explained the meaning.

A gift from the USA on the 40th anniversary of the UN--a Norman Rockwell mosaic with the Golden Rule

The Hall of the U.N. General Assembly:

Panoramic view of the General Assembly Hall

View of the General Assembly Hall

General Assembly Hall:  one of two enormous murals--abstract to avoid offending anyone.  The artist said that the viewer can see in it whatever he wants to see.  Painted by French artist Fernand Leger. 

The other mural in the General Assembly Hall.  Harry S. Truman:  “I just don’t understand this.  It looks to me to be scrambled eggs,”  

Pop Quiz Answer:  Slaughterhouses.  They were demolished to make way for the UNHQ.

Turtle Bay in 1946, future site of the U.N. Headquarters, with the Queensboro Bridge in the distance

Demolition of the Turtle Bay site to make way for the U.N. Headquarters