5. The Shinran Statue
In New York City, in addition to sites connected to the Manhattan Project, there are also places where you can remember those who were tragically affected by the bomb’s destructive force. The Shinran Statue stands on 105th Street and Riverside Drive as a memorial to those lost in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The statue is one of the few artifacts that survived the bombing of Hiroshima and it was brought to the U.S. in 1955. It now stands in front of the New York Buddhist Church where an annual remembrance service is held every August. You can also honor the memory of the bombing victims at The Noguchi Museum where you’ll find Isamu Noguchi’s Memorials to the Atomic Dead sculpture.
6. J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Family Home, 155 Riverside Drive
South of the Buddhist Church is the childhood home of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project’s Chief Scientist. Oppenheimer lived with his parents and brother Frank on the 11th floor of this building on West 88th Street. His father was a German immigrant who had success in his family’s textile business, while his mother was a painter with deep roots in New York City. Oppenheimer attended school on the Upper West Side at the Ethical Culture Society School, before going on to study at Harvard.
