Joseph Reginella

A Monument to the Man Who Introduced Rats to NYC Pops Up in The Battery
Who can we thank for introducing rats to NYC? Apparently Nathaniel Katz, “The Rat Man,” who now has his own memorial in The Battery!

Monument to a Bulldog Bootlegger Pops Up in NYC
“Bulldogs were the unsung heroes of the Prohibition Era,” proclaims a monument that popped up in Battery Park this October.

Pop-Up Protector Monuments Depicting Everyday Heroes Debuts In New York City
Recognized as a hero for his quick actions, Wesley Autrey, a construction worker, was in the New York City subway

A Sculpture of Rudolph Giuliani As a 1950s Movie Monster is Inside the La Guardia and Wagner Archives
Tucked into our article about the monument to missing tourists taken by wolves, was a reference to a sculpture of

A Monument to Missing Tourists Taken by Wolves Appears in Battery Park
Back in 1981, then-Mayor Ed Koch proposed the release of of wild wolves into train yards to prevent graffiti artists

A UFO Tugboat Abduction Memorial has Popped Up in The Battery
Standing at the edge of the water in The Battery, with the Statue of Liberty just behind it, is a

There’s a Monument to an Elephant Stampede in NYC’s Brooklyn Bridge Park
New York City is the perfect place for urban fabulists like sculptor Joe Reginella, the creator of the new Brooklyn

There’s a Monument to a Staten Island Ferry Attack by Giant Octopus in NYC
New York City has had some terrible nautical disasters – including the sinking of the General Slocum steamboat off North Brother