New sculpture in FiDi honors ‘Little Syria,’ NYC’s first Arabic-speaking community

A new public art installation in Lower Manhattan pays tribute to “Little Syria,” New York City’s first Arabic-speaking community, which was displaced in the 1940s when the area was largely demolished to make way for the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. On Thursday, the city’s Parks Department unveiled “Al Qalam: Poets in the Park” by artist Sara Ouhaddou at [...] The post New sculpture in FiDi honors ‘Little Syria,’ NYC’s first Arabic-speaking community first appeared on 6sqft.