This summer, for the first time since 1898, a new face is being added to the New York State Capitol in Albany — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the late U.S. Supreme Court justice born and raised in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Midwood.
to ensure it was faithful to the original. Organizers installed it in the Capitol in June.
"When anyone conjures up an image of my grandmother in their mind, they think of glasses,” said Clara Spera, an attorney who is Ginsburg’s granddaughter. "But there was internal debate among the family and discussions with the governor's office and the artist about what style of glasses would be most appropriate for the sculpture.
The Million Dollar Staircase — a nod to its original budgeted cost — is officially known as the Great Western Staircase, which was crafted over two decades in the mid-to-late 19th Century.The Million Dollar Staircase at the New York State Capitol in Albany.It has 400 steps that twist and turn up the first four floors of the Capitol. Bergmann likened it to an M.C. Escher painting. The first time she visited, it gave her vertigo.
Ginsburg is just the seventh woman sculpted in the staircase, joining the likes of Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The first six were something of an afterthought, according to Bevin Collins, who herself is the first woman to hold the title of Capitol architect.
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