 Sculptor Luis Sanguino celebrates the diversity of New York City and the struggle of immigrants in this heroic-sized bronze figural group. The sculpture depicts figures of various ethnic groups and eras, including an Eastern European Jew, a freed African slave, a priest, and a worker. The figures` expressive poses emphasize the struggle and toil inherent in the experience of the immigrant or dislocated person. 

<p>1) "Dedicated to the people of all nations who entered America through castle garden in memory of Samuel Rudin 1896-1975 whose parents arrived in America in 1883"</p><p>2) "Sanguino"</p> 

The piece was donated by Samuel Rudin (1896&amp;ndash;1975), who commissioned the sculpture in the early 1970s, intending it to be installed near Castle Clinton as a memorial to his parents, who, as it is noted on the plinth, emigrated to the United States in the late-19th century. Although Rudin died in 1975, Rudin&amp;rsquo;s family took up the campaign to install the sculpture at the park, and it eventually was dedicated on May 4, 1983.  

Battery Park

The Immigrants

Anne Lewison, architect and board member of cultureNOW, reads a selection from the book, Manhattan Outdoor Sculpture, by Margot Gayle and Michele Cohen, about The Immigrants, a sculpture by Luis Sanguino.