The Garment Worker

I was in the city today, and decided to walk up Seventh Avenue from Penn Station. I usually walk on the west side of the street for some reason, but today I walked up the east side. And in the garment district I found this! The sculpture is called "The Garment Worker" by Judith Weller. It stopped me in my tracks! What an amazing and powerful sculpture. If you thought the worker's labors are difficult, he is sitting at a treadle sewing machine! What amazes me is that I have walked past this spot hundreds of times, but today is the first time I REALLY noticed this. I found it very moving, thinking about these men and their lives. If you are curious, the sculpture is close to life-size.