Hey, That Charging Bull Looks Familiar

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22 WALL STREET [Hey, That Bull Looks Familiar]( Brazil’s stock exchange is the latest to install a “Charging Bull” knockoff. Photo: Nelson Almeida/AFP via Getty Images No one asked Arturo Di Modica to install a three-and-a-half-ton bronze bull in front of the New York Stock Exchange. In the middle of the night on December 15, 1989, the Italian sculptor just went ahead and did it himself, hauling the thing to Wall Street on a truck and plopping it down on the cobblestones. He said he thought of Charging Bull as a gift to people who had lost everything after the market had crashed on Black Monday two years earlier. Instead, he himself lost his work, because it was immediately impounded by the city. Only after a little swell of public affection for the stunt was it returned to Wall Street, where it soon became a kind of mascot for the exchange. Does it represent the larger world of finance? Or capitalism itself? Whatever Di Modica’s intent, and however it’s been interpreted over the years, the association between a big bronze bull and making lots of money is strong — so much so that other stock exchanges have wanted cattle of their own. There’s a bull that looks a lot like Di Modica’s outside the [Mumbai stock exchange in India](, and[an actual Di Modica was installed in Shanghai in 2016.]( And as of November 16, there’s a golden fiberglass bull in front of Brazil’s stock exchange in São Paulo, too. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [A Blue-Floored Loft That ‘Looks Like a Hardware Store Exploded’ An impromptu visit with artist and How to Make Mistakes on Purpose author Laurie Rosenwald.]( [There’s Only One Church Shelter That’s Reopened This Winter Dozens of other faith-based shelters remain closed.]( [What We Know About Princess Mako’s Strikingly Mundane Hell’s Kitchen Apartment We weren’t expecting her first spot to have ballrooms and gilded ceilings, but 525 West 52nd Street is a bit blander than one might expect.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( It happened this week — let’s talk about it. [Sign up for My Week in New York](: a new newsletter from the editors. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( If you enjoyed reading Curbed’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or [sign up for our Design Hunting newsletter]( for a visual diary from design editor Wendy Goodman and the [Listings Edit newsletter](, a digest of particularly worth-it apartments for rent in New York City. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved