ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 9月29日 05時05分

For more than 20 years, a copper statue of Vladimir Lenin stood atop a 13-story luxury apartment building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, presenting an unusual juxtaposition: the founder of Soviet Communism perched atop a decidedly capitalist enterprise. Some saw it as a bit of kitsch, others as a nod to the days when Communist meeting halls dotted the nearby blocks and May Day marches drew tens of thousands. Then, last week, the statue disappeared as swiftly and efficiently as Josef Stalin once purged rivals from power. The owners of the building, called Red Square, said they arranged to have the statue removed after learning Red Square could soon be sold to someone who might not want to keep the 18-foot Lenin. @demetrius.freeman took this photo of the statue taking a rest on the roof of a walk-up on Norfolk Street. The construction manager who supervised the statue’s removal thought it could be stored here safely until it’s reinstalled just down the block. He told @ニューヨーク・タイムズ that the building’s stairs will “deter all but the most severe fans of communism.”

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