In civic affairs and philanthropy, the widow Anne Vanderbilt and her lover Anne Morgan, daughter of
Wall Street tycoon J.P. Morgan, reclaimed Sutton Place, a decaying waterfront district
near the Queensboro
Bridge, transforming it into a thriving colony of freethinking women, active in charity causes and pioneers of women's rights.
Originally appearing on a South Bank
bridge wall near the National Theatre in London in 2002, Girl with Balloon is one of the most famous artworks by one of the most popular street artists in the world.