Next year, the statue will close again, for nine months to a year, so workers can build a second stairwell at Lady Liberty's pedestal, said National Parks Service spokesman Darren Boch.

Next year, the statue will close again, for nine months to a year, so workers can build a second stairwell at Lady Liberty's pedestal, said National Parks Service spokesman Darren Boch.

On August 5, 1884 the cornerstone of the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal was ceremoniously placed on Bedloe’s Island. Construction of The Statue of Liberty pedestal. The inside walls were poured ...

(NEW YORK, August 3rd, 2004, 12:30 p.m.)-- Hailed once again as a "beacon of hope," the Statue of Liberty welcomed back huddled ... Plans to reopen Lady Liberty's pedestal to the public went ahead ...

Those who feel uncomfortable walking up the staircase to Lady Liberty’s crown can stop at the top of her pedestal, which is about a 215-step climb. Other parts of the Statue of Liberty have ...

11 attacks. Liberty Island reopens 100 days later, with visitors screened before boarding ferry in Manhattan. —Aug. 3, 2004: Statue's pedestal reopened to public. Get all the stories you need-to ...

For more than 50 years, the community has kept its beloved Statue of Liberty on an asphalt pedestal, where "Lady Liberty" has presided over community celebrations, mourning and many a rendezvous.

While France funded the cost of the statue, the pedestal was financed by the United States, says the Statue of Liberty website. "Poet Emma Lazarus wrote her famous sonnet ‘The New Colossus’ in ...

Sections of the landmark have gradually reopened since then; the pedestal deck reopened in July of 2021. The statue, whose formal title is "The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World," was ...