Artists Display 20,000 Poppies Outside NY Stock Exchange
about 5 months ago (12/15/2023)
Artists Display 20,000 Poppies Outside NY Stock Exchange Skip to content Around 20,000 paper poppies in front of the New York Stock Exchange (photo by Patrick Nevada) As workers and tourists traversed the cobblestone streets of Lower Manhattan today, December 15, about 20,000 red paper poppies rested in front of the New York Stock Exchange, each flower commemorating the life of a Palestinian person killed by Israeli forces since October 7. Around 30 artists and activists assembled to create the installation around 9am, some folding pieces of paper, others holding banners that read “stop funding genocide,” and a few distributing flyers to passersby. A police car was stationed nearby, but the activists were able to move forward with the action without interruption, leaving the area around noon.