Public nudes

Time Warner Center
Fernando Botero’s lobby sculptures of a naked woman and man are such a big hit with shoppers that the man’s penis has been worn to a different color from people touching it (59th St at Columbus Circle).

Grand Central Terminal
Look for the 50-foot pediment which features naked Mercury, god of commerce and trade, posing near a clock with his pals Hercules and Minerva (42nd St at Park Ave).

The Plaza
The Pulitzer Fountain in front of the Plaza Hotel (Fifth Ave at 59th St) has a naked statue of the great Audrey Munson, a famous nude model and muse throughout the modern period. There are also nude sculptures of her at the Manhattan Bridge and the Frick Collection. She was so hot that a man murdered his wife in hopes of marrying her; he later hung himself awaiting death by electric chair.

United Nations
Let Us Beat Swords Into Plowshares, a bronze sculpture by Evgeniy Vuchetich, depicts a naked man with a sword in one hand and a hammer in the other. It represents man’s desire to end war—a desire we all know trumps greed and evangelism (Rose Garden, 1 United Nations Plaza).

The Lever House
Kooky artist Damien Hirst’s Virgin Mother, a 35-foot sculpture of a grossly anatomic pregnant woman, stands guard outside (390 Park Ave between 53rd and 54th Sts).

New York Health & Racquet Club
Get worked up while you work out. A set of bronze nude statues flank the entrance of the Chelsea location (60 W 23rd St between Fifth and Sixth Aves).

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