NYC seamstress, 95, reunited with long-lost Garment District statue of herself from decades ago
NY Post
It’s a stitch in time.
A 95-year-old former master seamstress was reunited Wednesday with a long-lost statue of herself that stood for nearly four decades in the lobby of the Garment District suit company where she once worked.
The life-sized plaster likeness of Maria Pulsone — which will soon go on display at the Italian American Museum — was found by her granddaughter, who waged an online odyssey to find the artwork in a dusty warehouse in Scranton, Pa.
“Growing up I always knew there was this statue of my grandmother when she was a New York City seamstress. I was always curious about it,” her granddaughter, Jennifer Pulsone Heppner, 41, told The Post.
The now-retired nonagenarian got to see the statue — which captures her in the act of sewing with a look of firm concentration on her face — at a ceremony at the Mulberry Street museum Wednesday. She showed she was still all business when asked what she thought of the honor.
“Eh, it’s alright,” she said flatly.
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Gov. Hochul was fittingly ridiculed last week for urging wealthy New Yorkers who fled the state for Florida to return and bring their rich friends with them.
More than half of the NYPD’s Joint Terrorism Task Force cops can retire right now, along with thousands of sergeants, lieutenants and captains, worrying officials about the future of terror and crime fighting in Gotham, The Post has learned.
President Trump on Saturday issued a blistering ultimatum to Iran, warning that it has 48 hours to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face US strikes that would “obliterate” its vital energy infrastructure.
Rep. Kevin Kiley explained California’s voter ID during an appearance Thursday on “Straight Shooter with Stephen A,” on SiriusXM, prompting a stunned response from host Stephen A. Smith as the conversation turned to election integrity and federal reform.
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