Years ago, depending on your location, you might observe an occasional jockey or flamingo on your neighbor's lawn. But in residential New York City the most popular statuary was the Madonna or the Blessed Mother. A masonry dealer in Brooklyn used to sell 300 Blessed Mothers a month. As demographics changed this number is down to a trickle being replaced by elephants for the Indian population, lions for the Chinese and all kinds of Buddhas for many others. As the Blessed Mother's popularity diminishes she still has one thing going for her - on August 15th the feast of the Assumption - New York City's alternate side of the street parking regulation is suspended.
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