This is what you should be doing.

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Isaiah's poem on the wall that end with "war any MORE" or peace... V.
BTW similar to Boston, the flower shows the zip code for the area close to dig site. W on top (opposite of E in her other hand) and 10022.

[diceycat]

Well it’s all theory until someone probes and digs

I would call that Isaiah verse a line of scripture not a poem. Then again I’m not a poet.

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lectionarypoems.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-first-sunday-of-advent-november-27.html

[diceycat]

OK , I’ll agree with you that there is a possibility that the casque is in that V shaped planter in Ralph Bunche park.
To me ,from the painting images  , verse and immigration tie in ,Battery Park has a higher probability, again it’s all theory and not saying your wrong.

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Jun 21, 2022 6:53:55 GMT -5 diceycat said:

what was the date that BP gave those Japanese hints, not 1981.

The Japanese version of the book came out in 1983. Byron was interviewed by the Japanese translator by phone prior to publication of the book.

quest4treasure.co.uk/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=7258&start=136

[diceycat]

Another interesting tidbit on why BP used the word “ Grey” ( British version ) and not “ Gray “(American version) in the NYC verse line “ in the shadow of the grey giant”.
It so happens that one of the architects of the Maritime memorial at Battery park was ,Gilbert Seltzer born in Toronto ( 1914), graduate of the University of Toronto and a partner with William Gehron in the NYC Architectural firm .
They even talk about the 8 massive ,( giant), 19 foot tall pylons  of  gray granite on line.

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British spelling of the words in the poem could be a hint to "Peace", "V".
How would an artist hide hints to "Peace" in a painting? V sign? Person associated with V sign? Number 5?
All these are present in the painting.
There's a big shadow 5 next to her right arm.
Buffalo could be a hint to Buffalo/Indian-head nickel, 5.
Her arms form an upside-down V.
Icy blue church, church-chill in the painting, well-known Englishman known for peace sign, V.

[diceycat]

Originally the “V” shape made by the fingers , ( Churchill) was for Victory ( a symbol applied to the end of WW2), but also adopted later by the Vietnam anti war protesters and Hippies as a sign for peace . The Victory class ships were the German U boat targets during WW2 and to the victims the Battery Park Maritime memorial monument is dedicated .

Sharansky was neither in a war or an advocate for peace. He wanted freedom and human rights for the Jewish class

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Alot about German and WW2 and none about Soviet Union.
Sharansky was a Soviet Jew. In your past post you referred to Gershwin as having Russian-Jew ancestry. So both valid?
Battery Park is very light in Soviet connection and peace.
RBP has Sharansky Steps, giant wall of poem about peace written in stone, Peace Form One which can literally be described as "arm that extends over the slender path".
Remember this was during USA USSR cold war. V

[diceycat]

With regards to the Sharansky Steps ,I think that it would be humiliating for the government to adopted the “V” ( Victory symbol) as a peace symbol since it had antigovernment connotations back in the 60s.
I don’t know if the location of the casque has to only represent something Russian or Russian Jewish ancestry , ( the Maritime Memorial architects?), or can it involve other countries as well. Clinton Castle was the original landing spot for the immigrants.
War / Military seem to be involved in most all the puzzles .
It could be in RBP. I don’t rule it out as a possible site. I just think Battery Park has more going for it, ( Church close by with arched windows, Lady Liberty, Seagull, Ellis island Russian domes, clock, Summer time sounds, Cars abound ,( parking lot ,in the past), phone booth ( your Yellow pages) and much more.

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You are conflating two different things.
Sharansky is the immigration connection, peace is the theme of the puzzle.
If the intention was to take a V in a path, then he would've used uppercase V.
Lowercase v, when written by hand has a more curvy feature like a curvy v planter.
Image of the v planter is in her sleeve similar to Boston Home.
F1 (F one) is within the V planter. VF1, Peace Form One.
Roots and branch in the verse confirms the existence of a tree in the planter.
"Feel at home" is "From the middle of one branch of the ν". From one v, Peace Form One.
UN, crosswalk, and VF1 planter on her right arm.

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Here are a few interesting historical spots in NYC in early 1980s that are portrayed in image 12:
Grand Central Station with arched windows, near perfect match eagle head maps.app.goo.gl/LnWyuF4gPrbSsumy6
AND Hermes with caduceus and winged casque to boot! maps.app.goo.gl/X3BiKRP3Yw9MxR326
Better match for arched windows would be NYC Public Library maps.app.goo.gl/NgovrovCKAwnGrW9A
Times Square (clock)
Liberty Theater?
Chrysler Building (may be in water patterns). Image below was posted on Q4T.
The Church of the Covenant, often referred to as "the church of the United Nations" (proximity to).
Note that the icy blue church in not in the original painting. It was added for Soviet connection and Churchill V!
Peace Form One's slender path
Window frame/ledge down below the panels may represent a main street.
One thing all these historical sites have in common is that they are all along 42nd Street that ends up at RBP and U.N. building with circular "wavy" fountain depicted as whirlpool.

P.S.   42nd street is interesting because of 2 and 4 which is a simple square root. Square root sign is similar to V.

Isaiah 2:4 on the stone wall by the planter with the word "more" the closest to it.



Coincidentally, 1 Peter 2:24 is an instance a tree is used to refer to a cross in the Bible and can be seen in the painting 6; maybe! mysteriouswritings.proboards.com/post/70000/thread

"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree."