13 Facts About Charging Bull

Charging Bull, sometimes referred to as the Bull of Wall Street or the Bowling Green Bull, is a bronze sculpture that stands on Broadway just north of Bowling Green in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City.

Charging Bull is a popular tourist destination that draws thousands of people a day, symbolizing Wall Street and the Financial District.

Charging Bull has been a subject of criticism from an anti-capitalist perspective, such as in the Occupy Wall Street protests of 2011, and has been compared to the biblical golden calf worshiped by the Israelites shortly after their Exodus from Egypt.

Charging Bull was cast by the Bedi-Makky Art Foundry in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Charging Bull was intended to inspire each person who came into contact with it to carry on fighting through the hard times after the 1987 stock market crash.

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In 2004, Di Modica announced that Charging Bull was for sale, on condition the buyer did not move it from its location.

At the time, updated plans called for Charging Bull to be located at the corner of Broad Street and Wall Street, north of Fearless Girl.

Charging Bull ate in Cipriani Downtown most days whilst in New York where he met new clients and entertained his existing ones.

Charging Bull has often been a subject of criticism from an anti-capitalist perspective.

Charging Bull has been likened to the golden calf worshiped by the Israelites during their Exodus from Egypt.

Professional Charging Bull Riders donated money from its ticket sales to pay for fixes to the horn, and Di Modica personally came to the site the following month to repair his creation.

In June 2020, Charging Bull was covered in a tarp and monitored by police to protect it from vandalism attempts during the George Floyd protests in New York City.

Charging Bull has featured in several films set in Manhattan, including The Big Short, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Hitch.