Silverstein Properties has created a website for its public art in all four towers and the plazas, which makes for a great walking tour.
An installation at the Oculus Plaza combines whimsy with advocacy for endangered species. / 1 comment
The American legend created the sculpture in 2017 as a three-dimensional version of his 1962 homage to Jasper Johns. / 1 comment
In the opposite of a Tiny Desk concert, 3 WTC is hosting live streamed concerts from the 79th floor as part of an effort to keep musicians afloat. / 1 comment
Plus: Construction of Citi's ferry dock is underway; Church sidewalk nears completion; a peek inside Chipotle; the Jeff Koons sculpture is being refurbished; 111 Murray's hoist is coming down.
Plus: Bogardus Plaza's scavenger hunt; local producer's documentary film about a blues legend; opening forecast for Nova Fitness Innovation studio; menu for Sola Lab on Beekman. / 8 comments
Plus: A petition to keep P.S. 150 in Tribeca; the next Lower Manhattan street to get torn up for years; is the Jeff Koons balloon sculpture being moved?; paintings at Steven Amedee. / 5 comments
Plus: Another truck collapsed the sidewalk; long-delayed subway elevator is finally up and running; Church Street storefront activity; "Instinct" shoot. / 3 comments
"Will the new subway elevator outside 30 Park Place (for the Chambers Street station on the E line) ever open? It's been under construction for years, although there's been no sign of work for a long time. The adjacent stairs opened in the fall of 2016." —I. / 2 comments
3 World Trade Center opened, along with the south side of the Oculus and a new plaza at the complex's northeast corner. Plus: Traffic markings have been painted on Greenwich, and there's bad news for commuters who use the W. Broadway entrance. / 1 comment
"I was walking toward the Barclay side of 7 World Trade Center when I noticed the panels on the base of the building. I couldn't figure out what their function is." —E. / 2 comments
Plus: Equitable Building to get renovated; Department of Buildings saw nothing wrong at 143 Fulton, site of Styrofoam snowstorm; what's entailed in restoring old buildings; the colorful fashion of Malcah Zeldis.
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