This summer (until October 13) New York City is hosting an exciting art exhibit featuring four spectacular man-made waterfalls, 90 to 120 feet, in the East River along Manhattan Island. They are softly lit at night and available for everyone to see.
The falls were constructed using building elements that are ubiquitous throughout New York: scaffolding is the backbone of the structures, and pumps bring water from the East River to the top; the water then falls back into the river. Fish and aquatic life are protected by filtering the water through intake pools suspended in the river.
The New York City Waterfalls are visible by land and boat, and because of their proximity to one another, viewers can see multiple waterfalls from various vantage points in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Governors Island. Dedicated boat journeys to view the Waterfalls, organized by the Public Art Fund in partnership with Circle Line Downtown, leave from Pier 16 in Manhattan and provide up-close views of the installations. The Circle Line will provide free and discounted trips daily for the public. The free Governors Island Ferry, which runs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the length of the project, and the Staten Island Ferry also provide views of the waterfalls at Governors Island and between Piers 4 and 5 in Brooklyn.
Another Circle Line cruise that affords views of the falls at dusk leaves from Pier 83 on the Hudson River, at 42nd Street. This 2 hour “Harbor Lights” cruise offers great views of Manhattan from both the Hudson and East Rivers and also goes by the Statue of Liberty. It runs through September 26. These photos were taken during that cruise.
That’s the Brooklyn Bridge above one of the falls in these pictures.
Great Joe, just give Barrie more ideas. Now the taxpayers will have to foot the bill because she'll want a waterfall at the head of the North Prong. After she steals the land, of course.
ReplyDeletewhat a giant waste of tax-payer dollars.
ReplyDeletewho thought this would drummmmm up buisness?
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10:11am: Do you consider all things of awe and beauty a waste of taxpayers dollars? if so, you need to get off the Shore once in a while and get yourself some culture. I hear they have all these buildings in DC that house such wonders as 500 year old paintings, the remnants of prior societies and the first man made object to make it to the moon. Pretty cool if you open your mind a bit.
ReplyDeleteLife has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
Henry Miller
US author (1891 - 1980)
tell it to the hungry children, tell it to the woman whos kids need health care, tell it to the under paid cops. in this economy you have to be kidding. you call this culture. i call it a waste of money, my eyes have been open to "reality" a long time. its about priorities and to me this isnt one. (off the shore, ive been to fourty six states and two forein countries, does that count?).
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