The Gates? Waterfalls? Those don’t make music! The latest large-scale public art installation to hit the five boroughs is a collection of sixty colorful pianos, a collaboration between artist Luke Jerram and the charity organization Sing for Hope. An accompanying website lists the pianos’ locations and… 
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How do you involve people in a community engagement process when there is no defined community? Leslie Koch, president of GIPEC, tells us how she did it on Governors Island. |
In the past, keys to a city were reserved for the heroic and the honored. Now, thanks to artist Paul Ramírez Jonas, you can bestow a key to New York City upon your own personal hero. Through June 27th, “Key to the City” will distribute 35,000 free keys…
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FASLANYC visits Floyd Bennett Field and finds an example of park use that references the site’s unique history and demonstrates the changing nature of recreation. |
Union Square is the latest stretch of Broadway that might soon become another one of Bloomberg’s “signature open-air concrete parks,” pedestrianized and plaza-ified like Times Square and Herald Square. The proposal will be presented on Monday to the local community board…
Earlier this week, the Mayor’s office announced that a deal had been struck between City and State that gives the City full control over the development and governance of Governors Island. Released in conjunction with the news was the Governors Island Park and Public Space Master
This week brought news from both the Brooklyn waterfront and the NASA space shuttle, and talk of both construction and demolition.
An agreement has been reached between the Port Authority, New York…
For all the Pecha Kucha fans out there — or for anyone interested in stepping out for a good cause — Global Pecha Kucha Day for Haiti is tomorrow, Saturday, February 20th. Pecha Kucha events…
Friday night I braved the cold to attend the opening reception for “Designing the Myrtle Avenue Pedestrian Plaza – Pop Up Exhibition and Workshop,” sponsored by the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership and the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn BID. The event brought together neighborhood residents, business owners, committee…
Seems you can’t go anywhere these days without hearing mention of urban agriculture. Urban agriculture is where the politics of food production, the sustainability of food distribution, the use of public space, and the health of both our bodies and our communities all come together. So when it’s done right…
