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I.

There is public art, and then there’s public art. Nathan Coley, the sculptor/photographer involved here, does not do the lipstick-on-the gorilla kind of public art that is intended to sanctify or prettify its surroundings. What he does is respond to context, particularly buildings.

Gabion: Faith, hope and sub-prime: Nathan Coley reveals England’s seaside favela.

II.

“This is not a typical public works project,” said Ed Reiskin, director
of the city’s Department of Public Works. “It’s the first time
performance art has been part of public art.”

Words Take Wing

III.

New York has one of the world’s most complex water systems. Eight million residents in the city, and another one million upriver, daily consume 1.2 billion gallons that flow through a network of reservoirs and aqueducts stretching from the Delaware River watershed to the Connecticut border almost 100 miles to the southeast.

Fixing New York’s Drinking Straw (now archived in the useful TimesFile)