The New York City Waterfalls is Presented by the Public Art Fund in collaboration with the city of New York. Created by artist Olafur Eliasson and is comprised of four man-made waterfalls in the New York Harbor and are on view from June 26th to October 13th, 2008.
All four waterfalls are easily viewable from several spots around the city that include, Brooklyn Anchorage of the Brooklyn Bridge, north of the Manhattan Bridge, Governors Island, and across the Brooklyn Promenade.
Brooklyn Promenade
The Waterfalls are built from common building materials that are a common part of the cities landscape of ever evolving buildings. The water used (35,000 gallons of water per min) is filtered through intake filter pools suspended in the river that protect fish and any aquatic life to be pulled into the pumps. All of the electricity used during operation is also said to be "green powered".
Under the Brooklyn Promenade
Public Farm One
Public Farm One
Another so called public art exhibit on display in New York is P.F.1 (Public Farm One) and is at the PS.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island city. It was the winner of the ninth annual MoMa/P.S.1 Young architects program. PF1 is an urban farm concept that is elevated over head and constructed from large cardboard tubes. Its top surface will be a fully functional working farm, blooming a variety of herbs, plants and vegetables. That brings together the community around the shared experience of growing fully sustainable food and sustainable construction. It is built entirely of recyclable materials, 100% solar powered, and used rain collection for irrigation. The intent of the program is to illustrate and educate many of its urban visitors on sustainable urban farming through a unique medium of contemporary architecture.
I will be starting my own small urban herb garden project, on a much smaller scale of course and much less architecturally designed. But will keep you all posted on my updates!!! Very excited to have my own sustainable herb garden year out!
PF1 Urban Sustainable Farm Concept
empty holes for under carriage picking and cropping
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