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A construction fence at the Whitehall Ferry Terminal became the site for a temporary mural in the Spring of 2010. The 400 foot long mural, by Sage & Coombe Architects, depicts a lush green hedge with familiar New York figures and symbols in the distance “evoking the sense of excitement when a construction fence is up – to find out what’s behind it.” (Jennifer Sage, principal at Sage & Coombe)
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Beyond the Garden Wall / Grass City by Sage & Coombe Architects
Presented with Tully Construction and Port Authority of New York
Whitehall Ferry Terminal, Manhattan
Location: connecting Bergen Beach to Canarsie Beach Park
Carry: Shore Parkway - 6 road lanes with sidewalks over Paerdegat Inlet
Opened: 1940 (replacement reconstruction started in October 2009 and is expected to be complete in fall 2014)
Straus Media and the New York Society for Ethical Culture hosted a town hall meeting on January 21, 2015.
Moderated by Kyle Pope, Editor in Chief of Our Town, West Side Spirit, Our Town Downtown, Chelsea Clinton News, and Westsider.
NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg joined speakers: Jill Abramson, former executive editor of the New York Times, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, and Dana Lerner of Families for Safe Streets to discuss pedestrian safety on the Upper West Side.
NYC DOT crews were out late painting the blue line in preparation for the TCS NYC Marathon.
Working through the night, the Nightliner drove through Brooklyn painting the blue line up and down 4th Ave., off the Verrazano Bridge, all the way to the Queensboro Bridge in LIC.
Have you seen the blue line?
On September 14, 2011, DOT selected Alta Bicycle Share to run NYC's new bike share system.
Bike share is a privately-funded & operated, city-supported, program that adds a new affordable option to getting around New York City. Think Zipcar with bikes, and you don’t have to bring the bike back to where you started! Alta Bicycle Share will run, manage and maintain the bike share system, while NYC DOT will coordinate community outreach and regulate station siting.
NYC DOT billboard "He stopped at the corner. The driver didn't." along Queens Blvd and Continental Ave, Queens, NY.
A DOT Emergency Response Unit worker cuts a damaged tree on Northern Blvd at the Grand Central Parkway entrance ramp after Hurricane Sandy.
Photo: Rafael Lopez Jr., NYC DOT
The Animus Art Collective’s installation, Flaming Cactus, transforms ordinary streetscapes through the use of vibrantly colored zip ties affixed to street poles. Originally installed at FIGMENT 2011 on Governors Island, the installation brought its playful energy and whimsy to Astor Place in Manhattan.
The zip ties, once wrapped and locked around the street poles, have tails of excess material. These tails create the effect of cactus needles sprouting from the trunk of the street poles.
In an interview for the Figment Project, Animus co-founder, Preston Dane said, “Our hope is to show that adding art to a community or space doesn’t require a lot of resources, formal education, or even money. Creativity is something we’re all capable of.”
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Artervention
Flaming Cactus by Animus Art
Presented with Figment Project
Lafayette Street and 4th Avenue, Manhattan
“Young Artists for Safer Streets,” is a colorful exhibition of traffic-safety signs and a mural designed by New York City public school students based on a unique curriculum developed by DOT’s Office of Education and Outreach and the nonprofit Groundswell Community Mural Project.
The installation will be on display for the next six months at St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island and at Whitehall Ferry Terminal in Lower Manhattan.
For more information, please visit www.nyc.gov/html/dot//html/pr2011/pr11_45.shtml
On February 18, 2015 the NYC DOT and NYPD unveiled the Pedestrian Safety Action Plan for the borough of the Bronx.
To enhance the appearance of the Whitehall Terminal during construction of Peter Minuit Plaza the NYC DOT Urban Art Program partnered with the Port Authority of NY & NJ and Tully Construction to present Garden City, designed by Sage & Coombe Architects. A vibrant banner was draped across the chain-link fence enclosing the construction site. The banner enhanced and enlivened the pedestrian experience while moving through this public space. Even though New Yorkers walk through the concrete jungle of Manhattan every day, Garden City transported passersby from the monotony of New York to a beautiful, natural oasis.
Sage & Coombe Architects were chosen from hundreds of applicants as part of a blind competition. By incorporating landmark buildings, key destinations and the history of lower Manhattan within the banner, pedestrians were also able to connect and identify with the banner.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Projects
Garden City by Sage and Combe Architects
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and Tully Construction
Whitehall Ferry Terminal, Whitehall Street and State Street, Manhattan
The Animus Art Collective, made up of Preston Dane, Annie Vainchenker, and David Ort, worked with NYCDOT and the Action Arts League in the creation of Dream Outside the Box. The Animus Art Collective created the sculpture by building various sized red, white, and blue boxes stacked and interlocked with one other. Together, the painted boxes of plywood were a sculptural representation of the American flag. In addition to NYCDOT and AAL, New York City school children from P.S. 163 contributed to the fabrication of this project by coming up with their own versions of the American dream which were engraved on to the boxes by the artists.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, pARTners
Dream Outside the Box by Animus Art Collective
Presented with Action Arts League
97th St between Amsterdam and Columbus Aves, Manhattan
Inspired by Andy Warhol’s work and life, Rob Pruitt created The Andy Monument as a tribute depicting the late artist as a ghostly, silver presence – as a potent cultural force as both artist and self-created myth. From 1968 to 1984 Union Square was the location of Andy Warhol’s Factory where he and his collaborators reinvented the conventional artist’s studio and made history.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Arterventions
The Andy Monument by Rob Pruitt
Presented with Public Art Fund
Broadway and 17th Street, Manhattan
Victor Mendez, Administrator, Federal Highways Administration, with NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan
Victor Mendez, Administrator, Federal Highways Administration, with NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan
A DOT payloader clears debris as part of the recovery efforts in Rockaway Park, Queens.
Photo: NYC Department of Transportation / Stephen Mallon.
NYC DOT crews were out late painting the blue line in preparation for the TCS NYC Marathon.
Working through the night, the Nightliner drove through Brooklyn painting the blue line up and down 4th Ave., off the Verrazano Bridge, all the way to the Queensboro Bridge in LIC.
Have you seen the blue line?
100 Degrees was a month long art installation intended to raise awareness about the present environmental state of the planet through a public art piece. Before the installation was displayed, individuals wrote their thoughts about global warming on construction paper tree leaves. To complete the installation, the tree with its paper messages was positioned inside a transparent globe. This installation was part of the Queens Art Express 2009.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Artervention
100 Degrees by Hector Canonge and Chin Chih Yang
Presented with Queens Council on the Arts
34th St between Queens Blvd North and Queens Blvd South, Queens
Victor Mendez, Administrator, Federal Highways Administration, with NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan
Victor Mendez, Administrator, Federal Highways Administration, with NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan
Summer Streets takes place on consecutive Saturdays in the summer (the 2011 dates are August 6, 13 and 20) from 7:00 am - 1:00 pm. The 2010 route connects the Brooklyn Bridge with Central Park with recommended connections along low-traffic streets to the Hudson River Greenway, Harlem and Governors Island allowing participants to plan a route as long or short as they wish.
This event takes a valuable public space - our City's streets - and opens them up to people to play, walk, bike, and breathe. Summer Streets provides more space for healthy recreation and is a part of NYC's greening initiative by encouraging New Yorkers to use more sustainable forms of transportation.
Modeled on other events from around the world including Bogotá, Colombia's Ciclovia, Paris, France's Paris Plage, and even New York's own Museum Mile, this event will be part bike tour, part block party, a great time for exercise, people watching, and just enjoying summer mornings.
Visit nyc.gov/summerstreets for more information.
After traveling throughout Europe, the inflatable pavilion, Spacebuster created by the German-based artist collective Raumlabor, came to New York City. This giant bubble acted as a gathering place for community-based events including lectures, workshops, and music festivals, allowing 50 people to sit comfortably inside the dome when inflated. The dome morphed to its surroundings and was designed to temporarily occupy large urban spaces.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Artervention
Spacebuster by Raumlabor
Presented with Storefront for Art and Architecture
Multiple locations in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan
The Animus Art Collective, made up of Preston Dane, Annie Vainchenker, and David Ort, worked with NYCDOT and the Action Arts League in the creation of Dream Outside the Box. The Animus Art Collective created the sculpture by building various sized red, white, and blue boxes stacked and interlocked with one other. Together, the painted boxes of plywood were a sculptural representation of the American flag. In addition to NYCDOT and AAL, New York City school children from P.S. 163 contributed to the fabrication of this project by coming up with their own versions of the American dream which were engraved on to the boxes by the artists.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, pARTners
Dream Outside the Box by Animus Art Collective
Presented with Action Arts League
97th St between Amsterdam and Columbus Aves, Manhattan