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On Monday, July 13, 2015 NYC Department of Transportation and MTA New York City Transit Buses launched the M86 Select Bus Service route between the Upper East and Upper West Sides.
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
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?
Days before New York City turned back its clocks, a team from NYC DOT went out to the Manhattan Bridge bike path to stop cyclists who were riding without lights. Free front (white) and rear (red) lights were given to riders in need - and just in time for dusk!
DYK that cyclists in NYC are required by law to wear front (white) and rear (red) lights from dusk to dawn? So lighten up!
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
Official Name: Ramblersville-Hawtree Memorial Bridge
Location: connecting Ramblersville with Hamilton Beach, Howard Beach NYC
Carry: 2 road lanes with sidewalks
Built: 1997
The Times Square Alliance and the NYCDOT Urban Art Program brought Robert Indiana’s 2008 HOPE sculpture to the Broadway Plaza in order to interject public art into one of the busiest spaces of New York City. To celebrate the opening, a dance piece entitled HOPE was performed and accompanied by a string quartet. Robert Indiana commented he “wanted to help name and empower the next generation and [he] felt that HOPE encompassed the needs of our time.” (Gothamist)
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Artervention
Hope by Robert Indiana
Presented with Times Square Alliance
Broadway between 44th and 45th Streets, Manhattan
NYC DOT was joined by elected officials, community members and leaders rallied to urge the passing of Design Build.
“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
Horsing Around the Arrows of Time is a colorful tribute to the DUMBO neighborhood’s industrial and manufacturing past. DUMBO-based artist, Eleanora Kupencow, chose to situate her work in this particular location because of the contrast between the bright-colored sculptures and the surrounding streetscape. The sculptures were previously exhibited at the United Nations Hammarskjold Plaza.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Artervention
Horsing Around the Arrows of Time by Eleanora Kupencow
Presented with DUMBO Business Improvement District
Pearl Street, Anchorage Place, and Water Street, Brooklyn
Broadway: 1000 Steps in and around Montefiore Park is a project based on the City as Living Laboratory: Sustainability Made Tangible Through the Arts Framework, which broadly aims to build upon the City’s initiative to establish Broadway as the preeminent “green corridor” in New York City.
As pedestrians approach Montefiore Park, a field of green vertical structures defined the area. Visitors encountered convex mirrors installed at various heights reflecting their own image as well as fragments of the city. Color-coded markings around manhole covers, storm-water inlets, and light posts help decode the site’s existing infrastructure. The specific topic addressed at this site was food as related to health.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Artervention
1000 Steps Along Broadway by Mary Miss
Presented with Montefiore Park Neighborhood Association
and City College Department of Urban Design
Broadway and 137th Street, Manhattan
DOT workers helping to clear debris in Dongan Hills, Staten Island
Photo: NYC Department of Transportation / Stephen Mallon.
NYCDOT, The Center for Architecture, and Max Protetch Gallery worked together to bring the 24 Foot Fly’s Eye Dome to LaGuardia Place in conjunction with a Whitney Museum exhibition about R. Buckminster Fuller’s work as an architect, engineer, designer, and inventor. The central placement of the dome on the wide sidewalk invited pedestrians to interact freely with the form stepping in and out of the dome to take in the scale and complexity of the piece.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Artervention
24 Foot Fly’s Eye Dome by R. Buckminister Fuller
Presented with The Center for Architecture and Max Protetch Gallery
LaGuardia Place between W 3rd and Bleecker Streets, Manhattan
Victor Mendez, Administrator, Federal Highways Administration, with NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan
NYC DOT held a vendor demonstration regarding USDOT Connected Vehicle Pilot program at the Aquedect Racetrack on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. Vendors demonstrated the capability of aftermarket safety devices in vehicles to help detect right turning vehicles, blind spot detection, collision warnings, speeding, emergency situations and more.
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.
New York, NY July 27, 2013: The Art Installation of the New York City Summer Streets "Voice Tunnel" by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is tested in the Park Avenue Tunnel on July 27th, 2013. Voice Tunnel is the signature event of Summer Streets 2013. {Photo by Julie Hau for the DOT)
Internationally-acclaimed Spanish artist dEmo presents his vibrantly-dressed interpretation of Michelangelo’s David to Gaslight Plaza at the southwest corner of 14th Street and 9th Avenue in Manhattan. The sculpture, which stands 24 feet tall, has been dressed in the mitic Missoni zig-zag by Italian designer Luca Missoni. “Homage to the Classic” was previously exhibited in Madrid, Barcelona, and Milan.
dEmo puts a playful spin on his work, which has an unmistakable aesthetic rooted in Pop Art. “Homage to the Classic” brings together the high culture of Renaissance art with that of contemporary Italian fashion in Chelsea, a New York City neighborhood known for its trendy dining, high end boutiques, and contemporary art galleries. The sculpture will remain installed until early September 2012.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Arterventions
Homage to the Classic by dEmo and Missoni
Presented with RogerSmithArts (Roger Smith Hotel)
Gaslight Plaza at 14th Street and 9th Avenue, Manhattan
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
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.
The Times Square Alliance and the NYCDOT Urban Art Program brought Robert Indiana’s 2008 HOPE sculpture to the Broadway Plaza in order to interject public art into one of the busiest spaces of New York City. To celebrate the opening, a dance piece entitled HOPE was performed and accompanied by a string quartet. Robert Indiana commented he “wanted to help name and empower the next generation and [he] felt that HOPE encompassed the needs of our time.” (Gothamist)
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Artervention
Hope by Robert Indiana
Presented with Times Square Alliance
Broadway between 44th and 45th Streets, Manhattan
On Monday, July 13, 2015 NYC Department of Transportation and MTA New York City Transit Buses launched the M86 Select Bus Service route between the Upper East and Upper West Sides.
NYC DOT, Mayor de Blasio, and NYPD announce a plan to install security bollards to protect pedestrians in public spaces.
Internationally-acclaimed Spanish artist dEmo presents his vibrantly-dressed interpretation of Michelangelo’s David to Gaslight Plaza at the southwest corner of 14th Street and 9th Avenue in Manhattan. The sculpture, which stands 24 feet tall, has been dressed in the mitic Missoni zig-zag by Italian designer Luca Missoni. “Homage to the Classic” was previously exhibited in Madrid, Barcelona, and Milan.
dEmo puts a playful spin on his work, which has an unmistakable aesthetic rooted in Pop Art. “Homage to the Classic” brings together the high culture of Renaissance art with that of contemporary Italian fashion in Chelsea, a New York City neighborhood known for its trendy dining, high end boutiques, and contemporary art galleries. The sculpture will remain installed until early September 2012.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Arterventions
Homage to the Classic by dEmo and Missoni
Presented with RogerSmithArts (Roger Smith Hotel)
Gaslight Plaza at 14th Street and 9th Avenue, Manhattan