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Along the Summer Streets route, Cyclo-Phones, created by Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente, featured two stationary, bike-powered musical instruments. Each sculpture consisted of a large blue plastic drum, PVC pipes and a bicycle. As an individual pedaled the attached bicycle, the rotation of the pedals activated the sculpture creating subtle music, and as the cyclists pedaled faster, the music became louder and more dynamic.
DOT’S Urban Art Program transformed the Summer Street route into an open-air gallery with four installations. By infusing artist interventions such as, Cyclo-Phones, the Urban Art Program aimed to enhance and enrich the public’s experience at Summer Streets.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Summer Streets
Cyclo-Phones by Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente
Astor Place & Lafayette Street, Manhattan
On July 21, 2017 NYCDOT joined Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYPD Transportation Chief Chan, State Senator Jose Peralta, State Assembly Member Brian Barnwell, Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets to reaffirm our commitment to expanding NYC's speed camera program.
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
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
The Queens Arterial Emergency Response unit, based out of Harper Street Yard, prepares for a trip to the Rockaways after Hurricane Sandy.
Photo: Rafael Lopez Jr., NYC DOT
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?
A member of DOT's Queens Arterial Emergency Response Team prepares his truck to deliver goods to the Rockaways after Hurricane Sandy.
Photo: Rafael Lopez Jr., NYC DOT
On Tuesday, January 25, 2016 NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered an update on the city's response to the snow storm, and thanked NYC's workers for keeping residents safe throughout the weekend.
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
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 NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Design Trust for Public Space will release Under the Elevated: Reclaiming Space, Connecting Communities, a report offering environmentally, financially sustainable, and versatile ways to redesign and maintain spaces beneath New York City’s nearly 700 miles of elevated bridges, highways, subway tracks and rail lines. The findings reflect how these multi-jurisdictional public spaces, approximately four times the size of Central Park, can be transformed into valuable community assets that address complex problems of noise, air pollution, lighting, and safety.
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
On Tuesday, January 25, 2016 NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered an update on the city's response to the snow storm, and thanked NYC's workers for keeping residents safe throughout the weekend.
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.
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
Along the Summer Streets route, Cyclo-Phones, created by Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente, featured two stationary, bike-powered musical instruments. Each sculpture consisted of a large blue plastic drum, PVC pipes and a bicycle. As an individual pedaled the attached bicycle, the rotation of the pedals activated the sculpture creating subtle music, and as the cyclists pedaled faster, the music became louder and more dynamic.
DOT’S Urban Art Program transformed the Summer Street route into an open-air gallery with four installations. By infusing artist interventions such as, Cyclo-Phones, the Urban Art Program aimed to enhance and enrich the public’s experience at Summer Streets.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Summer Streets
Cyclo-Phones by Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente
Astor Place & Lafayette Street, Manhattan
DOT's Central Depot 58th Street Crew installs containers for generators in Red Hook after Hurricane Sandy.
Photo: Rafael Lopez Jr., NYC DOT
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.
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 the New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, NYPD Transportation Chief Thomas Chan, Taxi & Limousine Commissioner Meera Joshi and elected officials unveiled the city's 25 Days to #25MPH public awareness campaign in advance of the new default speed limit lowering from 30 to 25 MPH, which takes effect Friday, November 7th.
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
“Keeping New York City’s urban landscape an interesting, attractive place for New Yorkers and visitors has always been a priority for our Administration, and one major way we’ve done it is through public art,” -Mayor Bloomberg.
Brooklyn-based artist Corinne Ulmann specializes in large-scale public art designs. Her Green Screen was one of four winning designs of the urbancanvas Design Competition, a contest to help beautify New York City’s urban landscape with art at construction sites. The competition challenged professional artists and designers to create artwork for temporary protective structures to bring an element of beauty to what is often an eyesore. Green Screen was installed on Thames Street to beautify one of the main entrances to the 9/11 Memorial.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Green Screen by Corinne Ulmann
Presented with Downtown Alliance
Thames St between Trinity Pl and Greenwich St, 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.
Location: NYC (Manhattan to the Bronx)
Carry: 4 road lanes with sidewalks
Type: Swing
Opened: 1905 (2006/2007 reconstruction replaced entire bridge)
Note: This 2006 picture shows the old (1905) bridge span
First visited: 16 September 2006
Artist Marcie Paper constructs her paintings from short term memories derived from her immediate surroundings. Her abstract, delicate pattern serves to both mirror the barrier’s surrounding environment, while setting into motion an up-to-the-minute visual sensory cue for those that encounter the mural. Her design will be implemented on barriers running along a vital bike lane located near both the Brooklyn War Memorial and the Korean War Veteran’s Plaza.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Barrier Beautification
Design submission by Marcie Paper
Presented with New York Cares
Tillary St between Cadman Plaza West and Adams St, Brooklyn
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
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
On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 the New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, NYPD Transportation Chief Thomas Chan, Taxi & Limousine Commissioner Meera Joshi and elected officials unveiled the city's 25 Days to #25MPH public awareness campaign in advance of the new default speed limit lowering from 30 to 25 MPH, which takes effect Friday, November 7th.
This 'Weigh in Motion' site is an inter-agency project where we are collecting truck weight as vehicles pass over a scale built into the roadway near Alexander Hamilton Bridge. Learn more at www.nyc.gov/dot
The $1.8 Million project will include 3 sites in total. The multi-agency Technical Advisory Committee for the project determined where the roadway weigh in motion systems should be installed. The additional sites currently in design are located on Van Dam Street between Hunters Point Ave and 48th Avenue Queens NY and on Rockaway Blvd in Queens just west of the Nassau County Line.
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 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?
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