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Playful, surreal narratives designed by artist Carla Torres have been painted onto 715 feet of concrete barrier in Tribeca along the Hudson River Greenway near Pier 25.
Torres’ design is inspired by silhouetted shadow puppets and a narrative based on the longing for spring and the playful energy of the cyclists and pedestrians who use the park on a daily basis.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Barrier Beautification
Design submission by Carla Torres
Presented with New York Cares and Hudson River Park Trust
West St South between North Moore St and Laight St, Manhattan
On Tuesday, July 18 NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and NYPD Chief of Transportation Thomas Chan were joined by Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, Parkmobile and DOT employees to announce the citywide expansion of ParkNYC, the mobile app to pay for on-street metered parking in NYC.
Name: University Heights / 207th Street Bridge
Location: NYC (Manhattan to Bronx)
Carry: 2 road lanes with sidewalk
Type: Swing
Opened: 1992
Note: The first swing bridge on this site was a recycled former Broadway Bridge that opened in 1908
“Do you hear the clank of the muskets… The years recede, pavement and stately house disappear… In the midst of you stands an encampment very old.” -excerpts of The Centenarian’s Story by Walt Whitman describing the Battle of Brooklyn
On a hill, above the site of the Battle of Brooklyn stands “Battle Pass” an artistic intervention by Sasha Chavchavadze. This project was inspired by the revolutionary “Liberty Poles” that were derived from British maypoles and erected by Revolutionaries as a symbol of their resistance.
“Liberty Poles” typically reached 46 feet and were made of pine. “Battle Pass” is 16 feet high and topped with a metal weathervane. Three directional signs, containing excerpts from Walt Whitman’s The Centenarian’s Story, point toward the Gowanus Canal, Manhattan, and the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street from where it is said George Washington observed the Battle of Brooklyn.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Arterventions
Battle Pass by Sasha Chavchavadze
Presented with Proteus Gowanus
Bergen Street and Smith Street, Brooklyn
Official Name: Pelham Bridge
Location: Shore Road in Pelham Bay Park
Carry: 4 road lanes with sidewalk
Type: Double Leaf Bascule
Opened: 15 October 1908 (rehabilitated 1945)
Note: Bridge opens quite frequently (1,446 times in 2008)
Average daily traffic volumes (2008): 19,000
Thirty one-of-a-kind works of art and fashion “walked” down Broadway during the summer of 2010 during the temporary installation of Sidewalk Catwalk. Fashion designers dressed custom Ralph Pucci mannequins in a public art display that attract art devotees and fashionistas alike. At the end of the summer the mannequins were auctioned off and proceeds were donated to NYC- based Materials for the Arts.
Fashion designers included: Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Isaac Mizrahi, Nicole Miller, Diane von Furstenburg, Donna Karan, Norma Kamali, Ralph Rucci, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, Stephen Burrows, Betsey Johnson, Badgley Mischka, Rachel Roy, Anna Sui, Yeohlee Teng, Carmen Marc Valvo, John Bartlett, Victor Alfaro, Thom Browne, Maria Cornejo, Carlos Falchi, Prabal Gurung, Adam Lippes, Catherine Malandrino, Rebecca Moses, Jill Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, Isabel Toledo, FIT students, and Parsons students.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Sidewalk Catwalk by Victor Alfaro
Presented with Fashion Center Business Improvement District
Broadway between 34th and 42nd Streets, Manhattan
The Battery Park Underpass in lower Manhattan experienced significant flooding during Hurricane Sandy, stranding a DOT vehicle. Water has now been pumped from the tunnel.
Photos: NYC Department of Transportation / Alex Engel
The pilot Barrier Beautification project of NYCDOT’s Urban Art Program was implemented on 1900 feet of concrete barriers in a series of geometric, undulating, layered waves designed by Pedro Delgado, an illustrator at the Grey Group World Wide and implemented with volunteers from the organizations.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Barrier Beautification
Wave Pattern Design by Pedro Delgado
Presented with City Year and Grey Group Worldwide
W 155th Street & Harlem River Drive, Manhattan
DOT's Special Events and Arterial Maintenance teams assisted in the placement of NYPD concrete blocks on the perimeter of Times Square in preparation for the 2015 Times Square New Year's Eve event!
Also included in this album are photos of the DOT Special Events team monitoring utility repairs in Times Square.
Curator Sam Barzilay collaborated with numerous international artists to create a 340-foot photographic fence installation titled, Superheroes. Each of the selected photographers approached the subject of superheroes as an allegory for a deeper exploration of a social issue, whether it was gender roles, unsung heroes, the desire of humanity to believe in super powers, or a memory of our lost childhood. Barzilay and the United Photo Industries team collaborated over the past three years to produce this installation.
United Photo Industries, the DUMBO Improvement District and the NYCDOT Urban Art Program partnered to bring this project to fruition. Superheroes will be displayed around the Manhattan Bridge Anchorage in Dumbo from August 9, 2012 until the end of the year. The following artists’ works are exhibited at this site: Maleonn (China), David Graham (United Kingdom), Alex Gross (USA), Walter Iraheta (El Salvador), Susanne Middelbery (Netherlands), Dulce Pinzon (Mexico/USA), Gregg Segal (USA), Nicolas Silberfaden (Argentina/USA), and Astrid Verhoef (Netherlands).
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Arterventions
Superheroes curated by Sam Barzilay with various international artists
DUMBO Business Improvement District and United Photo Industries
Manhattan Bridge Anchorage, Dumbo, Brooklyn
Acting MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber, Interim MTA New York City Transit President Craig Cipriano, and DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman hold a press conference at Fordham Plaza on Mon., August 16, 2021 to announce new efforts to enhance the bus network.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
Thirty one-of-a-kind works of art and fashion “walked” down Broadway during the summer of 2010 during the temporary installation of Sidewalk Catwalk. Fashion designers dressed custom Ralph Pucci mannequins in a public art display that attract art devotees and fashionistas alike. At the end of the summer the mannequins were auctioned off and proceeds were donated to NYC- based Materials for the Arts.
Fashion designers included: Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Isaac Mizrahi, Nicole Miller, Diane von Furstenburg, Donna Karan, Norma Kamali, Ralph Rucci, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, Stephen Burrows, Betsey Johnson, Badgley Mischka, Rachel Roy, Anna Sui, Yeohlee Teng, Carmen Marc Valvo, John Bartlett, Victor Alfaro, Thom Browne, Maria Cornejo, Carlos Falchi, Prabal Gurung, Adam Lippes, Catherine Malandrino, Rebecca Moses, Jill Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, Isabel Toledo, FIT students, and Parsons students.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Sidewalk Catwalk by Kenneth Cole
Presented with Fashion Center Business Improvement District
Broadway between 34th and 42nd Streets, Manhattan
Thirty one-of-a-kind works of art and fashion “walked” down Broadway during the summer of 2010 during the temporary installation of Sidewalk Catwalk. Fashion designers dressed custom Ralph Pucci mannequins in a public art display that attract art devotees and fashionistas alike. At the end of the summer the mannequins were auctioned off and proceeds were donated to NYC- based Materials for the Arts.
Fashion designers included: Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Isaac Mizrahi, Nicole Miller, Diane von Furstenburg, Donna Karan, Norma Kamali, Ralph Rucci, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, Stephen Burrows, Betsey Johnson, Badgley Mischka, Rachel Roy, Anna Sui, Yeohlee Teng, Carmen Marc Valvo, John Bartlett, Victor Alfaro, Thom Browne, Maria Cornejo, Carlos Falchi, Prabal Gurung, Adam Lippes, Catherine Malandrino, Rebecca Moses, Jill Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, Isabel Toledo, FIT students, and Parsons students.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Sidewalk Catwalk by Jill Stuart
Presented with Fashion Center Business Improvement District
Broadway between 34th and 42nd Streets, Manhattan
Thirty one-of-a-kind works of art and fashion “walked” down Broadway during the summer of 2010 during the temporary installation of Sidewalk Catwalk. Fashion designers dressed custom Ralph Pucci mannequins in a public art display that attract art devotees and fashionistas alike. At the end of the summer the mannequins were auctioned off and proceeds were donated to NYC- based Materials for the Arts.
Fashion designers included: Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Isaac Mizrahi, Nicole Miller, Diane von Furstenburg, Donna Karan, Norma Kamali, Ralph Rucci, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, Stephen Burrows, Betsey Johnson, Badgley Mischka, Rachel Roy, Anna Sui, Yeohlee Teng, Carmen Marc Valvo, John Bartlett, Victor Alfaro, Thom Browne, Maria Cornejo, Carlos Falchi, Prabal Gurung, Adam Lippes, Catherine Malandrino, Rebecca Moses, Jill Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, Isabel Toledo, FIT students, and Parsons students.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Sidewalk Catwalk by Mark Badgley and James Mischka
Presented with Fashion Center Business Improvement District
Broadway between 34th and 42nd Streets, Manhattan
Artists Clare Herron and Chris Beck created this artwork in partnership with Groundswell Community Mural Project’s TEMA (Teen Empowerment Mural Apprenticeship) and fifteen youth. The mural uses paint, printed parachute cloth, and mosaics to depict the process of pollination and show its significance on a larger scale in a visual narrative 200 feet in length.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, pARTners
Worker Bees by Clare Herron and Chris Beck
Presented with Groundswell Community Mural Project and Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Tillary Street and Adams Street, Brooklyn
Thirty one-of-a-kind works of art and fashion “walked” down Broadway during the summer of 2010 during the temporary installation of Sidewalk Catwalk. Fashion designers dressed custom Ralph Pucci mannequins in a public art display that attract art devotees and fashionistas alike. At the end of the summer the mannequins were auctioned off and proceeds were donated to NYC- based Materials for the Arts.
Fashion designers included: Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Isaac Mizrahi, Nicole Miller, Diane von Furstenburg, Donna Karan, Norma Kamali, Ralph Rucci, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, Stephen Burrows, Betsey Johnson, Badgley Mischka, Rachel Roy, Anna Sui, Yeohlee Teng, Carmen Marc Valvo, John Bartlett, Victor Alfaro, Thom Browne, Maria Cornejo, Carlos Falchi, Prabal Gurung, Adam Lippes, Catherine Malandrino, Rebecca Moses, Jill Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, Isabel Toledo, FIT students, and Parsons students.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Sidewalk Catwalk by Parsons: The New School for Design: Niyati Karwat
Presented with Fashion Center Business Improvement District
Broadway between 34th and 42nd Streets, Manhattan
Thirty one-of-a-kind works of art and fashion “walked” down Broadway during the summer of 2010 during the temporary installation of Sidewalk Catwalk. Fashion designers dressed custom Ralph Pucci mannequins in a public art display that attract art devotees and fashionistas alike. At the end of the summer the mannequins were auctioned off and proceeds were donated to NYC- based Materials for the Arts.
Fashion designers included: Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Isaac Mizrahi, Nicole Miller, Diane von Furstenburg, Donna Karan, Norma Kamali, Ralph Rucci, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, Stephen Burrows, Betsey Johnson, Badgley Mischka, Rachel Roy, Anna Sui, Yeohlee Teng, Carmen Marc Valvo, John Bartlett, Victor Alfaro, Thom Browne, Maria Cornejo, Carlos Falchi, Prabal Gurung, Adam Lippes, Catherine Malandrino, Rebecca Moses, Jill Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, Isabel Toledo, FIT students, and Parsons students.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Sidewalk Catwalk by Adams Lippes
Presented with Fashion Center Business Improvement District
Broadway between 34th and 42nd Streets, Manhattan
Thirty one-of-a-kind works of art and fashion “walked” down Broadway during the summer of 2010 during the temporary installation of Sidewalk Catwalk. Fashion designers dressed custom Ralph Pucci mannequins in a public art display that attract art devotees and fashionistas alike. At the end of the summer the mannequins were auctioned off and proceeds were donated to NYC- based Materials for the Arts.
Fashion designers included: Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Isaac Mizrahi, Nicole Miller, Diane von Furstenburg, Donna Karan, Norma Kamali, Ralph Rucci, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, Stephen Burrows, Betsey Johnson, Badgley Mischka, Rachel Roy, Anna Sui, Yeohlee Teng, Carmen Marc Valvo, John Bartlett, Victor Alfaro, Thom Browne, Maria Cornejo, Carlos Falchi, Prabal Gurung, Adam Lippes, Catherine Malandrino, Rebecca Moses, Jill Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, Isabel Toledo, FIT students, and Parsons students.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Sidewalk Catwalk by Nanette Lepore
Presented with Fashion Center Business Improvement District
Broadway between 34th and 42nd Streets, Manhattan
Stop, Look, Listen was created by two professional artists and a team of youth artists as part of the Groundswell Community Mural Project’s flagship Summer Leadership Institute (SLI). SLI teams spend seven weeks during working with artists and community-based organizations, learning job skills and creating public art throughout New York City. This mural, created at the request of Brooklyn Community Board 7, focuses on traffic and pedestrian safety education, as well as site-specific themes and cultural diversity. The mural’s bold colors and graphic design make it a welcome addition to the neighborhood. At over 200 feet in length, the SLI team’s quick, careful, and detailed execution of this mural was a great accomplishment!
The safety education focus of this mural was informed by workshops lead by NYCDOT Safety Education. The artists and youth artists researched safety issues near the mural site which influenced their final design. Speed of vehicular traffic, high levels of carbon dioxide in the air, and the need for all modes of transportation to respectfully share the streets are just a few of the themes beautifully integrated in to this mural.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Stop, Look, Listen by Conor McGrady and Amy Mahnik
Presented with NYCDOT Safety Education and Groundswell Community Mural Project
7th Ave between 62nd and 64th St, Sunset Park, Brooklyn
The first collaboration between NYCDOT and the Groundswell Community Mural Project resulted in a collectively designed, lively installation that transformed the entrance to a 900-foot-long subway underpass. A vivid tableau of the history and diversity found in Washington Heights is depicted as the number 1 train “roller coaster” zoomed around the cloisters, past city workers, and over the George Washington Bridge.
Imagery and the name for the mural were taken from a poem by the same title by one of the artists on the project team, Pury Soliver. Other partners included the YM + YWHA of Washington Heights and the Inwood community.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, pARTners
New York is a Roller Coaster by Belle Benfield (lead artist)
Presented with Groundswell Community Mural Project
West 191st Street and Broadway, Manhattan
NYCDOT held an international design competition to select a design to beautify the new pedestrian plazas in Times Square while awaiting a full redesign and permanent build-out. A jury, including representatives from the Times Square Alliance, the Mayor's Office and the Design Commission as well as an outside artist selected Cool Water, Hot Island from over 150 submissions and it was installed in July 2010.
Artist Molly Dilworth, best known in New York for her rooftop paintings, designed the mural based on the urban "heat-island effect," where cities tend to experience warmer temperatures than rural settings. The blues and light shades of the design reflect more sunlight and absorb less heat—improving the look of the popular pedestrian areas while also making it more comfortable places to sit.
Support was provided by donations made to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City. The Mayor's Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting innovative public-private partnerships and projects such as those of the DOT. Photos are courtesy of the Times Square Alliance.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Cool Water, Hot Island by Molly Dilworth
Presented with Times Square Alliance and reNEWable Times Square
Broadway between 42nd and 47th Streets, 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.
A 60-foot-long concrete barrier on West 31st Street was transformed into an imaginative work of art by a collective of artist-students of the Fashion Institute of Technology. Urban Sound studio members Pansum Cheng, Matthew Gilli, Garrett Klein, Jason Mitja, and Jon-Paul Rodriguez, brought the design to life. Melissa Starke, department coordinator, Fine Arts Department at FIT, participated both as an artist and supervisor of the project. Richard Pitts, professor of Fine Arts at FIT, served as faculty advisor.
The lively two- and three-dimensional design focuses on images and symbols significant to the neighborhood and its occupants. The old Penn Station is represented by an arabesque pattern taken from the former building’s ironwork. Columns, along with letters blowing in the wind, symbolize the James Farley Post Office building. The legs of a basketball player signify the sports games that take place at Madison Square Garden, while an elephant’s legs are reminiscent of the circus that comes to the Garden. The Garment District is characterized by a woman wearing a mini-skirt and high heels.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, pARTners
31st Street Barrier Art by FIT students
Presented with 34th Street Partnership and Fashion Institute of Technology
West 31st Street between 9th and Dyer Aves, Manhattan
On Wednesday, July 19 2017, NYCDOT and NYCDDC announced the completion of the new Myrtle-Cooper Plaza in Glendale.
The first collaboration between NYCDOT and the Groundswell Community Mural Project resulted in a collectively designed, lively installation that transformed the entrance to a 900-foot-long subway underpass. A vivid tableau of the history and diversity found in Washington Heights is depicted as the number 1 train “roller coaster” zoomed around the cloisters, past city workers, and over the George Washington Bridge.
Imagery and the name for the mural were taken from a poem by the same title by one of the artists on the project team, Pury Soliver. Other partners included the YM + YWHA of Washington Heights and the Inwood community.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, pARTners
New York is a Roller Coaster by Belle Benfield (lead artist)
Presented with Groundswell Community Mural Project
West 191st Street and Broadway, Manhattan
On August 3, 2017, Council Member Ben Kallos, NYCDOT and Riders Alliance unveiled transportation upgrades for bus riders and cyclists on the Upper East Side.
Thirty one-of-a-kind works of art and fashion “walked” down Broadway during the summer of 2010 during the temporary installation of Sidewalk Catwalk. Fashion designers dressed custom Ralph Pucci mannequins in a public art display that attract art devotees and fashionistas alike. At the end of the summer the mannequins were auctioned off and proceeds were donated to NYC- based Materials for the Arts.
Fashion designers included: Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Isaac Mizrahi, Nicole Miller, Diane von Furstenburg, Donna Karan, Norma Kamali, Ralph Rucci, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, Stephen Burrows, Betsey Johnson, Badgley Mischka, Rachel Roy, Anna Sui, Yeohlee Teng, Carmen Marc Valvo, John Bartlett, Victor Alfaro, Thom Browne, Maria Cornejo, Carlos Falchi, Prabal Gurung, Adam Lippes, Catherine Malandrino, Rebecca Moses, Jill Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, Isabel Toledo, FIT students, and Parsons students.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Sidewalk Catwalk by Elie Tahari
Presented with Fashion Center Business Improvement District
Broadway between 34th and 42nd Streets, Manhattan
NYCDOT held an international design competition to select a design to beautify the new pedestrian plazas in Times Square while awaiting a full redesign and permanent build-out. A jury, including representatives from the Times Square Alliance, the Mayor's Office and the Design Commission as well as an outside artist selected Cool Water, Hot Island from over 150 submissions and it was installed in July 2010.
Artist Molly Dilworth, best known in New York for her rooftop paintings, designed the mural based on the urban "heat-island effect," where cities tend to experience warmer temperatures than rural settings. The blues and light shades of the design reflect more sunlight and absorb less heat—improving the look of the popular pedestrian areas while also making it more comfortable places to sit.
Support was provided by donations made to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City. The Mayor's Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting innovative public-private partnerships and projects such as those of the DOT. Photos are courtesy of the Times Square Alliance.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Special Project
Cool Water, Hot Island by Molly Dilworth
Presented with Times Square Alliance and reNEWable Times Square
Broadway between 42nd and 47th Streets, Manhattan
On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 NYC DOT and NYPD discuss NYC Mayor's announcement that 2016 saw the fewest fatalities ever on NYC streets.
Urban Garden, an installation made up entirely of recycled bike parts, was unveiled during the centennial celebration of the Queensboro Bridge that included a “Learn to Ride” bike class, a bike parade, and a birthday party for the bridge. The installation enlivened the sidewalk and demonstrated how public art can be used to communicate important issues such as sustainability as well as mobility. The artist, Pasqualina Azzarello, worked with high school students from the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House to design the flowers and animals that were later crafted by a trained welder. Each student received a used bike from Recycle-a-Bicycle for their participation.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, pARTners
Urban Garden by Pasqualina Azzarello
Presented with Recycle-A-Bicycle and Jacob-Riis Neighborhood Settlement House
Vernon Boulevard at Queens Plaza South, Queens
Jenny Hung’s "City Speed" was selected from a pool of 60 applicants during the fall 2010 Barrier Beautification Open Call. The design is a fusion of two forms: the organic shape of bird wings and the hard edges of the City. Her design was inspired by the stripe pattern found on traffic safety equipment and the colors of birds commonly sighted within the limits of NYC such as the Rock Pigeon, the Red-tailed Hawk, the White-breasted Nuthatch, and the Northern Cardinal. The feathers and wings of each bird were drawn larger than life creating a bold abstract design.
Jenny Hung is a graphic designer and graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts. Her work values the questioning of presumptions and aims for a deeper understanding of ourselves and our place in the world.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Barrier Beautification
City Speed by Jenny Hung
Presented with New York Cares
Hutchinson River Parkway North at Edwards Ave, Bronx
August 9, 2014-New York City-Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed a bill authorizing New York City to lower its speed limits from 30 to 25 miles per hour. The legislation seeks to lower the number of vehicle and pedestrian accidents in New York City and supports the State’s ongoing effort to make roadways safer.
"With splashing brushes, for the city to bloom. And when it was done, for her kinfolk, signed – in green, the Mississippi flowed through Gotham."
Julia Whitney Barnes’ design of intertwining roots weaves in and out along a curved path leading to the Harlem River Drive. The barriers, that protect cyclists and pedestrians from vehicular traffic, measure approximately 2000 feet in length.
NYCDOT Urban Art Program, Barrier Beautification
Roots/Routes by Julia Whitney Barnes
Presented with New York Cares
West 155th St between Edgecombe Ave and Harlem River Dr, Manhattan