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FOLEY SQUARE St. 23rd & Ave. Park Everything: Hanna Liden, 2015 2015 Liden, Hanna Everything: 33. 31st St. & 32nd St. St. 32nd & St. 31st St. 55th & St. 52nd Nina Saemundsson, 1931 Saemundsson, Nina Joseph Kiselewski, 1960 Kiselewski, Joseph

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1 9 14 29 36 41 SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE BIG CLAY #4 HERCULES, MERCULUS, AND MINERVA GEORGE WASHINGTON PUCK NY COUNTY COURTHOUSE PEDIMENT Byron M. Pickett (1870) Urs Fischer (2015) Jules-Felix Coutan (1912-1914) Henry Kirke Brown (1856) Henry Baerer (1885) Frederick Warren Allen (1924) 72nd St. & 5th Ave. Seagram Building, Grand Central Terminal Union Square Park 295-307 Lafayette St. 60 Centre St. Park Ave. btwn 52nd St. & 53rd St. Inventor of the Morse code, Samuel Morse The Roman-inspired sculpture represents The second bronze equestrian sculpture The building, which currently houses Allen skillfully carved these full-sized established electromagnetic telegraphy by At forty-two and a half feet tall, the the importance of the railroad to New ever to be cast in the and NYU offices, was originally home figures out of granite blocks on the site sending the famous message, “What hath aluminum cast sculpture is modeled after York City in the early 20th century with one of the city’s first outdoor bronze to Puck Magazine, named after the of installation. He arranged them on the God wrought” to Baltimore in 1884. He a scrap of clay that had been squeezed the presence of three gods: Mercurius, works depicts Washington signaling to his character whose motto is, “What fools pediment to reflect the text, “the true was the last person to be honored with a and then digitally enlarged. The grooves the god of commerce, and Hercules and troops, reclaiming the city from the British these mortals be!” from Shakespeare’s administration of justice is the firmest pillar statue during his lifetime. After his death, and texture seen throughout the piece Minerva, the gods of moral and mental on Evacuation Day in 1783. The piece A Midsummer’s Night Dream. of good government.” Justice is the central Central Park commissioners enacted a are imprints left behind by Fischer’s strength. was cast in Chicopee, at chracter, flanked by Courage on her right rule that candidates must be deceased for fingerprints that were preserved in the the Ames foundry. and Wisdom on her left; next to Courage, five years prior to being honored with a process. Evil is represented and next to Wisdom, monument. Good is portrayed.

5 11 17 32 37 42 SAURIEN DINOCERAS THE COUPLE METRONOME THE WALL TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT Alexander Calder (1975) Robert Cook (1971) Arthur Carter (1999) Kristin Jones, Andrew Ginzel Forrest Myers (1973) Lorenzo Pace (2001) 590 Madison Ave. 345 Park Ave. 90 Park Ave. & David Brody Bond (1999) 599 Broadway Foley Square 1 Union Square Pedestrians can walk under one of the Dinoceras, meaning dynamic wax in The two intertwining stainless steel and With help from the Landmarks Bambaran art influences are incorporated three open arched forms that comprise Latin, is titled after a horned mammal bronze circles represent an unbroken The central black hole wisps steam every Preservation Commission and the into the sculpture as well as a reference the piece. The arches, topped with that populated North America during the togetherness similar to the sentiment hour releasing a denser amount at noon Municipal Art Society of New York, the to the middle passage of the slave trade, triangular points, allude to the crown of Eocene period. The sculpture is one of behind wedding bands. Early in his career, and midnight. Digital numbers beside piece was re-installed in 2007 after being which is symbolized in the horizontal the . the largest wax ever made to Carter founded the hole mark time passing in a fast and removed in 2002. The piece, consisting boat-like portion of the piece. The 50 date. Cook used a wax casting technique newspaper. Through designing the layout furious way, meant as a reflection on the of forty two aluminum beams, acts as a foot tall sculpture is an abstracted form that employed bees wax and a bamboo for the front page, he became interested ever-changing city and its relationship gateway to the Soho historic district. inspired by a Chi Wara headdress that framework to build the bronze piece. in graphics and decided to pursue a to time. originates from West Africa. profession in the arts.

6 12 21 33 38 52 CALATRAVA ON PARK AVENUE ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH PORTALS FATA MORGANA EVERYTHING BUST OF SYLVETTE IMAGE OBJECTS TOUR (2015) Herbert Adams (1904) Teresita Fernandez (2015) Hanna Liden (2015) & Carl Nesjar (1968) Various Artists (2015) Park Ave. btwn 52nd St. & 55th St. 325 Park Ave. Madison Square Park Ruth Wittenberg Plaza, 505 LaGuardia Pl. City Hall Park DOWNLOAD THE FREE APP FROM ITUNES 6th Ave. & Christopher St. Inspired by expressive, abstract forms John the Baptist’s betrayal of Jesus is Five hundred feet in length and installed This sculpted version of Picasso’s Presented by the Public Art Fund as part found in the natural world, the seven portrayed in the frieze between the doors in six sections throughout the Park’s Circular in nature, the bagel, an NYC drawing, constructed by Carl Nesjar of their annual exhibition in the Park, TO ACCESS CULTURENOW’S GUIDEBOOK TO sculptures appear to be growing out of of the church. Kings of the East, Isaiah pathways, the piece alludes to Fata staple, symbolizes the eternal cycle of using a sand-blasting technique to the installation features the works of the grass in which they are anchored, and Elijah, also make appearances in the Morgana, a phenomenon where a mirage city life and an icon of urban living. The achieve the brush-like strokes on the seven international artists and provides implying a sense of elevation and sculpted portals of biblical scenes from is seen across the horizon line. The Everything bagel serves as a metaphor stone, weighs 67 tons and is the only commentary on the presence of rapidly THE WITHOUT WALLS spiritual uplifting. The tallest of the works the New and Old Testaments. abstract, foliage-like patterns that create for the diversity seen throughout the city. outdoor Picasso in . changing technology in everyday life. is 40 feet in length and 20 feet in height. the canopies are made of mirror-polished, Part of a series of three, one bagel structure Each artist has used newly developed golden metal that create illuminated, can be found at Park on digital fabrication tools to create their 3-D flickering effects on the ground as West St. at Christopher St. and the other at sculptural forms. peaks through. the Kiehl’s Flagship on 13th St. & 3rd Ave. THE APP PODCASTS SITES Follow along with information, photos ARTISTS Kristin Jones, Andrew Ginzel, cultureNOW dedicates itself to Already one of the largest and most AIA New York Chapter is the oldest and One of the signature programs of the and podcasts about the 52 sites on the tour. Gregg LeFevre, Stephen Powers celebrating our vast cultural environment comprehensive compendiums in the largest chapter of the American Institute NYC Department of Transportation, PODCASTS Listen to 20 podcasts by artists, MICHELE COHEN Author, ’s Outdoor Sculpture as a gallery that exists beyond museum country, the online collection encompasses of Architects with over 5,000 members. Summer Streets is an annual celebration architects, historians, and curators. JONATHAN KUHN Director of Art and Antiquities, walls through cultural tourism and arts over 17,000 sites with 2,600 podcasts It is dedicated to three goals: design of New York City’s most valuable public TOURS In addition to the Public Art Tour, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation education. It believes that the three and 53,000 images all accessible via excellence, public outreach and space—our streets. On three consecutive there is a companion Architecture Tour, SHERIDA PAULSEN Fmr. Chair Landmarks Commission facets to understanding the world around your smartphone. In 2011, it won a NYC professional development. It runs the Saturdays, nearly seven miles of NYC’s and guided tours of New York led by JEAN PARKER PHIFER Author, Public Art New York us are art, architecture and history. It Big Apps 2.0 award for its iPhone app: Center for Architecture, a storefront streets are opened to everyone to play, artists, curators and historians. To learn BARBARA RANDALL Director, Garment District Alliance is building a digital gallery of art and cultureNOW Museum Without Walls. exhibition space in . walk, run and bike. more, visit www.nyc.gov/summerstreets CASEY FREMONT Exec. Director, Art Production Fund architecture in the public realm. www.culturenow.org www.aiany.org www.nyc.gov/summerstreets