New York's 50 Best Works of Art in Public Places

by Masello, David

• ISBN13: 9781885492807
• ISBN10: 1885492804
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: City & Co

Table of Contents

Introduction	8	(2)
Downtown (below Canal Street)
Oculus: mosaics in World Trade Center subway station	10	(2)
Harbors of the World: murals in American Express headquarters lobby	12	(2)
The Real World: sculptures at Battery Park City	14	(2)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: monument on Water Street	16	(2)
Water Street: sculptures on plaza	18	(2)
Group of Four Trees: sculpture at Chase Manhattan Bank headquarters	20	(2)
Nathan hale: sculpture in City Hall Park	22	(2)
Law & Justice Scenes: murals in New York State Supreme Court	24	(2)
SoHo and Greenwich Village
New York Earth Room: sculptural installation at 141 Wooster Street	26	(2)
Time Landscape: environmental sculpture at Houston Street and La Guardia Place	28	(2)
Bust of Sylvettle: sculpture in courtyard of University Village	30	(2)
Broadway Windows: art installation	32	(2)
Gay Liberation: sculpture in Christopher Street Park	34	(2)
Metronome: sculptures and wall reliefs near Union Square Park	36	(2)
Midtown East
Architectural Sidewalk Reliefs: sculptures at 101 Park Avenue	38	(2)
Mercury, Minerva, Hercules: sculpture atop Grand Central Station	40	(2)
Grand Central Station Sky Ceiling	42	(2)
Daily News Building Globe: artifacts in former Daily News Building	44	(2)
Pfizer Lobby Mural: metal mural in Pfizer Building	46	(2)
Flight: scupluture in MetLife Building	48	(2)
Kaufmann Conference Room: sculptural installation in International Institute of Education	50	(2)
United Nations Meditation Room: sculptural installation and painting in lobby	52	(2)
Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial: monument in United Nations Park	54	(2)
Giant Chess Board: Sculpture at Third Avenue and 48th Street	56	(2)
Wheel of Life: mosaic in Waldorf-Astoria Hotel	58	(2)
Big Red Swing: Sculpture at Third Avenue and 49th Street	60	(2)
Berlin Wall Sections: sculpture and graffiti art an 53rd Street	62	(2)
Salto Nel Mio Sacco 10X: sculptural painting in labby at 599 Lexington Avenue	64	(2)
Erol Beker Chapel: sculptural installation in St. Peter's	66	(2)
Old King Cole: mural in St. Regis Hotel	68	(2)
Heron Tower Perspective Garden: sculptural installation at 70 East 55th Street	70	(2)
Untitled Calder Mobile: mobile in Chase Manhattan Bank at 410 Park Avenue	72	(2)
Levitated Mass: sculpture and fountain at Modison Avenue and 56th Street	74	(2)
Saurien: stabile at Madison Avenue and 57th Street	76	(2)
Island of Manhattan Ceiling Scene: mural in lobby at 745 Fifth Avenue	78	(2)
Midtown West
Cloud Scenes: ceiling murals in Main Reading Room of New York Public Library	80	(2)
Untitled Tree Sculpture: environmental sculpture at 120 West 45th Street	82	(2)
Wall Drawing #896 Colors/Curves: mural of Rockefeller Center	84	(2)
Prometheus: sculpture at Rockefeller Center	86	(2)
Atlas: sculpture at Rockefeller Center	88	(2)
America Today: murals in lobby at 1290 Sixth Avenue	90	(2)
Mural With Blue Brushstroke: mural in atrium of Equitable Building	92	(2)
Looking Toward the Avenue: sculptures at 1301 Sixth Avenue	94	(2)
9 West 57th Street: sculpture	96	(2)
Upper East Side
East River Roundabout: sculptural roof, east of York Avenue at 60th Street	98	(2)
Still Hunt: sculpture in Central Park, East Drive near 76th Street	100	(2)
Bemelmans Bar Scenes: murals in Carlyle Hotel	102	(2)
Central Park Obelisk: behind Metropolitan Museum of Art	104	(2)
Upper West Side
The Triumph of Music & The Sources of Music: murals at Metropolitan Opera House	106	(2)
Orpheus and Apollo: sculpture at Avery Fisher Hall	108	(2)
Index	110