i lounge ny {times square}
This weekend was sun sun sun! And on my way to see West Side Story on Broadway {which is really well done!} I walked through the Times Square area that has turned into a lounge-fest park. Instead of the bumper to bumper traffic in a prime area of Broadway Times Square, there is a spread of 375+ fuschia, green, blue lawn chairs {above is the green section} for a pedestrian plaza project called "I lounge NY" {get it? instead of "I heart NY"}. Blocked off by large orange barrels {photographed above} people can just "relax" and people-watch/tourist-watch as they please. As a non-fan of the congestion of Times Square, I thought this change was kind of refreshing and fun. And to the skeptics, no worries, this is just a short run thing for this summer...On a separate note, I found this mosaic wall {below} of an aerial view of NYC {and NJ} right near the subway entrance. An ode to subway tile art, I loved this!
Labels: new york city
posted by Studio TOTA at
7/13/2009
2 Comments:
where was this? i'm doing a project on tile mosaics in nyc and would love to know where this is
rona - wasnt able to access your contact info so i hope you get this here...this is on broadway between 43rd and 42nd streets - right next to the NY police dept "cube" space. good luck with your project!
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=329+E+12th+St,+New+York,+10003&ll=40.756567,-73.986161&spn=0,359.99308&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.756459,-73.986194&panoid=VYED3P0ykjQQdnhd4PWiNA&cbp=12,261.98,,0,3.88
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