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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 |
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Downtown walkaround jul.15, 08
Raphaele James & gh followed the privately owned public space map http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/priv/mndist1.shtml
and surveyed 19 locations-
We came out of the # 3 subway at location 27. (60 Wall street) http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/priv/60wall.shtml
that is an enclosed arcade with weird garden lattice work, columns, and
fake rock terrain murals. James says that this is a homeless spot after
the stores close. There is public WIFI which means that we could
potentially stream live video from this location. It seems that we
could request that we close the space for a special event if we are a
non-profit. James says this is agood place to interview homeless guys.
We then proceeded to follow the map by the numbers. The map was
compiled by the author -- The classifications attributed to each space
are taken directly from Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City
Experience, by Jerold S. Kayden, The New York City Department of City
Planning, and the Municipal Art Society of New York, published by John
Wiley & Sons, 2000. Raphaele suggested we get the book but it is
quite expensive -$75.00 does anyone want to go to the library and read
it or take it out to read? That would help the process along.
Location
1. (17 state street) - http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/priv/17state.shtml
- has two signs one is about Herman Melville. There is an
archaeological exhibit/ museum. This is a good spot for a
psycho-geographical sign. GH was inspired and thought that his word
piece would fit there because of the Herman Melville connection. This
brings up the notion that Daniel was talking about a different tact
which would be to expose/critique the spaces use. Since there are over
44 privately owned public spaces we can propose different approaches
for the spaces. The kicker is that around the corner is the
home/museum of Ann Seton (mother Seton) who is America's first saint!
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2. (1 Battery Park Plaza) no sign - This plaza faces Battery Park
and Castle Clinton which is a circular fort built in 1807 to defend New
York from the British in anticipation of the war of 1812.
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3. ( 1 state street plaza) no sign
4. (1 New York Plaza) Big Plaza no sign - check this out -- http://www.printsoldandrare.com/wallstreet/index.html
5. ( 125 Broad Street) no sign view of harbor & Brooklyn. This
space has has a diagonal sloped back wall enclosure that makes it
semi-private and cuts out a lot of sound. Could be good for a
performance or a video shoot especially with the harbor as a back drop.
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Location
6. (4 New York Plaza) no sign (note many of these spaces are rather
sterile banal corporate plazas and arcade set backs. G.H. says it
reminds him of the Godard Film Alphaville. James then countered
Plazaville.
7. (85 Broad Street) Arcade no sign however there was a sign on the
front of the building that said if the public wished to follow the Old
Stone Street path through the center of the building they could ask at
the security desk. This is a very interesting sort of old New York
geography tour. Around the side of the building were glass vitrines in
the ground that revealed the ruins of foundations from the original
buildings in New York. This could be a spot for a surreal tour fantasy
story about old New York.
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85 Broad street hooks into Old Stone Street that's being used as a
closed off street with tables for all the bars & restaurants that
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8. (7 Hanover Plaza) This reminded G.H. of the S curves boardwalk on
the beaches of Rio De Janeiro. The plaza also has an incredible
chocolatier that's a psycho-geographical map image right there!
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9. (55 Water Street) has a sign near the entrance, is an elevated Plaza
that has great views of the Brooklyn Bridge, WIFI, Landscape planting
and escalators. The escalators are perfect for an escalator performance
piece. James & Raphaele suggest that we hold our next Artists
Meeting there. The Plaza at 9pm. There are heavy-duty security guards,
because there is a Federal Building and they are afraid terrorists will
come and plant bombs. You aren't allowed to take photos of the
buildings. When Raphaele took out her camera the guards freaked. Did I
say they had a light sculpture?
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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/where-do-you-find-peace-in-new-york/
10. 11 Hanover Sq.
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(77 Water Street) Plexiglas sculpture & biplane on roof, The
biplane on the roof sculpture was designed by some guy named Rudolph de
Harak and executed by the sculptor William Tarr in 1969 (thanks Jack
Ryan).
Apparently it's a full-size model of a WW1 Sopwith Camel, complete with
runway. It was put there to amuse inhabitants of surrounding
scyscrapers, notably the WTC.
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12. (32 Old Slip Park) big sign Fountain, Police Museum
13. (111 Wall street) - plaza -- GH has idea to do a remake of
Alphaville and shoot in all these plazas. Integrate interviews in the
shoot. See original -- http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2648727779153972387
14. (95 wall street) - overhang plaza
location
15. (75 Wall Street) total dud!
16. (110 Wall Street) Plaza Benches Fountain Trees, Sign that says Manahatta Park
This is a 9/11 memorial -- http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/a-911-memorial-fountain-on-wall-street-under-glass/
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