Tag Archives: New York

ANTONY GORMLEY KICKS OFF PUBLIC ART EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK

British artist Antony Gormley is breaking America with a debut showing of public art in Manhattan.
Thirty-one life-sized cast iron and fibreglass sculptures of Gormley are to be erected in some prominent locations around the city.
The first statue was erected on March 09 and they will be up until May 15.
Twenty-seven casts of the [...]

ONE WORLD TRADE CENTRE RISES FROM GROUND ZERO ASHES

Structural steel for the 1776ft tower that will be known as One World Trade Centre has risen 200 feet above street level in a tangible sign of ground zero progress since the September 11 2001 terror attacks.
Says Chris Ward, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the 16-acre [...]