Barrier Beautification for Three Brooklyn Locations

Pictured above is the new mural gracing 600 feet of concrete wall along the Manhattan Bridge bike lane approach in Brooklyn. The design is by artist Abby Goldstein, who, in DOT’s words, “aimed to reflect the natural world and the rhythm of the built environment in her design.” The mural was painted by volunteers with the Department of Transportation this past weekend for New York Cares Day. Besides the mural along the Manhattan Bridge, Tillary Street between Cadman Plaza West and Adams Street and Columbia Street between Atlantic Avenue and Congress Street also received artwork. Click through for another picuture and images of the designs now on all the barriers.

On Tillary Street in Brooklyn, along a key Brooklyn Bridge access point, Marcie Paper will implement her design onto 340 feet of barriers along a bike lane located near both the Brooklyn War Memorial and the Korean War Veteran’s Plaza. The artist’s design is an abstract and delicate pattern derived from short-term memories of ground textures in the urban environment.

On Columbia Street in Brooklyn, along the most recent addition to the Brooklyn Greenway, fanciful picture-book impressions of nature by Sam Holleran, will cover 660 feet of concrete barriers. In his design, trees resembling spherical street lighting and rocky outcroppings resemble chunks of baking chocolate. This mural is co-presented with the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative.

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