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March 23, 2009

Closing Bell: Balancing Slabs on Dumbo Beach

Something magical sprouted up this weekend on the beach right underneath the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Saturday and Sunday, Manhattan-based artist Tim Finefrock (possibly of Raging Slab fame?) created a small village of balancing rock sculptures. He started experimenting with the rock balancing act last summer in the Adirondacks, while doing design work for a lodge. This is likely to be his swan song in the city he's called home for almost three decades—he's getting ready to move to Pennsylvania.




Posted by Brownstoner at 4:00 PM | Comments (6)
Categories: Arts, Closing Bell, Dumbo

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Its amazing how he cairn do that.

Posted by: dittoburg at March 23, 2009 5:16 PM

Such a cool idea... anyone can do it pretty much anywhere, it uses nothing and leaves nothing, yet it creates something....

Posted by: slopenick at March 23, 2009 5:45 PM

Aww, ditto...

Posted by: tonewlots at March 23, 2009 6:08 PM

loved this - my children were awestruck and we watched this for a long time.

Posted by: miss priss at March 23, 2009 10:15 PM

was done in sf years ago

http://www.rock-on-rock-on.com/

Posted by: jasetheace at March 24, 2009 9:10 AM

Ace is right. I used to do this in the 90s at an annual May Day party upstate, in the middle of a freezing cold creek no less. But I certainly didn't think I was doing anything original. Of course, by the 21st century, how often do we see original anymore anyway?

Posted by: altervoce at March 24, 2009 11:46 AM

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