BHA Wants Waterfalls Shut Down
“New York City’s Waterfalls”, the public art exhibition of four man-made waterfalls by artist Olafur Eliasson, is scheduled to end on October 13th. But the Brooklyn Heights Association wants them dismantled earlier, reports the Brooklyn Paper. Salt-soaked spray from the falls has been damaging and possibly even killing trees caught in their mist; the spray…
“New York City’s Waterfalls“, the public art exhibition of four man-made waterfalls by artist Olafur Eliasson, is scheduled to end on October 13th. But the Brooklyn Heights Association wants them dismantled earlier, reports the Brooklyn Paper. Salt-soaked spray from the falls has been damaging and possibly even killing trees caught in their mist; the spray has also damaged cars parked by the River Café. Those calling for the faucet to be turned off swear their objection isn’t aesthetic, although the Brooklyn Paper noted that the falls, by the BQE, Brooklyn Bridge, Pier 35 in Manhattan and along the FDR, were supposed to be viewable from many Brooklyn spots. Instead, they say, they look “more like a giant Erector Set from the borough’s shores.”
TREE-BACLE [Brooklyn Paper]
This is nothing like The Gates, in my opinion, which were mostly well received and fondly remembered. The only legacy this leaves is dead vegetation, damaged cars and wasted money. It figures, despite many buildings in New York often facing interruptions in their water supply, these monstrosities never have problems…
and it was a mutt to begin with
Yep, this dog has barked. Time to turn the tap off.
U-G-L-Y, you aint got no alibi
The waterfalls are an eyesore and have not generated the public interest or revenue the City was hoping for. Also, aesthetically, the exhibit would have been better with just two waterfalls under the Brooklyn Bridge so each could be viewed from Manhattan and Brooklyn. Instead, we get stuck with backside views of ugly scaffolding and dead tree leaves.
They were somewhat cool for about a week. The trees are much more beautiful. Shut it down.
i walked by the remsen street waterfall earlier this week and the parks dept. was on the promenade hosing down the trees to rinse the saltwater off. the damage to the trees is noticeable – it looks to extend beyond the city’s trees into some residents’ yards.
I’m all for large-scale art exhibitions in the city but the waterfalls are a failed concept. Poorly conceived, poorly executed. Take them down.
ENY: Their creations both leak pretty badly, so you might be on to something here.