had a very inspiring time in the city over a few days!!! after an unexpected plate-sized pancake breakfast whose color scheme made me think of diners in the fifties, we took the metro into manhattan to check out the highline on the upper west side (http://www.thehighline.org/about/maps). i'd been there months ago in early summer and only the first two blocks on the north half were open, but the whole length of it's finished now and it's absolutely great. really a nice walk, i highly suggest checking it out. i'm dreaming of how nice it's going to be when i'm there warm in the summer, but i really loved the straw texture of all the tall grass shriveling/shivering under winter's chill. on the way we turned onto ninth and this is what greets us:
i'm pretty sure that's one of richard serra's pieces; it was on a giant flatbed on the side of the street. i couldnt find anything online in regards to a possible upcoming installation/exhibition somewhere, i'd love to go see it once it's up.
found this supershort video on serra and his crew while trying to find info.
i'm pretty sure that was a serra piece (titled 'wall' maybe?) that was at MOMA a couple years ago, it had huge rusted metal curving walls that you walked throughout. really fun piece.
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