Public Art and Green Spaces

MvVO’s Ad Art Show Is Taking Over The Oculus For The Month Of May

MvVO’s Ad Art Show Is Taking Over The Oculus For The Month Of May

When the MvVo Ad Art Show launched in 2018, its main goals were to amplify creative voices working in advertising and marketing industries, as well...

Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza Is Now Open For Your Springtime Outdoor Enjoyment

Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza Is Now Open For Your Springtime Outdoor Enjoyment

The sun is (mostly) shining, the birds are chirping and the great outdoors are begging you to put your laptop away and take in the now-sprouting...

Celebrate The Return Of Rooftop Season With A Mini-Lawn At Pier 17

Celebrate The Return Of Rooftop Season With A Mini-Lawn At Pier 17

At last, it’s the best time in New York — rooftop season. Drinks, sunsets and stellar views of the city are on the horizon.To celebrate, Pier 17...

Governors Island To Bring Back Glamping, Exhibitions and The Jazz Age Lawn Party

Governors Island To Bring Back Glamping, Exhibitions and The Jazz Age Lawn Party

Some spring reopening news we can get behind: Mayor de Blasio announced that Governors Island will reopen for visitors starting May 1, and that in...

See Brooklyn Artist Rashid Johnson’s Largest Mural To Date At Brookfield Place

See Brooklyn Artist Rashid Johnson’s Largest Mural To Date At Brookfield Place

Rashid Johnson is a multidisciplinary Brooklyn artist known for incorporating aspects of Black intellectual and cultural identity in his art. In the...

A Guide To Lower Manhattan’s 2021 Light Installations

A Guide To Lower Manhattan’s 2021 Light Installations

Winter’s darkness is much less acute in Lower Manhattan, where you can bask in a whole bunch of colorful, intricate, eye-popping light...

City Of Water Day Returns With Climate Change-Focused Art Show

City Of Water Day Returns With Climate Change-Focused Art Show

Next month marks eight years since Superstorm Sandy, and New Yorkers are still working on preparing for the next storm. The annual City of Water Day...

Liberty Island To Begin First Phase Of Reopening

Liberty Island To Begin First Phase Of Reopening

New Yorkers are being welcomed back to (safely) visit the Statue of Liberty, as the National Parks Service announced a partial reopening of Liberty...

Asiya Wadud’s ‘Echo Exhibit’ Kicks Off LMCC’s River to River Art Festival

Asiya Wadud’s ‘Echo Exhibit’ Kicks Off LMCC’s River to River Art Festival

The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council kicked off this year's annual River to River Festival with Asiya Wadud's "Echo Exhibit," the first of four...

Dog Runs And Recreational Areas Are Open. Here’s What You Need To Know.

Dog Runs And Recreational Areas Are Open. Here’s What You Need To Know.

With the city beyond its Phase 3 reopening, New Yorkers can access dog runs and recreational areas. In Lower Manhattan, that means your furry family...

Battery Park City Teen Films Poignant Short Film On Citi Bike

Battery Park City Teen Films Poignant Short Film On Citi Bike

For New Yorkers staying put in their respective neighborhoods and wondering what the rest of the city looks like beyond their residential borders,...

Colossal Crystals That Can Be Played Like A Theremin: Five Questions With ‘Oscillation’ Designer Ryan Swanson

Colossal Crystals That Can Be Played Like A Theremin: Five Questions With ‘Oscillation’ Designer Ryan Swanson

Colorful, musical art is coming to the neighborhood via "Oscillation," an interactive exhibit created by Brooklyn-based design firm the Urban Conga....