The Vessel
Aspects of New York
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"There’s power in naming, so let’s call Vessel what it is—it is architecture. It fulfills the most basic criteria for the category: The piece serves a purpose and acts as an apparatus for the reorientation of the body in relationship to both the ground and the city." – A Wachs
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Author
Auth / Thomas Heatherwick
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"Spectacularly laid out in real space." – JRI
"A new kind of public landmark." – Related Companies
"A stairway to nowhere." – NYT
"A device." – T Heatherwick
August 10th, 2021
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Reads
bis / Grand Suicide Afforded
Ref / Article - 2016 - What do New Yorkers get when privately-funded public art goes big? - Audery Wachs
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