Water, Water Everywhere: Olafur Eliasson Will Add Waterfalls to East River

Last month, we told you about “The River that Flows Both Ways,” a Hudson River-themed public art project by Spencer Finch that will inaugurate New York’s High Line Park this fall. Not to be outdone by its westside fluvial rival, the East River is getting its own water-themed art project. Three words: Olafur Eliasson waterfalls.

This summer, the Danish/Icelandic artist will install a series of freestanding waterfalls in New York’s East River. The project, funded by the Public Art Fund, will be announced tomorrow by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a press conference at the South Street Seaport.

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