Back in September 2009, when architects and engineers from
Gramazio & Kohler started laying bricks for a new public sculpture using a semi-automated
mechanical robot arm, the resulting porous
double helix-shaped wall was only supposed to stay in place at Pike Street and Division Street until the beginning of this month. And yet, here we are approaching late-January and the
Pike Loop is still there, which prompted bloggers at
Bowery Boogie to drop a line to the Department of Transportation and the Storefront for Art and Architecture, which oversaw the project, who confirmed that due to overwhelmingly positive feedback from local residents, the structure will remain in place through the end of 2010, which proves that
even in New York, public opinion does play some role in determining the staying power of street art. (
Curbed)
(photo: Archidose)
