Archive for December 12th, 2007
Preserve the NYC Mosaic Trail
The East Village has about 70 mosaics created by Jim Power to define the area as an art colony. Now some need restoration.
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When Jim Power created his first mosaic on a lamppost on Astor Pace in 1987, a concrete band shell still stood inside Tompkins Square Park, admission to the CBGB club cost $5, and about the same amount could buy a night’s lodging in the Bowery.
Plenty in the East Village has changed in 20 years, and, some say, that is one good reason the dozens of pieces of public art created in the neighborhood by Mr. Power ought to be preserved.
Click here to read the complete story in The New York Times.
More About the Trail
Here’s website promoting a campaign to complete the Mosaic Trail. The site includes more images plus a map locating several mosaics in the East Village.
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