Presented by Minetta Brook and the Whitney Museum of American Art
Floating Island, a realization of Robert Smithson's proposal for the New York waterfront, will travel around the island of Manhattan for ten days in September. It will be visible from the shorelines of the Hudson, Harlem and East Rivers.
September 17-25, 2005
Opening Event: Saturday, Spetember 17, 5-7pm Pier 46 at Charles Street.
SPECIAL ALERT!!!
Due to the ban on river traffic above 23rd Street caused by the US Assembly, the island will not be able to travel north of 23rd Street.
NEW SCHEDULE:
Grand Ferry Park
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
11:30am and 12 pm
East River Park
Houston Street and the East River,
Manhattan
11:15 am and 12:15 pm
Brooklyn Bridge Park
DUMBO, Brooklyn
11 am and 12:30 pm
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
10:45 am and 12:45 pm
Pier 16 at South Street
Seaport, Manhattan
10:30 am and 1:00 pm
Battery Park at the Hudson River,
Manhattan
10am and 1:15 pm
Wagner Park at Battery Park City
Manhattan
9:30am and 1:30 – 3:30 pm
For best viewing sites and updated weather info, please visit Minetta Brook, or Whitney Musuem of American Art.