the new york city waterfalls

Olafur Eliasson’s ambitious public art extravaganza ‘The New York City Waterfalls’ began yesterday, and it’s every bit as breathtaking as I’d imagined.

Four metal structures pump river water some 30 meters (90 feet) into the air, where it falls freely in liquid curtains 10 to 20 meters (30 to 60 feet) wide.

“It’s about time and experiencing space,” Eliasson, 41, said of his creation.

“Water has great potential to be both physical and very elusive, it can be many different things for many different people,” he told AFP.

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