Gothamist: Stop the Waterfalls Now, Group Demands

Spiritof76

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:33:50 -0500

$15 million almost literally down the drain.

fastergrace

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:13:57 -0500

They're a waste of money and energy. They're ugly and pointless. Get rid of 'em!

santijose

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:40:24 -0500

Sorry this never worked. Christo Gates it wasn't. NYCity is not a waterfront city.

constructedperfection

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:01:11 -0500

I don't understand how these people didn't consider the dirty mist blowing into the wind before building this? That was my first question. WTF, mate? The east river is digusting...trudging up that bacteria into the air is even more disgusting. Didn't anyone consider that? Not to mention—they're heinous.

eyekantspel

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:56:44 -0500

It's too bad there aren't any trains or buses in this city that would enable you to get around without a car. It's too bad that we are needlessly exposed to crap, masquerading as art, that spews polluted water on our trees, parked cars, and anything else nearby. It's too bad that there are people who lack the ability to tell art from crap, lazily decide that everything is art, and zealously advocate that we should not criticize or remove crap even when it is shown to damage the environment and private property.

babyhitler

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:41:45 -0500

keep them on. fuck you guys.

glennQNYC

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:21:49 -0500

WTF? Turn the damn things off already!

JMH

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:07:00 -0500

"Reporter Sarah Portlock, who has dubbed this whole thing a "tree-bacle," also notes that drivers who park near the falls are returning to find their vehicles coated with oil residue and salt." It's too bad there aren't any trains or buses in this city that would enable you to get around without a car.

soopaman

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:55:56 -0500

These things suck............next

wowthatsucks

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:52:40 -0500

who are these drivers getting their cars ruined? I've seen 3 of the 4 and you can't park near any of them.

Cacheton

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:31:19 -0500

semi-polluted East River What are you, some kind of comedian JDS?

abcohen

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:24:44 -0500

wow did no one think that blowing the water from a heavily polluted river into the air would hurt anything??? wow... I'm going to file for an ART grant called 1 million heaters sitting on a iceberg... I could paint them like penguins... I dont think anyone will mind when there is 4 inches less of the north pole (but dont worry I'll make it a green art project by using Solar Power to run the heaters...)

Toby von Meistersinger

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:04:30 -0500

These things were a waste of money and it looks like it is going to wind up costing the city money. Plus they aren't art. A water feature, yes. Art, no. The Public Art Fund should have put the millions of dollars towards something useful like arts in public schools.

patleeman

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:00:31 -0500

Those waterfalls are completely ugly and probably one of the least artistic things i've seen in this city. They were comparing them to the gates in central park but come on, when you look at them all you see is the mammoth skeleton, and a bit of water trickling out of it. Its an eye-sore. Seriously, how could people get excited about this? If they at least hid the ugly superstructure underneath, then it could have been cool, but it seems like the "artist" half assed it and spent the rest of the budget on coke and hookers. The money should have been spent on nicer parks or something actually useful, how about they "artsy" up the freaking subways with much needed renovations, then at least we have no reason to complain.

RevWaldo

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:29:36 -0500

I never really saw how the waterfalls qualify as "art". They really don't speak "one man's expression of his personal vision" so much as "wouldn't it be cool if New York has some waterfalls?"

MFer

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:20:05 -0500

The law of unintended consequences strikes again. Don't you just love it?

takethecanoli

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:51:00 -0500

drivers who park near the falls are returning to find their vehicles coated with oil residue and salt. It's like a cologne made from the East River! How chic!

GM

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:45:00 -0500

NPR said this morning that the waterfalls were going to be taken down in february.