Waterfalls
Jun 21 2008, AP

If they pay attention to it at all, many people view the water off Manhattan’s East Side as a flat, even boring expanse stretching under a series of bridges.Not this summer.When the spigots are turned on this Thursday, four mammoth waterfalls will...

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In this artist rendering provided by The Public Art Fund/Olafur Eliasson, “The New York City Waterfalls” is shown. The falls, created by artist Olafur Eliasson who is known for using technology to create indoor weather systems that incorporate...