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For her first public commission in the United States, Tatiana Trouvé (b. 1968, Cosenza, Italy) has made a work that responds to Central Park. She came to see the miles of pedestrian paths that traverse its landscape as similar to the arteries of a living being. There’s no singular way to walk through the park, but rather a multitude of possible routes that may be followed according to our own desires.
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Just in time for Spring, Olaf Breuning’s installation, Clouds arrived in Central Park on March 4th. The six Bright Blue Clouds tower nearly 35 feet above the plaza at the intersection of 5th Avenue and 60th Street just on the border of the Park. Held aloft among the trees by rudimentary steel supports, the Clouds are made of polished and painted aluminum and were cut to match a hand drawing by the artist.
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The highlight of today’s Bastille Day on 60th Street Fair was a stop at the booth sponsored by high-end pastry shop chain, Financier Patisserie. We were blown away when we tasted their delicious Raspberry Tartlettes, which are baked on a rich buttery-sugary tart pastry, filled with a pistachio pastry cream (including scattered, tiny bits of pistachio nuts) and then densely topped with the freshest, juiciest raspberries imaginable.
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