Bridge Over Tree & Watertower 3: R.V. Ingersoll
Brooklyn Bridge Park
John Street & Jay Street
Brooklyn NY
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Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
At Empire Fulton Ferry Lawn, travel along a 91-foot-long walkway with a set of stairs that rise and fall over a single evergreen tree in Bridge Over Tree, by Iranian artist Siah Armajani.
Also admire a rainbow watertower made from roughly one thousand salvaged scraps of acrylic, illuminated by the sun during the day and solar-powered lights at night. Watertower 3: R.V. Ingersoll by Brooklyn artist Tom Fruin, lights up the sky around Pier 5 and is visible from numerous vantage points in and around Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and New York Harbor.
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