An hour southeast of Manhattan, Jones Beach, a once - swampy strip of barrier island raised 10 feet by
urban planner Robert Moses in the»20s, took a terrible beating.
Special thanks to the Association for Public Art Board of Trustees, staff, and members; Martin Puryear, Jeanne Englert, and his Studio; Matthew Marks Gallery; Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Keats Myer, Tom Reidy, and Julia Friedman, Madison Square Park Conservancy; Aparna Palentino, Barry Bessler, and Gerald McFeely, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation; Creative Philadelphia; Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Print Center; Deidra McClintock, Diversified Lighting Associates; Mark Gisi, David Wolf, John Feuerstein, and Brian Huddleston, Eastern Standard; Sharon Erwin; Sharon McCullough, Expert Events; Doug Gordon; Aaron Igler and Matthew Suib, Greenhouse Media;
Robert Glick, Kelly / Maiello Architects and
Planners; Bill Montesi and Angelo Mariano, Mariano Brothers Specialty Moving; Thomas Friese, Linda Douthwaite, and Matthew Kensil, Pennoni; Tatti Art Conservation; Thornton Tomasetti; Liz Ruff,
Urban Sign; and Alisa Vignalo.
New York based artist Lena Henke discusses her fascination with
urban planning and design, and in particular the notorious city
planner Robert Moses, who took a «meat axe» to the New York as though it were a sculpture of his own.