MOMUMENT FOR A CITY OF SHIPS

A monumental sculpture for a waterfront park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, that celebrates the nautical heritage of the neighborhood and the inclusive history and welcoming character of New York City.

Commissoned by T. F. Cornerstone

2025 - 2027 (projected conpletion date)
Greenpoint, Booklyn, NY
Board-form concrete, carbon fiber and stainless steel
65’ x 17’ x 12’

CITY OF SHIPS

City of ships!
(O the black ships! O the fierce ships!
O the beautiful sharp-bow'd steam-ships and sail-ships!)
City of the world! (for all races are here,
All the lands of the earth make contributions here;)
City of the sea! city of hurried and glittering tides!
City whose gleeful tides continually rush or recede, whirling in and out with eddies and foam!
City of wharves and stores—city of tall facades of marble and iron!
Proud and passionate city—mettlesome, mad, extravagant city!

Exerpt from the poem “City of Ships”
Walt Whitman
1819–1892