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Spencer Finch, The River That Flows Both Ways

Spencer Finch, The River That Flows Both Ways

High Line
Between Gansevoort and West 20th Streets
(four access points)
New York, NY  10011
Tel: (212) 500-6035
Fax: (212) 206-9118
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The park closes at 8 pm in the winter months. Check www.thehighline.org for the latest update.
The title of this artwork—the High Line's inaugural installation—comes from the original Native American word for the Hudson River, Muhheakantuck. This work is located on the High Line in the semi-enclosed former loading dock between 15th and 16th Streets, where the High Line passes through the Chelsea Market building. Finch transforms the site's existing casement windows with 700 individually crafted panes of glass representing the water conditions on the Hudson River over a single day. To create the project, Finch photographed the Hudson River 700 times from the deck of a boat and then carefully matched each unique image to a pane of glass.
  • Directions: L, A, C or E to 14th Street and Eighth Avenue
    C or E to 23rd Street and Eighth Avenue
    1, 2 or 3 to 14th Street and Seventh Avenue
    Southernmost entry at Gansevoort and Washington Streets; northernmost at West 20th Street and Tenth Avenue.

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High Line

The High Line is a public park built on an historic railroad viaduct elevated above the streets on the West Side of Manhattan.
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