Meatpacking District Construction Site Art: "Crystalline Time"

There's a new light projection public art at a construction site in the Meatpacking District across from the Standard Hotel. "Crystalline Time" is a 15-foot tall artwork featuring blue and purple trapezoids stretching more than 100 feet across the façade of 837 Washington Street, a future retail and office building near the High Line. The light projection art is created by Chris Jordan and the marketing agency DBOX. It was selected by developers Thor Equities and Taconic Investment Partners.

(Belvedere)RED Night Lights, an Interactive Art Experience and Outdoor Nightclub at Gansevoort Plaza to Support World AIDS Day

Last night, Belevedere Vodka transformed the Meatpacking District's Gansevoort Plaza into an interactive art experience and outdoor nightclub in support of (RED) and World AIDS Day. The event featured a live, spectacular light show that illuminated the area in red, 20 foot white neon trees and a one-night-only DJ performance from electrofunk DJ duo Chromeo.

BELVEDERE (RED) Night Lights, was set up by Belvedere Vodka to help raise awareness around the beginning of the end of AIDS – meaning the virtual elimination of the HIV virus from mothers to their babies and the first AIDS-free generation born by 2015. During the event a 250 liter (BELVEDERE)RED bottle whose red metallic design was also unveiled. Belvedere’s iconic white trees will remain lit in Gansevoort Square until 1st December 2012 (World AIDS Day).

MEATPACKING DISTRICT the quintessential 24-hour neighborhood

From meatpacking-district.com

In 1884 the city of New York parted 2 acres of land to establish a bustling outdoor market called the Gansevoort Market, named after General Peter Gansevoort. In 1949 the Gansevoort Meat Center opened. Today, the Meatpacking District is a 20 square block, 24-hour neighborhood on the Westside of Manhattan, located between 15th and Horatio Streets, West of and including Hudson Street. Alongside the meatpacking plants, fashion designers, graphic designers, writers, architects, artists and photographers have created a destination for design, architecture, fashion, salons, fitness centers and luxury boutiques. Over 50 restaurants and nightlife clubs create that "up-all-night" vibe about the neighborhood.