Zuccotti Park After Dark

Zuccotti Park, formerly known as Liberty Plaza Park, is a 33,000-square-foot public park in Lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center site. It is a privately-owned-public-space controlled by Brookfield Properties. It is located between Broadway, Trinity Place, Liberty Street and Cedar Street. The park's northwest corner is across the street from Four World Trade Center. The park was heavily damaged in the September 11 attacks and subsequent recovery efforts of 2001. Restoration of the park included the installation of "nearly 500 thin, rectangular, in-ground fluorescent lights, specially designed to be water- and air-tight, as well as easily replaceable." Last year, the plaza became the site of the Occupy Wall Street protest camp. During the demonstration, activists occupied the plaza and used it as a staging ground for their protests.  

Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street's Campground

Zuccotti Park, formerly called Liberty Plaza Park, is a privately-owned 33,000-square-foot  publicly accessible park in Lower Manhattan. It is located between Broadway, Trinity Place, Liberty Street and Cedar Street. The park's northwest corner is across the street from Four World Trade Center. It has been popular with local tourists and financial workers. On September 17, 2011, the "Occupy Wall Street" protest began using Zuccotti Park as a campground and staging area. Because Zuccotti Park is not a publicly owned space, it is not subject to ordinary public park curfew. New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said on September 28, 2011, that the NYPD could not bar protesters from Zuccotti Park since it is a public plaza that is required to stay open 24 hours a day. "In building this plaza, there was an agreement it be open 24 hours a day," Kelly said. "The owners have put out regulations [about what's allowed in park]. The owners will have to come in and direct people not to do certain things." A spokesperson for Brookfield Properties, the owner of the park, expressed concern: "Zuccotti Park is intended for the use and enjoyment of the general public for passive recreation. We are extremely concerned with the conditions that have been created by those currently occupying the park and are actively working with the City of New York to address these conditions and restore the park to its intended purpose. Now many visitors to New York City have added another spot to their list of must-sees — the Occupy Wall Street protest. Tourists from around the world have become regular visitors at the plaza in lower Manhattan where protesters have been demonstrating for the past month. Celebrities including pop star Katy Perry and her husband Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin, and Michael Moore have visited Zuccotti Park to show support for the protesters. These images were made on October 22, 2011 as the protests enter its fifth week.

Mark di Suvero’s “Joie de Vivre”

This is MARK DI SUVERO's sculpture called JOIE DE VIVRE, installed in Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park (formerly Liberty Park), a three-quarter-acre park that borders Liberty and Cedar Streets in Lower Manhattan, half a block from the World Trade Center site. The red steel structure is about 70 feet high. It is a series of tetrahedrons that are open at the ends. The soaring structure echoes the tall buildings around it. Across the street is Isamu Noguchi's famous red cube.