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Public Art Tour of Lower Manhattan

Did you know that some of NYC’s most iconic art is on view every day for free in our public spaces?

Learn more about the art and sculptures you pass by daily and discover hidden gems you never noticed before—fascinating art, archeology and urban history focusing on the presence yet invisibility of an active African American community in Lower Manhattan in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Visit the commissioned public art for the U.S. Federal Building with major public artworks by Tomie Arai, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Houston Conwill and Frank Bender; walk through the African Burial Ground site memorial and tour its interpretive center; view the monumental Foley Square plaza fountain by Lorenzo Pace and dedicated to his African ancestors.

This tour ends at approximately 1:30pm.











When: Wed., Oct. 14, 2015 at 11:00 am
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $35
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Did you know that some of NYC’s most iconic art is on view every day for free in our public spaces?

Learn more about the art and sculptures you pass by daily and discover hidden gems you never noticed before—fascinating art, archeology and urban history focusing on the presence yet invisibility of an active African American community in Lower Manhattan in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Visit the commissioned public art for the U.S. Federal Building with major public artworks by Tomie Arai, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Houston Conwill and Frank Bender; walk through the African Burial Ground site memorial and tour its interpretive center; view the monumental Foley Square plaza fountain by Lorenzo Pace and dedicated to his African ancestors.

This tour ends at approximately 1:30pm.

Buy tickets/get more info now