We’ve been wondering what this curious roller coaster-like structure is, sitting along the East River just under the Queensboro bridge. Turns out it’s an abandoned art installation by Alice Aycock, itself sitting atop an abandoned waste transfer station. Here’s what the installation, called the “East River Roundabout” looked like in its full glory: This image (and following three) via Alice Aycock website East River Roundup was constructed in 1994. Aycock’s commission was to transform the unused sanitation facility into a public plaza. The president of the East River Conservancy penned a letter to the editor of The New York Times calling it a” Cinderella-like transformation.” The same letter mentioned that the sculpture was still awaiting a $125,000 endowment to “maintain the art work in perpetuity.” It seems pretty clear that has not happened, although according to Department of Parks website, the sculpture is managed by the Municipal Art Society’s Adopt-a-Monument Program. The Department of Parks website still lists… Read More