Cielo's developer invests in Yorkville beautification.JD Carlisle Development Corp. is changing the face of Yorkville. The company has commissioned Richard Haas
This is the first mural Haas has completed in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. in more than 15 years. "When we saw the graffiti-covered building, we knew we had to step in and help," said Jules Demchick, president of JD Carlisle Development Corp. "We are now not only providing access to art for our residents with Cielo's art concierge and commissioned paintings by Betsy Eby Betsy Eby (b. April 3, 1967 in Seaside, Oregon) is an American encaustic painter currently residing on Vashon Island in Washington State. Life Betsy Eby was born on April 3, 1967 in the small coastal town of Seaside, Oregon. , but we are also giving art to the entire Yorkville community." The building facade Haas created represents the European influences found around New York City, including that of the neighborhood's early German settlers. The whimsical mural features a life-sized Glockenspiel glockenspiel (glŏk`ənspēl) [Ger.,=bell-play], percussion instrument. The medieval glockenspiel was a sort of miniature carillon (see bell), sometimes played mechanically by means of a rotating cylinder with protruding pins. , with each detail mirroring the clocks found in major European cities, including astrological signs and Roman numerals Roman numerals System of representing numbers devised by the ancient Romans. The numbers are formed by combinations of the symbols I, V, X, L, C, D, and M, standing, respectively, for 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, and 1,000 in the Hindu-Arabic numeral system. on the clock face, as well as open-faced gears. Haas took liberties to change the mounted men on the clock to represent New York's police force as a small tribute to the city. Also featured on the mural are gargoyles gargoyles medieval European church waterspouts; made in form of grotesque creatures. [Architecture: NCE, 1046] See : Ugliness that appear to be holding up the building. "When I first saw the building the mural would be painted on, I realized it was in an area that already had a lot of character and history," Haas said. "When I do a mural, I start with the history of the area and try to bring a story to the building by enhancing the existing architecture. If I can bring out more of a story without violating the building's architecture, then that is what I try to do." Haas' mural complements Cielo's one-of-a-kind tribute to the arts, which includes the first art concierge with the city's latest exhibition and event information, a complimentary one-year membership to the Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City, founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. It was an outgrowth of the Whitney Studio (1914–18), the Whitney Studio Club (1918–28), and the Whitney Studio Galleries (1928–30). for residents, artwork of local elementary school elementary school: see school. students adorning the walls in the children's playroom and commissioned paintings by noted artist Betsy Eby in Cielo's lobby. Located in the heart of the family-friendly Yorkville neighborhood and designed by Perkins Eastman Architects PC, Cielo soars 28 stories high and contains studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom luxury residences ranging from 512 to 3,400 s/f. The homes, priced from approximately $700,000 to more than $5 million, will be ready for occupancy in early 2006. |
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