Cielo's developer invests in Yorkville beautification.JD Carlisle Development Corp. is changing the face of Yorkville. The company has commissioned Richard Haas, one of the world's leading architectural muralists, to design a mural that adds life to the formerly graffiti-covered wall at the building situated across East 83rd Street from JD Carlisle's new residential building, the Cielo. This is the first mural Haas has completed in New York City 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, 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. In the 16th cent. it was given a keyboard., with each detail mirroring the clocks found in major European cities, including astrological signs and Roman numerals numeral, symbol denoting anumber. The symbol is a member of a family of marks, such as letters, figures, or words, which alone or in a group represent the members of a numeration system. The earliest numerals were undoubtedly marks used to make a tally of a count of a number of acts or objects, one mark per object. This would be a unary system. About 3000 B.C. 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 Gargoyle - A language for compiler writing. [J.V. Garwick, CACM 7(1):16-20, (Jan 1964)]. 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). Opened to the public in 1931, the museum actively supports American art through the purchase and exhibition of the work of living artists. for residents, artwork of local elementary 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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