Silverstein gets to core of Big Apple art project.World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein Larry A. Silverstein (born 1932 in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York) is an American billionaire real estate investor and operator and the head of Silverstein Properties, a real estate development group. opened New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's hottest new gallery--the Big Apple Fest Midtown mid·town n. A central portion of a city, between uptown and downtown. midtown Noun US & Canad the centre of a town Orchard--in retail space owned by Silverstein Properties at 529 Fifth Avenue, where the public can watch top artists design four-foot apple sculptures for display around the city. Big Apple Fest Managing Director Jon Clay explained that selected apples will remain on display at the Orchard before they are sold at auction later this year, with proceeds benefiting City Harvest, the Police Athletic League The Police Athletic League (PAL) is an organization in many American police departments in which members of the police force coach young people, both boys and girls, in sports, and help with homework and other school-related activities. and the NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City & Company Foundation. New Yorkers and visitors to the city can stop by the Big Apple Fest Midtown Orchard, a 28,000 square foot space located at Fifth Avenue and 44th Street, daily to watch artists painting fiberglass apple sculptures or creating three-dimensional designs for the inside of clear acrylic apples. "As a lifelong resident of the Big Apple and a lover of the arts, I am pleased to be associated with this wonderful celebration of New York City's enormous civic pride and unparalleled creative energy. I look forward to viewing the spectacular works of art that will be created in this space over the coming months," Mr. Silverstein said. About 300 giant apples will be on display throughout the city from mid-August, in time for the Republican Convention, through mid-October. Once the exhibit begins, the Big Apple Fest Midtown Orchard also will serve as a fine art gallery for apples designed by world renowned artists. Then the apples will be harvested in October, with the finest works sold at auction by Sotheby's. Mr. Silverstein will serve on the fine art committee of the program, overseeing selection and design of these apples. In addition to its donation of retail space for the Big Apple Fest Midtown Orchard, Silverstein Properties joins other top 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. landlords in placing giant apples on the plazas around their buildings. |
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