<![CDATA[Gizmodo: waterfalls]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: waterfalls]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/waterfalls http://gizmodo.com/tag/waterfalls <![CDATA[Video of the NYC Waterfalls in Action]]> Yesterday, I showed you the first photos of the new NYC waterfalls in action, taken during a test run. This morning, a grey and muggy NYC morning, they were turned on officially. Here's a close-up video taken of the waterfall under the Brooklyn Bridge from Fulton Landing in Brooklyn. I can't wait to see it at night all lit up from the Manhattan Bridge. [Gothamist]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5019853&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[NYC Installing Gigantic 120-Foot Waterfalls Under the Brooklyn Bridge, in the East River]]> While this image of a gigantic waterfall cascading down from beneath the Brooklyn Bridge looks like some wacky photoshop, it's actually something that's being installed this summer. A new art project will have four waterfall sculptures installed in New York City from mid-July to mid-October, spewing water from heights of 90 to 120 feet, or about as high as the Statue of Liberty.

waterfall2.jpgThe installations will cost about $15 million to put in place, but they're expected to bring in over $55 million in tourist revenue. Because hey, nothing says "road trip" like going to see a freestanding waterfall in the middle of the East River. Which is where all of the waterfalls will be: one in the river under the Brooklyn Bridge, the other three just freestanding scaffolds in the middle of the river. Personally, I'm pretty excited about this as I see the Brooklyn Bridge every day as my train goes over the Manhattan Bridge and I'm always on the lookout for things to stare at so I can avoid eye contact with other people. Here's to ambitious public art installations actually being funded and created! [Yahoo News via Spulch]

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