The enormous cube at Greenwich Village's Astor Place is set to spin once again by summer after a full restoration of the iconic, interactive sculpture.
amNY Sports email newsletterThe enormous cube at Greenwich Village’s Astor Place is set to spin once again by summer after a full restoration of the iconic, interactive sculpture.
DOT and Rosenthal’s estate will present the plan to the Public Design Commission on Monday, March 20,Generations of New Yorkers and tourists have blissfully rotated the massive cube, which sits precariously on the Astor Place pavement vertex-down, and spins about a pole hidden underneath its base. In 2021, the city received reports that the cube was separating from its base, causing it to tilt and potentially posing a danger of falling over.
To fix those issues, DOT and the Rosenthal estate contracted work out to Versteeg Art Fabricators, which had previously done restoration work on the cube in 2005. Versteeg’s proposal, which needs city approval, relies not on lubrication but instead on a “Teflon washer” installed between the load-bearing plates, which they say will relieve pressure on the plates when the cube is being rotated.
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