The New York City Waterfalls

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An installation art project debuted in late June that has turned New York City’s historical harbor into a waterfall attraction for tourists, as four giant waterfall cascades have been installed there.

The art piece was created by Danish-Islander artist Olafur Eliasson, who had worked on the project for about two years.

Eliasson said that the project, which is called New York City Waterfalls, is about people having to reconsider their relationship with nature and with space.

The waterfalls, which are between 90 and 120 feet high, are installed on the East River and the New York Harbor. The way they work is that water is pumped on a gigantic tray that is placed on top of each waterfall, from where it falls back in the river.

(Measures prevent fish and birds from being caught and killed by the pumps and the same mechanism assures that people won’t see any random garbage disturbing the view as it falls together with water from the trays above the scaffolds.)

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