Alamo, also known as the Astor Place Cube or simply The Cube, is an outdoor sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, located on Astor Place, in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is a black cube, 8 feet (2.4 m) long on each side, mounted on a corner. The cube is made of Cor-Ten steel and weighs about 1,800 pounds (820 kg). The ...

2023年9月13日 · A floating, translucent marble cube, it nestles at the foot of One World Trade Center, just eight stories high, a runt in a herd of mega-tall commercial skyscrapers but impossible to miss. The...

2023年9月19日 · The luminous cube-shaped building was designed by the architecture firm REX, led by Joshua Ramus, to become one of New York City’s cultural keystones and the final piece in the 2023 Master...

2017年11月2日 · But Astor Place’s cube was the first and best known; it also bears the distinction of being the first permanent contemporary outdoor sculpture installed in New York City.

2023年9月14日 · The Perelman Performing Arts Center now stands as a glowing beacon in New York. The cubed building is shrouded in a gridded facade of veined marble, which rises 138 feet and seems...

The Alamo, commonly known as the Cube on Astor Place, is a renowned steel sculpture in NYC’s East Village, at the intersection of 8th Street and Astor Place.

2023年9月18日 · In lower Manhattan, a long-mysterious construction, which emerged slowly amid One World Trade, the Oculus, and the 9/11 Memorial—“the final piece of the puzzle” in the complex, its benefactor Mike...

2024年9月20日 · Red Cube is a gigantic monumental sculpture by the American landscape architect and artist Isamu Noguchi, located out in Lower Manhattan. The minimalist masterpiece combines architecture and art, creating a fascinating monochromatic cube that balances nimbly on one of its corners.

2019年9月24日 · Visitors descend under the light-flooded glass cube, down a new circular lift and spectacular stainless-steel staircase. Each element from the elevator drum to the stair treads is made with...

Sponsored by the New York City Administration of Recreation and Cultural Affairs, it is most often referred to as the “Astor Place Cube” due to the Monumental 15′ Rotating Black Steel Cube poised on its tip. “Alamo was the first permanent contemporary outdoor sculpture installed in the City of New York.