A towering sculpture that has graced Battery Park City’s waterfront for nearly four decades is being ripped down to make way for the ritzy nabe’s controversial resiliency plan — and the artist who built the beloved work is distraught over its loss.
Crews on Wednesday began demolishing “Upper Room” by artist Ned Smyth — previously appraised by the Battery Park City Authority at $1.5 million — to access the ground beneath that will soon become a tidal gate.
It is the only one of the BPCA’s 20 art installations that will be destroyed to make way for the North/West Battery Park City Resiliency (NWBPCR) project.
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