Stephen Ross calls it “my baby.” For the moment, it’s known as the Vessel—or, officially, as Vessel. (Ross longs for the public to give it an affectionate nickname.) One can think of it as a compressed extension of the High Line, or as the site of a perpetual evacuation drill; it’s a proposed future venue for downhill mountain-bike races. Starting sometime next year, it will be open to the public, via free, timed-entry tickets. Ross’s evident delight in the piece—even as some of his associates wonder about its size and purpose, and its cost, which exceeds a hundred and fifty million dollars—derives partly from his confidence that, in time, it will become “the icon for New York,” just as the Eiffel Tower is for Paris. The Vessel is about as wide as it is tall, and will fit nicely into an Instagram photograph.
Tag: 02.19.18
A Competition For Women And Nonbinary Composers Has Its First Winners
The judges, all composers, selected three out of a field of 140 entries in the Hildegard Competition, which comes with a cash prize and mentorship. Paola Paolini, a composer and co-founder of National Sawdust, the sponsor of the prize, said, “The future of composition is bright and the need for opportunity, vast.”
When You Write For Children, Don’t Let Injustice Win
Unless you want a lot of depressed, traumatized kids. True, their lives might already be traumatic – but the books don’t have to be, says award-winning author Jackie French, whose books for adults contain more unresolved and unjust plot points.