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NYC Parks to install "Public Address" at Lieutenant Petrosino Square; opening event set for Oct. 18
Summary
NYC Parks and partner agencies plan a temporary public-art exhibition by Alex Strada at Lieutenant Petrosino Square in mid-October, featuring ten works drawn from logbook entries produced during the artist's residency with the Department of Homeless Services. The committee discussed materials, maintenance and neighborhood outreach.
Community Board 2’s Parks & Waterfront Committee heard on Sept. 2025 that NYC Parks will host a temporary public-art installation, "Public Address" by artist Alex Strada, at Lieutenant Petrosino Square starting in mid-October with an opening event planned for Oct. 18 and an exhibition run through February.
The project grew out of Strada’s Public Artist in Residence (PAIR) placement with the Department of Homeless Services that began in 2022. "She spoke with over 500 people living and working in the shelters to write log entries," Elizabeth Masella, senior public art coordinator at NYC Parks, told the committee, and the finished works combine those entries with imagery to “debunk harmful stereotypes and…
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