For the next two years, as Damrosch Park disappears behind construction fencing, something else will rise in its place — not a rendering of what’s to come, but a portrait of who is already here.
The fencing around the construction site at Lincoln Center West will be replaced in mid-April by a 6,000-square-foot mural. Photo: Phil O’Brien
Stretching across 6,000 square feet of green hoardings along Amsterdam Avenue and W62nd Street, a new mural by artists Vanesa Álvarez and Derval Fairweather will turn the perimeter of Lincoln Center’s West Initiative into a canvas shaped by the neighborhood itself. The work, titled The Future We Create, draws directly from a series of workshops with residents — children, parents and longtime neighbors whose ideas, drawings and stories have been folded into the final design.
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Publisher & Editor Phil O’Brien is an entrepreneur and journalist. As an international photojournalist, he photographed Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Princess Diana and many others. He built a successful international sports photography agency, EMPICS, that was Getty Images’ major competitor in Europe when it sold. He founded a children’s charity in the UK that has helped young people through sport for over 15 years. Phil has lived in New York since 2012. He founded W42ST in 2014.