Surrounding 85 Broad Street in downtown Manhattan is a very cool piece of artwork inspired by "The Plan of the City of New York in North America,” the 1767 map created by British military officer Bernard Ratzer from 1766 to 1767. The map, designed by FXCollaborative, made by Jessup Manufacturing Company, and printed by National Marker, is made of a proprietary material called Asphalt Art, and covers 32,000 square feet, according to Untapped Cities. Notable highlights on the map include Stadt Huys (the first City Hall in Manhattan) and Lovelace Tavern, the architectural remnants of which have been preserved and are visible through a glass covering nearby. You can take a walk around old New York (without a time machine) through the fall.
Eureka
Artist Brian Tolle’s Eureka pays homage to Dutch history in New York City. The forty-foot-high sculpture in Federal Hall in downtown New York is reminiscent of the gabled “canal houses” of 18th century New York prevalent after forty years of Dutch rule. Instead of showing the façade of a canal house itself, the sculpture is meant to evoke the façade’s wavy reflection in a flowing waterway. As the exhibition description explains: "Its display in Federal Hall is intended to evoke a reflecting hall of mirrors that suggests this site’s architectural and political history." The sculpture is on display through September 8, 2018, and visitors can also admire and learn about the history of Federal Hall, where the Bill of Rights was enacted and George Washington was sworn in as our nation's first president.