Whitehall Crossing
Whitehall Ferry Terminal
Granite
2005
New York, NY
Commissioned by the New York City Department of Transportation
Whitehall Crossing is a series of twenty-eight granite benches divided into three serpentine rows in the waiting lobby of the Manhattan side of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.
Inspired by the flow of people moving through the terminal, the installation reflects the shape and function of the dugout canoes used by Native Americans in the early crossings. The rounded benches and the travelers resting on them, ‘float’ over a water-themed terrazzo floor. As a functional art piece, Whitehall Crossing is often invisible to the ferry goer who, through sitting on the sculpture, engages with and thus become a part of the artwork.