News Archive

8.7.07
Flickr set uploaded

7.31.07
Opening launch event scheduled for Oct 27, 2007

7.30.07
Site tour provides construction update and narrows launch possibilities to two
locations: 5th Street-end and dock near Northwest corner of Basin, owned by
Plaxall.

7.28.07
Frame of organic-contour floating platform complete

7.22.07
Large and medium branches composed and integrated with trunk

7.18.07
Project website launched

7.4.07
Sculptural metal "bark" molded and textured

6.21.07
Structural frame of tree complete

6.6.07
Construction of full-scale tree begins

1.10.07
Wire-frame model complete

10.10.06
Opening of Going Public exhibition at Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia
Place, New York.  Presentation board for A Tree for Anable Basin on display
through end of the year.

9.14.06
Amorphic Robot Works hosts Open Studio to celebrate completion of
Totemobile

5.24.06
Meeting and presentation with Councilman Eric Gioia's office

4.26.06
Presentation of scale model to Community Board 2

10.6.05
Opening reception at the Municipal Art Society, 457 Madison Avenue,
New York, of the exhibition Public Art in Context: Entries to the Long Island
City Grounded Competition

9.25.05
CAD drawings of floating platform complete

4.20.05
A Tree for Anable Basin awarded 1st place from award jury and receives
$7,500 grant from Place in History

3.1.05
Design proposal submitted to Place in History for Long Island City Grounded
competition


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