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Waterfalls art project transforms East River

The East River has for years been indelibly linked to tales of mob misdoings and other shadowy deeds, but when Danish artist Olafur Eliasson looked into its murky waters he saw only beauty and possibility.

And now after months of anticipation, his vision of creating four mighty waterfalls along its banks has been realized and the towering structures will together pump out 35,000 gallons of...

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