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Times Square structures a talker
Photo credit: Marie Calfopoulos | From left, Kayla Shanley, 11, of West Islip; Meryl Cohen, of Monroe Township, N.J.; Minda Chernik, of Monroe Township, N.J.; and Claire Shanley, also of West Islip; "meet" in one of the Meeting Bowls, an temporary installation by a Spain-based artists collaborative that will be in Times Square until Sept. 16. (Aug. 28, 2011)
Three rocking orb-like structures, each with enough room within them to seat eight people, have been a strange sight in Times Square.
Strange enough to get people talking -- which is exactly what designers of the Meeting Bowls installation intended.
"They are places for meeting and getting to know people, places for group discussion that promote a sense of community in a large city,"...
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