![Agnes Denes, Wheatfield – A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan – Aerial View, 1982, Courtesy Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/eea811e6ce4f8c53e6dea09fd2218e6f/elements/8c63523d79368528ed1fb2284fa9f44c/xl/b21d2b85-1d4f-4a38-8973-11d489ccade8_2x.jpg)
![[Battery Park City landfill, Lower Manhattan:] Before planting](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/3babb0e807294a33289023921c5675b8/elements/6a5132d658f50e9db84eb77839718a31/xl/2c470981-aa35-45c4-ac19-faf9d0507b80_2x.jpg)
![Green wheat](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/85e9034a91993f80fd3aa81349eb7d16/elements/008d85b46659dbe4ab8855af6b01285a/xl/63aad987-848c-4081-a1d3-a4ad54d86874_2x.jpg)
![Green wheat turning](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/0abe6399edd2ff5d1e342ddc65f547bd/elements/ae5d85b3e9f1cd4417f4687c0bdf2dab/xl/ca9b5f5c-cce3-46bc-9915-be1749b50351_2x.jpg)
![With New York's financial center](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/07485acf572f7f5e4f2b31db32bb61ac/elements/082125428c437517b316664031696276/xl/021752b0-5ae9-485b-9dfa-55ff8eb01407_2x.jpg)
![Blue sky, World Trade Center](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/2c5d0e6ab9f02509ffed927281063d74/elements/653ec98501da12cc53ec9dde70143170/xl/6a595501-2ce2-4852-84fd-f90233ef359a_2x.jpg)
![With the Statue of Liberty across the Hudson](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/c2e1b6b445264b6f8c27e88fde9d302c/elements/147078e7ded610b11dde9dfa8849f51f/xl/0db73143-25db-4e82-b8e1-360c87158e0d_2x.jpg)
![Golden wheat (close-up)](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/180607f0c19beebebab18e80f89de0f4/elements/8bf20033db1445bdde31956376af95c2/xl/3374c39a-1879-4eef-93e7-2a5c03f15167_2x.jpg)
![The harvest](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/110e8a29fd60be06c4b76d8b05cdadd5/elements/9dda66314763f3620fc2a7d5e0dc864c/xl/44bc3e08-3fe4-4abd-91fc-30b481653c82_2x.jpg)
![Harvest with sailboat](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/80a7d68feaab4f7956de19b0190d0b98/elements/a211e7d9935ec50fc0e0da2309b6e0d9/xl/178a901d-49cd-40d6-b62a-aba5fd690f6f_2x.jpg)
![Aerial view](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/e592a77eeee4e6ce3a0daafa4c0a2d29/elements/a9490fd1103758c49c8cae719f132269/xl/8e130dcb-597a-4785-832c-d2df53ee9382_2x.jpg)
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Wheatfield - A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Lower Manhattan was an interesting public art project in 1982 by author and artist Agnes Denes in which a large wheat field was planted on the the Battery Park landfill. The land was created using dirt excavated during the construction of the World Trade Center, and would later become what we now know as the modern neighborhood of Battery Park City.
via r/OldSchoolCool
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