Poetry Mural Honors Spirit of New York City in TF Cornerstone’s Luxury Residential Project
February 23, 2021
By Osman Can Yerebakan
Sweeping waves in the mural reflect the city s surrounding bodies of water. Poets pictured include Ana Bozicevic, Stephanie Berger (CEO Poetry Society of NY), and Alina Gregorian. Photography courtesy of TF Cornerstone.
“Poetic” is a common attribution in architecture, especially when describing the interplay of light and shadow in a space. New York-based developers TF Cornerstone, however, opted to adapt poetry’s metaphorical conversation with buildings into a literal form. The firm’s new Hell’s Kitchen luxury residential complex, The Max at 606 W 57th Street, features installations by artists working in wood, paper and photography, but poetry in its literal form blankets a 368-foot hand-painted mural in an outdoor courtyard. “While we are certainly no stranger to commissioning art in former projects, this is the first hand-painted