Just to get it out of the way, there’s no organization called “Hike New York”, but there are 44 pairs of 24″ diameter signs placed along designated routes in Astoria, and also reaching into the landmarked Sunnyside Gardens Historic District.
Working with the cooperation of NYC’s Public Art Fund and the Department of Transportation, in 1994 artist Richard Deon conceptualized a five-mile routs zigzagging through the neighborhoods, highlighting artistic venues such as the Isamu Noguchi Museum, MoMA PS1, Museum of the Moving Image and others, some of which are no longer there. Maps of the route have been distributed in the past and a sample can be seen on Deon’s website (I wish the map were more carefully rendered, as it seems a bit confusing.)
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