Button and Needle Sculpture – Pop Art Engineering
NYC’s iconic Button and Needle Sculpture received a Pop Art upgrade! Sitting on the corner of 39th Street and 7th Avenue, the new 28-foot-tall structure is comprised of a 15-foot diameter aluminum button and 32-foot brushed stainless-steel needle supported by three stainless steel pipe “threads”.
Replacing the previous Button kiosk structure, the redesign also serves to improve sight lines and enhance pedestrian flow at the plaza intersection. Developed by the Garment District Alliance and NYC Department of Transportation, the project’s design development and fabrication teams were led by UAP (Urban Art Projects) and included Technical Artistry Inc on lighting and Theta Consulting and McLaren Engineering Group on engineering.