5 in 1 | |
Artist: | Tony Rosenthal |
Type: | Sculpture |
Material: | CorTen steel |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Imperial Unit: | in |
City: | New York City |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 13 |
Coordinates: | 40.7127°N -74.0029°W |
5 in 1 is a 35adj=midNaNadj=mid, 75000lb painted CorTen steel sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, installed at 1 Police Plaza in Lower Manhattan, New York.[1] [2] Commissioned by the government of New York City in 1971 at a cost of $80,000, it was created between 1973 and 1974, and installed on the brick paved pedestrian mall of 1 Police Plaza.[3]
Rosenthal titled "5 in 1" as a metaphor for each of New York City's five boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. He created the 35x sculpture with five interlocking discs representing each of the boroughs.[4] Each of the five interlocking discs weighs . At the time of its installation in 1974, "5 in 1" was the largest metal public art sculpture installed in New York City.[3]