My walks to art installations took me to Gansevoort Plaza to see Bombora House, the colored-glass piece by Brooklyn-based sculptor Tom Fruin made possible through the NYC Department of Transportation’s Public Art Program. It’s a large illuminated, stained glass-like house surrounded by smaller house-shaped sculptures.

“Bombora refers to a large wave with its own frequency. Surfers will wait for the bombora to roll in. It’s a large wave at the end of a set of waves, same rhythm, different frequency or same frequency, different rhythm. It brings the fish in!”  explained neighborhood resident and artist Melinda Brown in the art’s promotion.

Fruin’s Bombora House represents the wave of cultural and architectural evolution that’s is rolling through the Meatpacking District. According to the plaque, the small house-like structures are meant to also convey feelings of hope, joy and stability.

That write-up also said that by sending a text message to 347-328-2636 I would receive more information about the sculpture along with things to do in the Meatpacking District and that the sculpture will light up! I held my camera ready to chronicle that. Nothing happened, no lights, no message. Nothing. (I did try it again when I penned this piece and it’s now working.)

Where: Gansevoort Plaza, 38 Gansevoort St, Meat Packing District, NYC

When: Through April 2021