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Tightrope Walker

Tightrope Walker is an outdoor bronze sculpture by Dutch artist Kees Verkade, installed on Columbia University's Revson Plaza in , New York City, in 1979.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: sculpture in Manhattan, New York, U.S.
  • Also known as: “Tight Rope Walker”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Paul’s Chapel and Three Way Piece No. 1: Points.

Church
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Paul's Chapel, on the campus of Columbia University in , , is an Episcopal church built in 1903–07 and designed by I.

Work of art
Photo: Another Believer, Public domain.
is a work of art.

Library
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is located on the campus of Columbia University at 535 West 114th Street, in , . It is the university's largest single library with over 2 million volumes, as well as one of the largest buildings on the campus. is situated 820 feet southwest of Tightrope Walker.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morningside Heights and Manhattan Valley.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the West Side of in . It is bounded by Morningside Drive to the east, 125th Street to the north, 110th Street to the south, and Riverside Drive to the west.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the northern part of the of in . It is bounded by West 110th Street to the north, Central Park West to the east, West 96th Street to the south, and Broadway to the west.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
Upper is a large, relatively under-visited area that ranges from 125th Street to Inwood Hill Park on the west and from 96th Street northward on the east.

Tightrope Walker

Latitude
40.80754° or 40° 48′ 27″ north
Longitude
-73.96067° or 73° 57′ 38″ west
Inception
1979
Open location code
87G8R25Q+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9484120671
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q27919862
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Highlights include Law Library Overhead Park and Revson Plaza.

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