
Earth Room: 280,000 lbs of Dirt in NYC + Walter De Maria
Explore Walter De Maria's Earth Room in NYC, a Soho loft filled with 280,000 pounds of dirt. Discover the caretaker's story & the Land Art movement.
Explore Walter De Maria's Earth Room in NYC, a Soho loft filled with 280,000 pounds of dirt. Discover the caretaker's story & the Land Art movement.
Added to CHL’s expanding eco-focused Urban Naturalist series, our journey began with passage through Buttermilk Channel, the tidal strait between Brooklyn and reborn, multi-use Governors Island which dairy farmers once boated across to sell their milk in Manhattan markets.
The enigmatic plaque has left new residents feeling slightly uneasy, drawn the attention of curious ghost hunters, and even resulted in the building being listed as one of the city’s most haunted locations by Gothenburg’s official tourism board.