Socrates Sculpture Park

The Socrates Sculpture Park is a sculpture garden built on the site of a former landfill in NYC. Sculptor Mark di Suvero founded the park in the 1980s as a way to engage his local community with art. The park is a mainstay of its Queens neighborhood as it incorporates a public park and sculpture gallery in one. The majority of work on display in the park was commissioned exclusively for display in the park -- and they were even built on site. The garden does not have a permanent collection. Here are some of the "must see" items at Socrates Sculpture Park. Broadway Billboard: ‘To The Avengers of the New World’ Las Palabras son Muros [Pavilion for Astoria] The Gardens