In July and August, Pedro Silva and His son Tony Silva will be working on the
2008 Restoration of the Benches around Grant's Tomb, NYC.
This project has been generously organized and funded by CITYarts
CITYarts', students, and groups of volunteers will work with artist Pedro Silva and his son Tony Silva to restore the Benches around Grant's Tomb. Over months of July, August 2008, teams will replace broken tiles and fit new tiles with cement. CITYarts will also create a brochure that will tell the story of how Pedro Silva, with a small team of artists and over a thousand volunteers built the benches in the summers of 1972, 73, & 74. This brochure will be available to any visitor.
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