Design
A Miniature Redwood Forest Grows in Brooklyn
A new installation recreates a section of Humboldt County, California, at a 1:100 scale.
MetroTech Commons in the middle of downtown Brooklyn is an unlikely site for a redwood forest. Gray buildings rise tall above the busy pedestrian square; on the nearby streets, buses wheeze and car horns sound. People move quickly on their way to and from the subway; some gather for lunch in the Commons, but few take in their surroundings.
But if they were to look toward the eastern side of the plaza, they’d see a miniature slice of California taking root in a triangular patch of lawn. Spencer Finch: Lost Man Creek, a 4,500-square-foot installation set to open October 1, brings a 790-acre section of the Redwood National Park to downtown Brooklyn, but at a 1:100 scale.