The designations were made with bi-partisan support from congressional, state and local officials, local businesses and other stakeholders and are expected to promote economic growth in the local communities through tourism and outdoor recreation.
In the proto steampunk science fiction novel from 1970, time travel is achieved through just such a kind of perfectly art-directed recreation of a place and moment in time.
The tops are designed to rotate, although trampling through the flowerbeds to touch the art is not sanctioned by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.