Immersive Art Installation Celebrates the Nearing 250th Anniversary of the U.S.
In the spring of 2025, an immersive public art installation will open at Freedom Plaza in Midtown East. The ‘Path of Liberty: That Which Unites US’ exhibit made possible by the Soloviev Foundation, will span six acres from 38th to 41st Street along First Avenue. Filmmaker Daniella Vale captured portraits and interviews of a diverse group of people as she traveled the country, and under her direction, will be displayed on 45 large-scale screens designed by multi-special creative studio C&G Partners. The multi-media installation of photographs, audio stories, documentaries and interactive elements explore America’s founding principles of liberty and equality through personal experiences, highlighting the resilience of the nation’s citizens as it celebrates its 250th anniversary. Freedom Plaza is the Soloviev Group’s proposed mixed-use casino development — one of several other submissions by developers vying for one of the three new casino licenses approved by the New York State Legislature in 2022. Located adjacent to the U.N. Building, the proposed design for the 6.7-acre waterfront site will include a mix of two hotels connected to a below-grade gaming area operated by Mohegan, retail and restaurants, a 4.77-acre public open waterfront space, an in-park Museum of Freedom and Democracy, and much needed affordable housing.