Artist Paul Ramírez Jonas has created a work of art that encompasses all of New York City over several months, and Times Square is where it starts. I never thought I would make a trip to Times Square voluntarily, but on a sweltering late June afternoon I found myself waiting in line with a friend to get my “Key to the City”.

As described by CREATIVETIME, the public art organization that commissioned the piece called Key to the City, “One to one, one at a time, all of the time, thousands of keys will be bestowed by thousands of people on thousands of citizens for thousands of reasons that deserve to be recognized.” …read more