Travelling between Harlem and Pelham, the Pelham line weaves over and under riverbeds of the Harlem River, Bronx River, Westchester Creek, Hutchinson River and Pelham Bay watersheds. The eight large-scale stainless steel artwork panels titled “Cross-Bronx Waterway,” fabricated by Art Metal Industries, are representative of the journey. The gossamer-like ribbon works of steel evoke the rippling flow of the underside of the river’s surface, as might be seen from within the water. Embedded within the flowing and transparent upturned river surfaces are a variety of buoyant vessels and species--fish and egret, blue and horseshoe crabs, tires, bottles, a sailboat, rowboat, and kayaks--that characterize the Bronx’s riparian heritage and transformations. Through Cross-Bronx Waterway, the artists seek to provide a view to the neighborhood below and bring surprise moments and social and cultural interactions to the people of the borough, engaged on journeys of their own. 

Amanda Schachter is co-principal of SLO Architecture, based in New York City and a licensed architect in New York and Spain. Together with Alexander Levi, they have received numerous awards for their public work including the 2013 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, a 2014 AIA Design Award, and the 2015 Mojdeh Baratloo Urban Urge Award. In their mission to bring vitality, connectivity, and sustainability to public space, SLO Architecture has worked with many city agencies and non-profits, including NYC Department of Parks, NYC Department of Transportation, Bronx River Alliance, Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice, Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Inwood Canoe Club, City as Living Laboratory, Bronx Council on Environmental Quality, among others. Schachter holds a Masters of Architecture from Princeton University and a Bachelors from Columbia College in New York.