Alamo

The Alamo, a 15-foot tall cube, is more commonly referred to as the "Astor Place Cube." It was installed at Astor Place as part of Doris C. Freedman's "Sculpture in Environment" project, and it was the first permanent contemporary outdoor art sculpture installed in New York City. According to scholars Edward Ablee and Sam Hunter, employing the outdoor cube established Rosenthal as a "master of monumental public sculpture." The cube is poised on its tip, and is able to be rotated by those who pass by the work. Rosenthal created this sculpture to interact with the public, literally; one person alone can move the work on its axis.