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47-402: The station is located at the intersection of Old Pineville and Grover Roads, which is 1,050 feet (320 m) south from Tyvola Road. Various retail businesses surround the station, including Tyvola Mall on South Boulevard. Located at street level, beneath the station's platform, is the sculpture entitled Reconstructed Dwelling , by Dennis Oppenheim . Created in 2007, it features a stencil of

94-456: A drinking fountain basin designed to look like dogwood , the North Carolina state flower, by Nancy Blum. Bas-reliefs entitled Hornbeam , by Alice Adams . Plaid motifs on both the pavers and shelters, by Leticia Huerta; and the painting of the viaduct and retaining walls, by Marek Ranis. Two surface parking lots make-up the 464-space park and ride. The first is located directly beneath

141-543: A band of Soho artists. Reflecting the underlying content of the post-modern, it is an "analysis of its own origins" with an "awareness of its vulnerability." Machineworks : In the early eighties, room size sculptural installations took the form of factories and machines to visualize the genesis of an artwork before it becomes form. Final Stroke- Project for a Glass Factory (1981) analogized thinking patterns as moving parts. Vacuum cleaners and powered heaters activated raw material through sieves, troughs, stacks and vents, as

188-584: A day, and an active Norfolk Southern rail crossing just south, an elevated station was selected for the location. Beginning on January 4, 2006, the installation of the concrete girders, ranging in size between 89 ft (27 m) to 119 ft (36 m), commenced for the construction of the elevated sections. All pieces were in place by February. The station officially opened for service on Saturday, November 24, 2007, and as part of its opening celebration fares were not collected. Regular service with fare collection began on Monday, November 26, 2007. The station

235-636: A diptych titled 2- Stage Transfer Drawing. (Advancing to a Future State) ., he makes a drawing on a wall at the same time that his son attempts to replicate the drawing on his father's back, a procedure reversed in 2- Stage Transfer Drawing. (Returning to a Past State) . (1971) when he replicates the drawing on his son's back. Recorded in still photography, film and videotape, the performances were first exhibited as floor-to ceiling loop film projections. He also collaborated with his first wife in Forming Sounds (1972) and referred to his father, David Oppenheim, in

282-649: A home floor plan, but with parts of the home stacked together and upside-down next to it. The sculpture is part of the CATS Art in Transit program. The station was part of the overall planning and construction of the LYNX Blue Line; starting in 1999, it was approved in February 2000 and construction began on February 26, 2005. Because Tyvola Road had the highest traffic count along the corridor, with an estimated 45 thousand vehicles

329-561: A live-work loft in Tribeca from 1967 until his death from cancer on January 21, 2011, aged 72. Conceptual works : Executed in New York, Paris and Amsterdam and documented in photography, the series Indentations (1968) consisted of the removal of objects, exposing the impression of each object at that location. Viewing Stations (1967) were built as platforms for observing land vistas, suggesting an embodied notion of vision. The artist presents

376-573: A nursery school in Northport and a junior high school in Smithtown, Long Island , while working toward his first one-person New York show in 1968 when he was 30 years old. His third child, Chandra, was born to Phyllis Jalbert that year. In 1972, Oppenheim was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Fine Arts. In 1981 he married the sculptor Alice Aycock who remained a close friend. In 1998 he married Amy Plumb and they remained married. Oppenheim occupied

423-542: A population of around 150 inhabitants. Vernon Valley became part of Northport in the mid-20th century. Northport also annexed the formerly independent settlement of Crab Meadow 40°55′15″N 73°19′13″W  /  40.9207°N 73.3202°W  / 40.9207; -73.3202 (once known as Great Neck ), as well as western parts of the Freshpond community 40°55′21″N 73°17′47″W  /  40.9224°N 73.2965°W  / 40.9224; -73.2965 . By

470-547: A portion of the Pit is a park used by local youth soccer and baseball leagues. The Northport Fire Department maintains a training facility in the Pit that is the site of the annual fireman's fair in the summer. Northport consists of 2 villages and 7 unincorporated hamlets: As of the 2020 United States census , the village had 7,347 people, 2,906 households, and 1,926 families. As of the 2010 United States census , there were 7,401 people, 2,955 households, and 2,074 families residing in

517-466: Is an epistemological questioning about the nature of art, the making of art and the definition of art: a meta-art that arose when strategies of the Minimalists were expanded to focus on site and context. As well as an aesthetic agenda, the work progressed from perceptions of the physical properties of the gallery to the social and political context, largely taking the form of permanent public sculpture in

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564-498: Is located on the Tyvola viaduct, which spans a distance of three-eighths-mile (0.60 km), flying over Tyvola Road, Grover Road, and Norfolk Southern rail. It consists of an island platform, two covered waiting areas, and both elevator and stairs that connect the platform level to street level; other amenities include ticket vending machines, emergency call box, and bicycle racks. The station also features several art installations including

611-555: Is serviced by the Northport Volunteer Fire Department and its own police department. The Northport Village Police Department, established in 1929, employs 17 full-time officers and conducts all patrol and arrest processing and most investigations and training in-house (the Suffolk County Police Department assists in specialized cases). The police department also has a marine unit which patrols

658-473: Is water. Most of the village is made up of the low, steep hills of the Harbor Hill Moraine . To the west is the highly sheltered Northport Harbor, to the north is Long Island Sound, and to the east are woods and marshland. A prominent feature of Northport is Steer's Pit (known simply as "The Pit" to locals ), a large land depression carved into the cliffs adjacent to Northport Harbor and just south of

705-772: The California College of Arts and Crafts , where he met his first wife, Karen Marie Cackett. Oppenheim and Cackett moved to Honolulu, where he taught at the University of Hawaii and they had their first child, Kristin, in 1959. In 1962 they had their second child, Erik. In 1964, he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and an MFA from Stanford University in Palo Alto in 1965. He moved to New York in 1966 and taught art at

752-534: The Northport Power Station 's prominent smokestacks. This unusual geographic feature is the result of sand mining operations by the Steers and Steers Company. Mining began in 1923 and ceased in the 1950s. The mined sand was shipped by barge to New York City where, mixed with Portland cement and rock aggregate, it became the sidewalks of New York. The area has since been utilized for home and condo use, and

799-509: The Revolutionary War , a concentration of 31 families began settling 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Northport, around where Main Street and Route 25A now intersect 40°53′58″N 73°19′47″W  /  40.8995°N 73.3296°W  / 40.8995; -73.3296 . This settlement was originally known as Red Hook and changed names to Vernon Valley in 1820. By 1874 Vernon Valley had

846-458: The automobile led the trolley to make its last scheduled commuter run on August 19, 1924. Although it was known by the name of Northport since at least 1837, the village of Northport was not formally incorporated until 1894, becoming the first village in the Town of Huntington to do so. Over the years Northport has expanded from its original borders, annexing other established communities. Around

893-470: The 1920s, after nearly a century of heavy commercial use, the waterfront which had supported the community for generations had fallen into decay. The village decided to purchase the land along the harbor and created Northport Memorial Park in 1932, which is a defining feature of Northport today. In 1967, the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) opened the Northport Power Station , currently

940-458: The Great Cow Harbor 10K held the day before. Cow Harbor Day draws thousands of visitors to Northport each September. Events kick off with a parade down Main Street, featuring floats, the local Northport High School marching band, antique cars and a temporary resurrection of the trolley that was once commonplace along this route in the early 1900s. Bovine related costumes and floats are also

987-529: The area became known thereafter as East Northport . The original rail spur to Northport was afterwards known as the Northport Branch . After the old village station closed in 1899, Northport decided to build a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) trolley line to take commuters between Main Street and the new Northport station located in Larkfield. The new commuter trolley opened in mid-April 1902. The increasing usage of

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1034-410: The average family size was 3.07. In the village, the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 91.6 males. The median income for a household in the village

1081-542: The base as the art itself, a viewer becomes an object to be looked at, a conceptual reversal. Earthworks : Social systems were overlaid on natural systems in Oppenheim's earthworks. In Annual Rings (1968) the schemata of lines depicting the annual growth of a tree was mapped by plowing snow on opposite sides of St. John's River, the boundary of the US and Canada. The earthwork relates geo-political boundaries, time zones, growth of

1128-446: The canon of performance art. For Reading Position for Second Degree Burn (1970) Oppenheim lay on a beach for five hours with an open book on his chest, exposing himself to the sun. Oppenheim describes the piece as a corporeal enactment of painting, going on to state "I could feel the act of becoming red.". Genetic works : A series of works were made in collaboration with Oppenheim's children, whom he saw as extensions of himself. In

1175-553: The commissioned public work that followed, Oppenheim integrated the function of the building or the site in the work itself. Jump and Twist (1999) is an industrial, anthropologic work in three parts; on the plaza, through the facade of the building and suspended from the atrium's ceiling as translucent rotating form. The public work Light Chamber (2011) at the Justice Center in Denver, is an open room with translucent walls derived from

1222-625: The community was incorporated as a village. The Incorporated Village of Northport is known for its Victorian era village center, still bearing trolley rails from a long-discontinued streetcar line which transported village residents to the Long Island Rail Road station in East Northport . The village Main Street runs from the Village Green along the harbor-front to the former hamlet of Vernon Valley , which has since been subsumed by

1269-453: The early 19th century, Great Cow Harbor was still a rural farming community. By the 1830s, the village contained only eight dwellings. But a new industry of shipbuilding brought rapid change and growth. The village shifted away from its farming roots as shipbuilding became the community's primary industry. By 1837, the village was being referred to as Northport. The 1860 census listed Northport's population at 1,016. By 1874, it had become

1316-463: The largest oil-fired electric generating station on the East Coast . The four enormous stacks are a well-known landmark that can be seen from as far away as Connecticut across Long Island Sound. Each stack is 600 feet (180 m) tall. The Northport Trolley, which had ceased operations in 1924, enjoyed a popular revival in the 1970s and 1980s, transporting weekend tourists along Main Street. Unlike

1363-618: The last two decades of a highly prolific career, whose diversity could exasperate his critics. Oppenheim's father was a Russian immigrant and his mother a native of California. Oppenheim was born in Electric City, Washington , while his father was working as an engineer on the Grand Coulee Dam . Soon after, his family returned to their home in the San Francisco Bay area. Oppenheim attended Richmond High school. He later attended

1410-403: The most flourishing village on Long Island's North Shore , with three ship yards, five sets of marine railways, two hotels, and at least six general stores. Northport's shipbuilding boom lasted fifty years, but waned at the end of the century as steel-hulled ships began replacing the wooden vessels produced in the village. On April 25, 1868, the Long Island Rail Road opened a station within

1457-533: The neighboring community of East Northport. The original inhabitants of the area now known as Northport were the Matinecocks , one of 13 Native American tribes of Long Island. The Matinecocks called this land Opcathontyche , which meant "wading place creek". After Dutch interest a few years earlier, the land was sold by Chief Asharoken, head of the Matinecocks, to three Englishmen in 1656. With land that

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1504-529: The original electric trolleys, this nostalgic replica was horse driven. It also ran on rubber automobile tires rather than utilizing the original rails which still remain a visible element of Main Street to this day. In July 1984, Northport garnered nationwide media attention for being the site of the gruesome murder of 17-year-old Gary Lauwers by his friend, high school dropout and alleged devil-worshiper Ricky Kasso . The events made national headlines and have since been recounted in books and movies, which caused

1551-562: The petals of many flowers. Northport, New York Northport is a historic maritime village in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County , on the North Shore of Long Island , New York , United States. The population was 7,347 at the time of the 2020 census. Initially designated Great Cow Harbour by 17th-century English colonists, the area was officially renamed Northport in 1837. In 1894, in an effort to localize governance,

1598-407: The population. There were 2,955 households, out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and

1645-518: The smell, on his experiences in art school in the fifties. Post-performance- biographical works : In a series of eight works Oppenheim called "post-performance," the artist spoke through his surrogate performance figures about the end of the avant-garde, his own art-making, in dialogue as opposites or as in Theme for a Major Hit (1974) acted under motorized control to a rock song with his lyrics, "It ain’t what you do, it’s what makes you do it," recorded by

1692-536: The stages of processing in the production of ideas. The machines became projection structures for fireworks, producing thought lines in the air, as in Newton Discovering Gravity (1984). Sculpture : While he continues to use sound, light and motion in the sculptural work in the late eighties, the imagery includes ordinary objects in different scales or as a collision of objects. In several works, animals appear. A group of taxidermy deer produce flames from

1739-521: The station and includes four bus bays , with entrance/exits on both Old Pineville and Grover Roads. The second is adjacent to the station, with entrance/exits on both South Boulevard and Grover Road. Parking is free for patrons for either bus or light rail and is limited to 24 hours. Dennis Oppenheim Dennis Oppenheim (September 6, 1938 – January 21, 2011) was an American conceptual artist , performance artist , earth artist , sculptor and photographer. Dennis Oppenheim's early artistic practice

1786-453: The station name of Northport. To avoid confusion with the former station located in the village of Northport, train conductors would refer to the station in Larkfield as "East of Northport" because the station was located east of the Northport railway junction which directed trains north to the station located in the village. Despite the fact that Larkfield was primarily south of Northport,

1833-627: The tips of their antlers, in Digestion. Gypsum Gypsies . (1989). Public Sculpture : Oppenheim experimented with titled and cantilevered form in Device to Root Out Evil (1997). Included as part of the Venice Biennale , it uses hand blown Venetian glass on the country church's roof and steeple. In 1999, a version using translucent corrugated fiberglass was installed as a permanent work in Palma de Mallorca. In

1880-417: The tree and entropic decay in a seminal site-specific work. Body – performance works : Oppenheim's body art grew out of his awareness of his own body when executing earthworks. In these works, the artist's body was both the subject and the object, providing the opportunity to work on a surface not exterior to the self, giving total control over the artwork. These body art actions were later assimilated into

1927-447: The village of Northport. This was an essential transportation link for the village, especially for the growing commuter population. However, just a few years later the LIRR decided to move the Northport station to a new location in Larkfield to facilitate further railway extension to Port Jefferson . The new railway station located on Larkfield Road was opened on January 13, 1873, and retained

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1974-517: The village to suffer a negative reputation for reputed satanism. Every September, the village of Northport commemorates its rich history with the celebration of Cow Harbor Day , which follows the annual Great Cow Harbor 10K race. According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km ), of which 2.3 square miles (6.0 km ) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km ), or 9.02%,

2021-438: The village. The population density was 3,290.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,270.3/km ). There were 3,052 housing units at an average density of 1,320.0 per square mile (509.7/km ). The racial makeup of the village was 92.04% White , 2.59% African American , 0.05% Native American , 1.25% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.30% from other races , and 0.75% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.09% of

2068-637: The waterways. The village is served by the Northport-East Northport Union Free School District . As such, children who reside within the village and attend public schools go to Northport–East Northport's schools. Northport's annual Cow Harbor Day festival celebrates the history of the village, previously known as Great Cow Harbor. It is held annually on the Sunday of the third full weekend in September, and since 1977 following

2115-428: The works Polarties (1972) and Identity Transfer (1970). Film / video installations : Oppenheim began to produce installation art in the early seventies. These works were often autobiographical. In Recall (1974), a video monitor is an installation component, positioned in front of a pan of turpentine. The monitor shows a close up of Oppenheim's mouth as he verbalizes a stream-of-consciousness monologue induced by

2162-507: Was $ 90,250, and the median income for a family was $ 104,488. Males had a median income of $ 78,715 versus $ 50,119 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 43,694. About 1.6% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line , including 3.7% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over. The Village of Northport is an incorporated village governed by a Board of Trustees, consisting of an elected Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and three Village Trustees. The village

2209-474: Was well suited for farming, the early settlers grazed cattle on pastures around the harbor. The area soon became known as Great Cow Harbour. (The nearby hamlet of Centerport was known as Little Cow Harbour.) The oldest house still standing in Northport, the Skidmore House on Main Street, was built in 1761. In 2009 the house was put up for sale, sparking the village to pass a historical preservation law. In

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