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The Times has details on weather-manipulating Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson's soon-to-debut public art project, "New York City Waterfalls." On June 26th, the city will flip the switch on his four 90-to-120-foot-tall freestanding waterfalls parked at different points in the East River. Sounds magical, doesn't it? Actually, it might be a whole lot more breathtaking than anybody bargained for: This is the East River we're talking about, a body of water that makes most people gag when they merely catch a whiff of it. There's likely to be a whole lot more than water raining down (raw sewage, needles, severed limbs), but what a sight it will be for tourists on the Circle Line!