The "Experiments in Motion" exhibit—a partnership between Audi of America and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture—comprised a 45-foot-long steel model of the Manhattan subway grid and colorful projections of real-time movement in Manhattan. The piece stood near the event's entrance.
As a nod to the future home of the underground park, the organizers invited notable Lower East Side food vendors, such as the Pickle Guys, to serve their eats during the cocktail reception.