If you’ve wandered around Hudson Square lately and noticed bursts of color blooming at your feet, you’re not imagining things. Twenty hand-painted fiberglass spheres have quietly appeared throughout the neighborhood as part of Walk to the Water 2.0: Hudson Square Storyline , a new public art installation unveiled this week by the Hudson Square Business Improvement District.

Created in collaboration with illustrator and data-visualization designer Jenny Goldstick, the project transforms more than 100 stories collected from locals—residents, office workers and business owners—into swirling, data-driven artworks. Each sphere represents shared experiences and emotions mapped across the community, turning anonymous anecdotes into something tactile and delightfully unexpected.

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