But first, last week, protest turned violent in New Orleans after the city council unanimously voted to allow the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development - that's HUD - to tear down four large public housing projects.
Dedicated to offering the public "powerful experiences with art and the urban environment, " the fund's other projects have included bringing Jeff Koons's topiary-puppy sculpture to Rockefeller Center and Rob Pruitt's statue of Andy Warhol to Union Square.