5 in 1

{{Short description|Sculpture in Manhattan, New York, U.S.}}

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| caption = The sculpture at 1 Police Plaza in 2019

| artist = Tony Rosenthal

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| year = 1973–1974

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| material = CorTen steel

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5 in 1 is a {{convert|35|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}}, {{convert|75000|lb|adj=on}} painted CorTen steel sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, installed at 1 Police Plaza in Lower Manhattan, New York.{{cite news |author=Blake Gopnik |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/05/5-in-1-by-tony-rosenthal-is-the-daily-pic-by-blake-gopnik.html |title=5-in-1 by Tony Rosenthal is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik |newspaper=The Daily Beast |date=6 September 2012 |access-date=2016-07-20 |archive-date=2016-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815215720/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/05/5-in-1-by-tony-rosenthal-is-the-daily-pic-by-blake-gopnik.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/01/arts/design/20090801RosenthalSS_index.html|title=The Public Art of Tony Rosenthal|date=1 August 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=20 July 2016|archive-date=2 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202044207/http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/01/arts/design/20090801RosenthalSS_index.html|url-status=live}} Commissioned by the government of New York City in 1971 at a cost of $80,000, it was created between 1973 and 1974, and installed on the brick paved pedestrian mall of 1 Police Plaza.{{Cite news|last=Glueck|first=Grace|date=1974-02-02|title='5 in 1' Getting It All Together|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/02/archives/5-in-1-is-getting-it-all-together.html|access-date=2020-11-08|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2023-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002203550/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/02/archives/5-in-1-is-getting-it-all-together.html|url-status=live}}

Rosenthal titled "5 in 1" as a metaphor for each of New York City's five boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. He created the {{convert|35|x|28|x|42|ft|adj=on}} sculpture with five interlocking discs representing each of the boroughs.{{Cite web|title=Tony Rosenthal {{!}} 5 in 1 {{!}} One Police Plaza|url=http://www.tonyrosenthal.com/5in1.htm|access-date=2020-11-08|website=www.tonyrosenthal.com|archive-date=2020-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012251/http://tonyrosenthal.com/5IN1.htm|url-status=live}} Each of the five interlocking discs weighs {{convert|15000|lb}}. At the time of its installation in 1974, "5 in 1" was the largest metal public art sculpture installed in New York City.