YONKERS - A recently installed art display just outside City Hall had officials promising a new "Walk of Art" yesterday.

Mayor Phil Amicone and arts supporters gathered on the north side of City Hall to inaugurate "Facing Life," a clay sculpture installation created by Hastings-on-Hudson resident Lily Schor.

The four sculptures feature clay rectangles and squares with molded faces on them. The faces sit on poles ranging from 3 feet to 5 1/2 feet. Their installation was paid for by a $1,500 grant to the Yonkers-based Blue Door Artist Association from the Westchester Arts Council.

"My hope is that these faces will evoke an emotional response from people," said Schor, 67, who became interested in sculpting faces when she worked as a psychiatric social worker at Rikers Island. "I placed them together because we all need each other."

The faces will remain for six months to a year by the stairs leading to City Hall from South Broadway. Schor's work has previously appeared at the Greenburgh Town Hall, among other Westchester locations.

Amicone said surging investor interest in Yonkers will cause a proliferation of public art. Last week there were two inaugurations of public art by the Yonkers Downtown/Waterfront Business Improvement District and by a developer.

"All that public art will make a difference in the city and will change the way people see the city," said Amicone.