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Random NY Architecture

By Ms. G, March 16, 2014 9:48 am

On our first day in New York, temperature just above zero, we walked from 53rd St. to 4th St. Though our feet were tired we took in a lot of interesting architecture.

: New York Public Library view onto Fifth Avenue.

: Old and new.

: Interesting intersections.

: One Madison Avenue.

: Taken from just outside the Flatiron Building.

: Stopping at a cafe in the bottom of the New York Times building.

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Relatives and relativity at the American Museum of Natural History

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By Ms. G, March 15, 2014 3:32 pm

First time at the American Museum of Natural History! We met many relatives, from Lucy to cousin Neanderthal to butterflies! At the Hayden Planetarium, a glass cube with a giant sphere inside, we could visualize the relative size of everything in the universe. Okay, not everything.

: Start with big things: Jupiter and Saturn.

: Jupiter on the Upper West Side.

: Ah Lucy. It is so nice to meet you in person.

: I have no trouble saying this guy was a cousin.

: The family tree.

: End with small things: butterflies.

: The humidity was high in the conservatory.

: Pink on pink.

: I only saw a few like this one.

: Up close and personal, though no one landed on me.

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The Transit Museum

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By Ms. G, March 15, 2014 1:12 pm

On a brutally cold and windy day we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to the Transit Museum. To our surprise it was located in an unused subway station. Apart from the informative displays we enjoyed the kid-friendly activities. Photos courtesy of Val Dodge.

: We walked in the good direction. The people walking to Manhattan looked frozen.

: How many tickets would you like?

: The City Hall station is no longer used.

: Val's alternative career.

: One of the many subway cars from the past, going all the way back to the early 1900s.

: The ads on the subways were fascinating.

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10 Things That Caught My Eye at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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By Ms. G, March 15, 2014 11:31 am

Of course photos don’t do great art justice.

: Quite a few people were painting paintings.

: You can see how hard it is to get the right light.

: These cats from a Velasquez intrigued me.

: I don't want to know what these Egyptians were doing to this giraffe.

: The colour at the bottom left of her painting is quite good.

: A detail showing Van Gogh's brushstrokes.

: Sadly, Vermeers in real life aren't as exciting as they are built up to be. They're very small.

: Rembrandt's faces are masterpieces.

: Lovely colours.

: The serene facial expression caught my eye.

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The Highline

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By Ms. G, March 11, 2014 3:58 pm

Today in New York, in spring-like weather, we wandered the Highline, a park built on an elevated rail line. These photos show what you see on either side of the unique park.