Here are a few more photos I took this spring season. “Meet me at the clock.” Every New Yorker knows where that is!
The latest major exhibit at the Bronx NY Botanical Garden is Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx. He was a landscape architect, painter, naturalist, and artist who lived in Brazil from 1909 to 1994.
Roberto Burle Marx designed the black and white mosaic of the Copacabana Beach promenade. The NY Botanical Garden staff created a lush tropical garden outside the Conservatory with a black & white pathway simulating Rio de Janeiro’s famous beach walkway. A reminder of Rio!
Peonies were in full bloom!
The day I visited the Garden, Nation Beat played exciting rhythmic Brazilian music:
Visitors created their own blue and white paper “tiles” to decorate communal walls.
On another day I went to MoMA – the Museum of Modern Art for a special temporary closing event for members. It was my chance to see the museum before their next major expansion into larger new galleries.
Fabulous music was provided by Mathis Sound Orchestra. Mathis Picard was the pianist and bandleader of this “jazz infused brand of dance music” inspired by Picard’s French-Malagasy roots. Great Fun!
View of the sculpture garden:
Even the nearby water tower is a work of art:
MoMA will be closed until October 21. The photo below is the exterior of the new museum galleries and the adjoining high-rise residence building.
Grand Central Terminal as seen from the Apple steps:
The arch in the photo below used to lead to the main waiting room which was filled with high-backed wooden benches when I was a youngster and lived in Manhattan, a few blocks away from the terminal.
Ramp leading to the trains with a sign reminding everyone what’s important to all of us:
