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Today I took a Bowery Boys Walks tour at the Met, led by my friend Carl (the Gilded Gentleman) which explored the evolution of American art and design in the 19th century. It was brilliantly thought-provoking and a treat to be on the other side of a tour for once!
Carl interpreting a newly-installed Tiffany glass panel in the American wing. The American wing atrium, featuring the facade of the old Assay Office, taken from Wall Street during its demolition, and a half-size model of “Diana” by St-Gaudens. Carl showing us a mid-19th century American parlor, as tastes began to evolve past eclecticism and toward Greco-Roman classicism. A mantelpiece from the mansion of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and his wife Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, which once stood at 1 W 57th, where Bergdorf Goodman now stands.
January 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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An icy evening stroll across Central Park and down 5th Avenue.
An icy path in Central Park The Midtown skyline as seen looking south across the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, which is frozen over. The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, 5th Avenue The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s main entrance on 5th Avenue, designed by Richard Morris Hunt.
January 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM