Imagining the Lowline

Imagining the Lowline

Take note: you only have a few days to see what could be history in the making: the world’s first subterranean park.  “Imagining the Lowline” is a temporary exhibit designed “to enable visitors to experience and “imagine” the future park.”  It runs September 15 – 27, 2012 in the Essex Street Warehouse (entrance on Broome [...]

Monet’s Garden Blooms at NYBG

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New York Botanical Garden pays tribute to French Impressionist Claude Monet with “Monet’s Garden” through October 21st.  In honor of the artist, NYBG has created a colorful garden inspired by Giverny, Monet’s beloved home/garden that inspired much of his art. The historic Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is decked out with bold, brilliant flowers native to [...]

NYC Instagram Exhibit

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NYC is packed with sights, characters, and moments that beg to be captured for posterity.  With the recent innovations (and popularity) of mobile devices, folks have been whipping out their phones and tablets to snap pics of the city, particularly via Instagram. Now this new twist on photography will be showcased in the city’s first [...]

Dickens Does NYC

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It’s your last chance to catch the Morgan Library & Museum’s exhibit, “Charles Dickens at 200,” celebrating the bicentennial of the great writer’s birth.  The Morgan’s collection of Dickens manuscripts and letters is the largest in the U.S. (second largest in the world), and this exhibit features manuscripts (including originals of A Christmas Carol and [...]