Our first tour of the day was Times Square. Going to the part of Manhattan so often filled with restaurants, stores to shop in and parts of the street to sin down, relax, eat and talk I never realized how much of a bad area this place was back in the days, and walking around so freely wasn't really an option in every person's mind.
Times square was the place to be for if you wanted big businesses to rise. Many theaters built in the late 1800's such as the "Charles Frohmans's Empire Theatre(1893), The former Metropolitan Opera House (1883), and Oscar Hammerstein's many theaters, is how many agents and producers got attracted to times square. (B.G. )pg.217. With all these individuals coming in and making shows and attracting tourists business was rising and the city was looking beautiful.
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Next we made a quick trip to the G.E. Building in Rockefeller Center which is where NBC is located (B.G. pg.248). The most interesting view in that building was the mural created by Diego Rivera. At first this artwork caused a lot of problems because the portrait was of Lenin and when asked to re-do it he said no, the Rockefellers then had it destroyed.
Next we went to visit MOMA the New York Museum of Modern Art. Although I am not a big fan of museums oddly this museum caught my eye. One paining that caught my eye was The Bed by Robert Rauschenberg. i love the way he incorporated all these items within the "bed". There's a quote by it that says "Painting relates to both art and life" and I feel like this meaning represents that no matter how hard you try to hide from your problems you must always be aware of it no matter where you are, even in the most comfortable place in your life which for some is their bed, problems are constantly running through one's head until they are solved. Mike mentioned this museum was expensive but I feel that it was worth it.
After visiting the amazing museum we headed to Yum Yum an amazing place to get Thai food. I have never had thai food but when I ordered my basil chicken with white rice I realized that I have been missing out. The chicken was so amazing with the basil flavor and touch of spice I would definitely recommend this to others and definitely try this again. THe only thing I did not like was the thai Ice tea it was to thick for me .
Our next stop was in Williamsburg at a nonprofit museum called City Reliquary.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ6R3CxZNY4. This was not your typical museum with paining and sculptures. This museum was filled with artifacts accumulated over the years brought in by people that collected them. I could not put a finger on one thing the interested me because many things interested me in this museum such as the old bus stop post, the manuel pencil shaperners, the old specimen cups. All these little artifacts showed me how NYc has evolved and it also shows me how I was hear to see the evolution of many things. It just shows that sometimes a person needs to sit back and realize how fast time has gone and will keep on going.
Our last stop of the day was the Sketchbook Museum Project at the brooklyn art library . The point of this museum is for artists to get put their work into a book for $25 dollars that goes into the museum. Again i am not a big fan of art but I did think this was good way for artists to get their work out there for others to view it.
Overall besides the rain the day was not that bad my favorite parts was of course the amazing thai food and viewing the paining in the MOMA museum.
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