EastSiDE

Today our journey was in the Eastside of Manhattan. Our first visit was to the Meteropolitan Museum of Art. Known as the “met” (B.G.p.326) “Founded on April 13,1870” (http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/mission-statement) was intended to promote are to be viewed, studied and expressed in many ways. Of course I have attended this museum many times before but this time I actually appreciated it much more. The art made more sense because I was able to understand the meaning behind it. One artist that caught my eye was Andy Warhol.  Andy Warhol became the king of pop art in the 60’s and was a big icon during that era. Although he had many types of work one specific type of work of his that I enjoyed was silk screening. Silk-screening was a method of art that involved one person or item in the picture that slightly changes throughout every screen.

Next stop, was central park known as the “heartland of Manhattan”(B.G. p.279) which I have never been to before.  This park has so much to do such as bicycling, boating, carriage rides, ice skating and swimming. I feel like the reason why individuals have so much to do is because crime late is really low in this area. Although as Mike mentioned that there was an attack recently central park is considered a safe park. However, as in any other outdoor place it is “unwise to wonder in remote areas of the park or to visit the park at nighttime alone except to attend scheduled event” (B.G. p.279). One thing that I enjoyed the most was watching couples using their park as their scenery to take their wedding pictures.

We then breezed through some known businesses after lunch which was Tiffany’s, Plaza Hotel and my favorite of the day F.A.O. Schwarz. F.A.O. Schwarz was an interesting store that I have never been to before having a bunch of colorful candy, many stuffed animals and cute little outfits; this is a store I definitely plan on taking my daughter pretty soon most likely after my semester is over. I believe Mike said this is the last store that this company has open because they filed for bankruptcy. I really hope this store stays open because it’s one of those stores that make you feel like a kid at any age.

Our day then ended by New York Public Library. Unfortunately we did not get to go in because they were closing at the same time. Overall this day was okay not as interesting as the other class but it was not all bad.