Two days in Brooklyn & Manhattan before flying off to Morocco.

Too much NYC? Oh well, yesterday & today. We leave soon.

We ventured into Manhattan.

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Columbus Circle.

Lincoln Center.

Lincoln Center.

American Folk Art Museum - We had read about this exhibit in a recent issue of the New Yorker. “ Shaker craftsmanship has long been celebrated for its ingenuity Designed to hang from a peg rail, this elegant hanging shelf can easily be moved from one wall to the next. The mobility of such objects speaks to Shaker values of adaptability and detachment from material things.”

“Cane-Seated Tilter Side Chair

c. 1840-1860

Birch, cane, Iron, leather

Furniture produced by the Shakers is known for its economy of forms. Guided by their religious beliefs, Shaker craftsmen embraced simplicity and utility over complex forms and decoration.

This side chair, produced In the Enfield. New Hampshire. community, highlights this design sensibility through its simple "candle-flame" finials, crescent-shaped slats, and Ingenious wooden tilters on its rear legs. Tilters are a Shaker invention that allows the sitter to tip the chair backward without slipping, damaging carpets, and scratching floors.”

“William F. Winter gained access to the cloistered Shaker communities in Watervliet and New Lebanon, New York, beginning in 1923 and photographed members and their material world.

His photographs depicting sparsely decorated and unpopulated interiors suggest they were rooms recently left by a group of Shaker brothers and sisters. However, Winter staged the scenes in unused buildings. Focused on compositional balance, clean lines, and narrative potential, these modern-looking images influenced mainstream perceptions that the Shakers were one of the progenitors of modern American design.”

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The West Side.

Cafe Luxembourg.

Cafe Luxembourg.

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c. 1931 The Majestic cooperative apartment building. I think this was one of the first apartment buildings to use corner windows.

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From Central Park.

Central Park.

The MET. Much to our chagrin, closed on Wednesdays.

Central Park.

U turn on Central Park West.

Texas Rangers, locked & loaded on their way to stay at the Trump Hotel.

Whoops, she didn't like me.

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Check out that chimney.

Gage & Tollner. Note the pay phone.

Gage & Tollner.

Andy's three lapel bars means he's been working there since they reopened three years ago.

Sunken Harbor Club is an immersive tropical cocktail bar on the second floor of Gage & Tollner.

Sunken Harbor Club.

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Gage & Tollner.

Gage & Tollner.

Gage & Tollner.

"As part of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th anniversary, The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition highlights the immense creativity of our beloved borough and its myriad communities...

The Open Call offered a rich snapshot of Brooklyn's creative output during the past five years, with themes ranging from migration, cross-cultural exchange, and identity to history and memory."

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Crystal from Trinidad.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG).

BBG

BBG.

BBG. Pardon any typos at JFK awaiting flight to Casablanca.