Museum Of The City Of New York Interior
New york united states the met presents over 5 000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Museum of the city of new york interior. The phase 1 building addition to the museum of the city of new york included 56 000 square feet of renovations to the existing building. Museum of the city of new york interior 1934 from the collections of the museum of the city of new york. That building is also a new york city landmark designated 1970 but is in disrepair and in need of restoration. Thomas holton has followed the trajectory of a single family the lams of ludlow street since 2003.
Thomas holton annie ling and an rong xu. The new museum designed by tokyo based architects kazuyo sejima and ryue nishizawa sanaa is a seven story eight level structure located at 235 bowery between stanton and rivington streets at the origin of prince street in new york city. Restoration work magnified the beauty of the historic lobby and courtyard and featured new interior and exterior stonework lighting fixtures metal work woodwork stone flooring and plaster. Mcny showcases the art architecture history and artifacts chronicling the 350 years of the city since the dutch first settled lower manhattan after henry hudson sailed up his namesake river.
The museum of the city of new york celebrates and interprets the city educating the public about its distinctive character especially its heritage of diversity opportunity and perpetual transformation. Large format fine art prints of this photo are available up to 60 inches wide. 1981 designated as a new york city interior landmark. A high definition architectural photo of the famous interior of the guggenheim museum in new york city.
Anchoring the northern end of the museum mile along fifth avenue is the museum of the city of new york. Several doors east of the museum at 37 east 4th street is the samuel tredwell skidmore house a greek revival house built for a cousin of seabury tredwell. The museum s collection of over 1 5 million items which is particularly strong in objects dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries include paintings drawings prints including over 3000 by currier and ives and photographs featuring new york city and its residents as well as costumes decorative objects and furniture antique toys the museum was the first in the united. New york city s nine predominantly chinese neighborhoods are home to the largest ethnic chinese population outside of asia.
The museum lives in three iconic sites in new york city the met fifth avenue the met breuer and the met cloisters. Interior lives features the work of three photographers who have spent years documenting the lives of chinese new yorkers.