The chandeliers alone at the Museum of City of New York are worth seeing. Beautiful rectangular combination of hanging crystals and stainless steel, which is called “Starlight”.  I didnt know it was an exhibit by itself although I always thought to myself that it should be, here is a little bit of information on it found on the Museum of the City of New York’s website:

“Conceived by Cooper Joseph Studio, it accentuates the Rotunda’s sweeping circular staircase. The 5,283 points of light boldly complement the Museum’s 1932 neo-Georgian home, reflecting its mission to connect the city’s past and present. Using state of the art technology, the piece needs minimal energy and generates virtually no heat. It is among the Museum’s most photographed features. ”

After walking past that, we went straight to watch the “Times Scapes” movie which was about 25 minutes long. Living during this Trump Era, it is almost mandatory to be reminded of how New York City came about. The pictures and moving images create a sense of nostalgia that my parents, I, and I am sure most immigrants remember. Also reminds us on the other hand that prejudice and racism have always been present. There were specific groups allowed to come into New York and it all varied on the timing/year the immigrants were coming in. Which P.S., Donald Trump’s grandfather arrived through the NYC harbor ILLEGALLY when he was 16 and only was he illegal but under age, and although he was sent back the first time, he came back twice more after, all illegally along with other immigrants. (The movie did not mention that but my personal research did!)

In addition to the Times Scape movie, I attended two more exhibits, the first being “Cycling in the City” and “New York at its Core”.

“New York at its Core” ties perfectly into the Times Scape movie as it shows New York from its past, its present and it’s future.

The past exhibit had most of my attention since I love to compare how things evolve. The exhibit is broken up by time periods of around 10-14 years and the highlights of that era. Below follow some interesting pieces.

This is a look in ‘Cycling in the City”…

A few facts I learned while there about Cycling in New York were:

-More than 800,000 New Yorkers Ride a bike regularly

-There are over 460,000 cycling  trips taken everyday, which is triple the number 15 years ago.

-There are more than 100 miles of protected bike lanes, making New York one of the Bicycling magazine’s top 10 cycling cities in the country.

Another fact which we are always seeing on the news but that was not reported at the museum is the number of deaths we have had with cyclist this year alone which is 24 people so far. (information as per NY1) Of course, in comparison to 2016 which was more than half of all of last year and we still have some months left in 2019.

The next thing that always draws me in while attending exhibits is if there is anything on females. Especially since this exhibit represented the cycling revolution over a period of 200 years, and I found exactly what I was expecting. A few pictures of women (maybe 1/8 of how many there were of men) and also books about how women cycle and bikes made just for women. I must admit although I understand it was a different time, it still enrages me how women were seen as inferior in the smallest thing as riding a bike. However, I also know I am fortunate to live during a better time and boy, am I grateful!

The below picture is incredible! How do you ride a bike in all that clothes? especially a long skirt/dress that could get caught on the bike and rip! These women rode in style but not sure they were comfortable!

Thanks for riding this week with me!
See you next week!

xoxo,

P