On Boxing Day, we joined Julie and Chris Larkin and Margaret Cowden for an outing in celebration of Julie's birthday. We started off at the Museum of the City of New York
It’s always got interesting things going on. We spent some time in the New York at its Core Exhibit which had some fascinating maps on diversity, density, and money from the early 1900s forward and an interactive display where you could learn about various key figures in NYC history of that era. I confess I was embarrassed to learn that Khalil Gibran was a New Yorker.
Upstairs I delved into a couple of other interactive exhibits about the census and counting New Yorkers. There was a table with ipads and a program that allowed you to look at any census tract and note correlations between factors there. I was looked at the correlation between single motherhood and poverty (not surprisingly it’s strong and more so in some neighborhoods than others). You can also access this tool online at data2go.nyc
They also have a project going where you sit and answer questions about yourself and your values and then it generates a visual representation of your "profile" and adds your data to a series of collective diagrams. You can get a button made of your profile at the gift shop.
Linda meanwhile was designing a virtual park in Gowanus and then standing on a designated spot to have her image projected into it. Definitely a return visit is in order
Next we had a great Thai lunch at Malii on Second Ave (food was good, but believe them when they say it’s spicy). Photos are of pumpkin curry and spicy basil chicken
The Larkin sisters:
After lunch we strolled down Second Ave. to see The Women Street Photography exhibit at PS109 which includes Linda's entry. On the way some interesting sights
Here’s Linda's photo and one of the group with gargoyle (they rescued the gargoyles from the school facade when it was being turned into an art space)
