May 08, 2006
Met Museum's restored facade best seen at night
In a column for the Sun covering the renovations and additions to a number of New York City's finest museums, architectural historian Francis Morrone writes that one of the best ways to appreciate the Met Museum's restored facade is at night. Finally, go there at night for a genuine thrill. The exterior illumination is dramatic - calling to mind, though more beguiling than, the floodlighted Grand Central Terminal, the Met Life Tower, the former Tiffany building at 37th Street, and a few others. By day one wishes to enter the museum to see the wonders within. By night, there is a special feeling in contemplating the treasure house and only being able to wonder, dreamily, what its glorious halls must be like emptied of people and silent but for the padding feet of the night watchman. Earlier: Metropolitan Museum of Art unveils cleaned facade
A play of light, and history, on Met's architecture
Architecture + food = Francis Morrone
May 8, 2006 09:41 AM in Architecture, Cheap Stuff, Museums, Sightsology, Upper East Side
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