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On a rainy Sunday we decided to check out the city.
It was no less empty than on a regular Sunday, let alone a rainy one.
Went to cloisters museum, which we love, it was not busy at all. Then had lunch, nothing fancy but the bill was higher than I remember it to be before, way more. Won’t repeat that again, some weird surcharges and taxes.
Drove around midtown a bit and headed back home.
Overall, I. It’s exploring the city. I don’t miss working in city, but I do miss visiting.
The robber barons left wonderful legacies. I wonder if today's "robber barons" will do the same. Think Bezos will donate to the arts?
"Through the generosity of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874–1960), the Museum acquired Barnard's Cloisters and most of its contents in 1925. Early on, it was clear that a new, larger building would be needed to display the collection in a more scholarly fashion. Rockefeller donated to New York City, and financed the conversion of, some 56 acres of land just north of Barnard's museum, which became Fort Tryon Park—approximately four acres of which was destined as the site for the new museum. Following J. Pierpont Morgan's purchase of 12 miles of the New Jersey Palisades in 1901 to preserve the cliffs and shoreline from excessive quarrying, Rockefeller in 1933 donated some 700 additional acres of the Palisades' plateau to preserve the view from The Met Cloisters. In addition to providing the grounds and building to house the Barnard collection, Rockefeller contributed works of art from his own collection—including the celebrated Unicorn Tapestries—and established an endowment for operations and future acquisitions."
The Cloisters, and a few parts of Fort Tryon park besides, are beautiful.
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