10/16/11 – "Let's start at the ver-y be-gin-ning, a ver-y" ... er, rather, let's start at the end of Open House New York weekend. At St. Ann and the Holy Trinity church in Brooklyn Heights, there was an organ mini-recital that included Saint-Saens' "The Swan," Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer," J.S. Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze," and an Edward Elgar "Pomp and Circumstance" march (not the one you're thinking of). The playing was OK – but I'm somewhat prejudiced.
As for the rest of OHNY, I saw an architectural firm, the Austrian Cultural Forum (with a way cool piano storage device!), the American Irish Historical Society (floor 2 only), a 34th-floor, $3,500/mo. one-bedroom apartment with terrace (and the roof and other common areas of the double-towered residential rental building), an 1890-era midtown building with a skylight over the main reading room, and a really, really great Architectural Arts firm. I learned about Venetian plaster and the ways to create faux wood graining and other designs, all sealed with wax. And that was just Saturday!
Today was a visit to a blacksmithing forge, two artists' studios at the Brooklyn Navy Yards and the aforementioned organ recital, which followed a guided tour of the church's 1847/8 stained-glass windows.
The ConcertMeister is a tired little teddy-bear!
Sounds like quite the adventure! Does this mean when we come to visit next time we will get to see your new one bedroom, $3,500 a month apartment?
ReplyDeleteHa! That was a one-day deal.
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