Visit The Museum of the City of New York.

New York has many art galleries and museums, one that came to my attention was Museum of the City of New York, showcasing this amazing, vibrant, historical, diverse and characterful City.

The museum is situated at 1220 Fifth Avenue.

Ongoing Exhibitions include...

Cityscapes

Gilded New York

Timescapes

Activist New York

and from the list of calendar events....

Saving Place Exhibition

April to September 2015

Hip-Hop Revolution

April to September 2015

Soundscape New York

March to June 2015 

Everything is Design

February to September 2015

I gathered my information from.......http://www.mcny.org/visit

Madison Square Park Conservancy Art Exhibition, Gazing Globes.

Installed at Madison Square Park Garden's until April 19th 2015 is an art exhibition of Gazing Globes by Paula Hayes, eighteen globes filled with articles of vintage technology, industrial materials, radio parts, glass, crystals, minerals and a dust made from CDs.

Each globe is lit from the inside creating a beautiful display.

The gardens are located between Fifth & Madison Avenues, 23rd & 26th Streets.

http://www.madisonsquarepark.org/art

Red Cross Fire Safety Awareness for Local Residents in New York.

The Red Cross has started a fire safety awareness campaign to encourage Americans to keep vigilant and prevent house and apartment fires.

Organising local meetings offering advice and encouraging smoke alarms being installed and checked regularly.

Find out more information about meetings in your neighbourhood at...http://www.redcross.org/prepare/location/home-family/prevent-home-fires

New York Restoration Project Helps Communities Care about their Environment.

Green spaces in New York City are a subject that NYRP are very interested in, founded by Bette Midler this non profit organisation, New York Restoration Project has built up and achieved great things. The organisation supports projects in the 5 boroughs, transforming open spaces large or small, offering manpower and expertise in construction, environmental education, landscape maintenance, involving communities, schools and neighbourhoods.

New York Restoration Project (NYRP) along with community organisations are giving away trees to be planted in Parks, schoolyards, playgrounds, open community areas, etc.

Also for a more personal idea you can buy a gift of a tree to be planted for a loved one, to celebrate an occasion, birthday anniversary etc. receiving a  personalised tree certificate from NYRP.

https://www.nyrp.org/

Valentines Day Wedding At The Empire State Building.

The Empire State Building is holding a wedding event on Valentine's Day February 14th 2015, for couples to have a romantic marriage ceremony at the 86th floor Observatory.

There is also a competition for five couples to win a memorable honeymoon on Aruba in the Caribbean.

For more details go to......http://www.esbnyc.com/valentines-day-weddings-2015

NYC Memory.

A happy reminder on our fridge of a great vacation.

Find out about Jane’s Carousel at Brooklyn Bridge Park.

The Carousel at Brooklyn Bridge Park which is called Jane’s Carousel has a lovely story of how it came to be restored and donated to the park at the Empire Fulton Ferry area. It stands in splendour and is surrounded by the most amazing views of New York City. If you go to their web site you can read the story, see photos and check out opening times.

http://janescarousel.com/history/