| One of the best things about New York is you | | | | You decide. Experience these best by walking |
| don't have to pay or even go into a museum to | | | | around them a few times. See how they change, |
| enjoy great art. Just look around, you will | | | | as the environment changes with your every |
| be surprised how much art is on display in | | | | movement. Notice how different the shapes |
| public spaces. | | | | appear when viewed close to the nearby trees |
| | | | and shrubs. Now look at them from a wide |
| There is nothing more visually compelling | | | | angle against the buildings across the |
| than sculpture in an outdoor setting. Who can | | | | street. You'll find the mobile, Untitled, in |
| forget Cristo's "Gates in Central Park?" | | | | the rotunda stairwell of City Hall. |
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| Right now, you can head downtown to the Park | | | | I hear you; "Sure I'd like to see them, but |
| at City Hall for a visual treat. Five | | | | go downtown just for sculpture?" Think for a |
| brilliant works by Alexander Calder are on | | | | minute, isn't there something you have been |
| display, set against the backdrop of the | | | | meaning to pick up at Century 21? Keep in |
| imposing elegance of City Hall's 19th century | | | | mind, St Paul's Chapel features a special 911 |
| architecture. | | | | Exhibit, and there's great shopping on Fulton |
| | | | Street, in Chinatown, and at the Seaport; |
| I'll wager no sculpture looks better out of | | | | while there, visit "Bodies, The Exhibit," an |
| doors than Calder's. His sculpture and | | | | educational treat that's terrific for kids as |
| mobiles are alive with movement. No matter | | | | well as adults. |
| how effectively presented in an interior | | | | |
| space, they somehow appear confined, cramped | | | | Finally, don't forget all the restaurants at |
| ready to take off in flight. Many of his | | | | South Street? |
| works certainly make me feel like flying. | | | | |
| | | | Enjoy. |