Those of you, like Anna Lee, who have read The Personal Librarian by Maria Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray understand why the Morgan Library was a destination for us. On a brief tour (by someone who has not read the book) we learned that the building was built in 1906 and designed to utilize natural lighting. The walls are several stories high and covered with books.
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We enjoyed wandering around seeing the beautiful building with walls and ceilings adorned with murals and displays of books and classical art. The walls of the rotunda are covered with paintings not mosaics.
We left the Morgan and, on our way back to the hotel, we passed the New York Public Library that was featuring an exhibit called "Treasures". We had to stop in and look and it was certainly worth the time.
Ashley Bryan was an illustrator of children’s books written by Langston Hughes. Hughes wrote after serving in WWII and living in both North and South America. Bryan’s paintings also included subjects of daily life. This poem by Hughes is on a painting of San Francisco.
Other items included a burial attire
There was also a copy of the Megillah
Contrary to our quiet neighborhood back home, New York City is jammed with noise: horns, sirens, people of all backgrounds speaking many languages. Crowds on the street at all times. Kind and friendly people in stores, restaurants, hotels. Yes, they are paid to be nice but you can’t just fake it. On this trip, the sky is blue and the sun shines down as we join the innumerable people jamming the streets. It is an invigorating feeling but cold to the skin.
Our hotel room view includes the ball that will drop on New Year’s Eve and a beautiful older building with great style.
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