Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Where is Lucy in Manhattan?


Answer:  At the Central Park Zoo with the George Delacorte Musical Clock in the background. From 8:00 am — 5:00 pm on the hour and half-hour, one of 26 nursery rhyme tunes plays while a bear with tambourine, a hippopotamus with violin, a goat with pan pipes, a kangaroo and offspring with horns, and a penguin with drum glide around the base of the clock. In addition, on the hour two monkeys on the top of the clock appear to strike a bell. See http://www.centralpark.com/pages/attractions/delacorte-music-clock.html.  



Answer:  At Carnegie Hall (7th Ave and 57th St.), which was built by Andrew Carnegie in 1891.




Answer:  In the fountain at Columbus Circle.


Answer:  In Central Park with the Eaglevale Bridge in the background. (77th Street and Central Park West). The bridge went to what was once Ladies' Pond, reserved for ladies-only ice skating in the 1890s. It was ladies' only because to put skates on, women had to expose their ankles. In 1936, the pond was filled in.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Where's Lucy in NYC?




Answer:  At Grand Central Terminal (42d St. and Park Ave.). Grand Central is the largest train station in the world by number of platforms.



Answer:  At the Lipstick Building (between 53d and 54th Sts. on 3d Ave.). The building receives its name from its shape and color, which resemble a tube of Lipstick.  Bernie Madoff was a former tenant.




Answer:  In front of the Moonbird sculpture, by Joan Miro, on 58th st. behind the Solow Building (Book Building).

 


Answer:  At the fountain at the Conservatory Garden (off 5th Ave and 105th st.).

Friday, June 11, 2010

Where is Lucy in Manhattan?


Answer:  At the American Museum of Natural History on 77th St. between Columbus and CPW.   The Museum actually comprises 25 interconnected buildings.



Answer:  At Bethesda Terrace off 72St in Central Park.





Answer:  In front of the Eleanor Roosevelt Statue (72d st. and Riverside Dr.).  This is the first public monument to an American woman to be commissioned by the City of New York.



Answer:  On the bench with Jeremiah Lanphier outside of the American Bible Society on Broadway between 61st and 62d Sts.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Where is Lucy in New York City?




Answer:  At the Central Park Carousel. The original park carousel opened in 1871 and was powered by a blind mule and a horse who walked a treadmill in an underground pit.



Answer:  At the Guggenheim (5th Ave and 89st.). Frank Lloyd Wright's design for the site was completed in 1959 and was Wright's last major work.





Answer:  At the Grace Building (6th Ave between 42d and 43d St.).  The building was designed by the same architect as that of the Solow Building (9 W. 57th St.) and has a similar concave vertical slope. This is no coincidence, as the architect used the initial, rejected façade design of the Solow Building  for the Grace Building. The exterior of the building is covered in white travertine, which forms a contrast against the black windows and makes the building appear brighter than those surrounding it. The Grace Building in located on the former site of Stern's department stores' flagship location and headquarters.



Answer:  In front of the Manola Valdes Sculpture (Dama II) on Broadway and 63d St.  There are installations of Valdes' work along Broadway, which will appear until January 2011.