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| Morning Manhattan Meander
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| Lunch at the Rainbow Cafe Falafel.
| Documenting the previous night's dinner: Turkish Kitchen.
| The previous night's late night snack at Veselka.
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| Brooklyn Museum
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| The Brooklyn Museum.
| A model of the museum.
| Taken for a friend of mine.
| A set of impressive Egyptian stelas.
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| A closer look at two Egyptian stelas.
| Many plaques commemorated various Egyptian rulers. I took a picture of this
one because I found it interesting, especially with the turnabout in the
last paragraph.
| An example of how an Egyptian museum was advertised in the 19th century.
| Samuel Colman's The Edge of Doom
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| One of Monet's Houses of Parliament, with an unusual reflection from the
lighting.
| Albert Bierstadt's A Storm in the Rockies
(It's a huge painting!)
| Louis Mignot's Niagara
(It's a huge painting!)
| Francis Augustus Silva's The Hudson at the Tappan Zee
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| Fitz Hugh Lane's Off Mount Desert Island
| John William Casilear's Lake George
| Jacquette's East River View with Brooklyn Bridge
(It's a huge painting!)
| Beautiful stained glass windows.
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| A neat story about the persistent pursuit of excellence, in this case
involving Tiffany and stained glass.
| A wide array of glass objects.
| A sign describing where the different glass objects in the previous image
originated and what distinctive features each country of origin uses.
| Look closely and see how many small glass fragments this window is made of!
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| Thomas Cole's The Picnic.
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| Evening Manhattan Adventure
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| Firefighters near the comedy club dealing with the alleged gas leak.
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