Preserving the Cloisters’ Art with IBM Sensors | NYConvergence
At the Cloisters, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s museum located in Fort Tryon Park in the Inwood section of Manhattan, art modeler Paolo Dionisi Vici has been preparing low-power sensors to make a 3D map of the Cloisters’ necessary climate conditions. With technical assistance from IBM, Vici, an associate research scientist for the Met, has [...]
Best of New York: Upper Manhattan’s Fort Tryon Park is tops for a nature walk | NY Daily News
By Jacob E. Osterhout AND Amanda P. Sidman / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS FORT TRYON PARK 741 Fort Washington Ave., Manhattan Yes, the trails are paved and the sounds of nature can be hard to hear over traffic from the Henry Hudson Parkway more than a hundred feet below, but a walk through the 3 [...]
Best things to do in Washington Heights | Time Out New York
By Linnea Covington 10am Once the site of a Revolutionary War base (which later became Fort Washington Park), Washington Heights is home to Bennett Park (183 St and Fort Washington Ave, nyc.gov/parks), the highest point in Manhattan (it’s more than 260 feet above sea level). On your way there, grab an egg sandwich ($2.95) and [...]
The Medieval Festival 2010
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Take the A Train to the Middle Ages
Rub the rust off thy armor, iron thy chain mail, gird thy loins and polish up on ye chivalry because the 26th Annual MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL AT FORT TRYON PARK will be held on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3rd, from 11:30AM – 6PM! The annual event is sponsored by the City of New York Parks and Recreation and [...]
UPTOWN GEM – THE CLOISTERS
BY Led Black One of the editors at The Times, Jan Benzel, is being reassigned to Paris (poor Jan). Before she ships out she will attempt to do all the things in NYC that every New Yorker should do at least once. One of the first places she chose was the Cloisters. Check out The [...]
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