ILLUSTRATED EVENTS: Mary Kay Vyskocil Sworn in as a U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge

ILLUSTRATED EVENTS: Mary Kay Vyskocil Sworn in as a U.S. Bankruptcy Co...: NEW YORK--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that Mary Kay Vyskocil was sworn in by the United Sta...

Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil being sworn in by Honorable Cecelia G. Morris, Chief Judge of the SDNY Bankruptcy Court.

THE BATTERY FAIR June 25/26

The Battery Fair  celebrated the long-awaited opening of the Battery Oval: 87,000 square feet of Kentucky bluegrass, surrounded by 38 trees. (The sod on the magnificent lawn was laid in 2015, but needed a year to take root.) The Oval was equipped with 300 new chairs, shaped like flowers.

This Fair was a  two-day marketplace that featured more than 90 artisinal vendors, selling organic products (such as fish, flowers, fruits and vegetables, grain, herbs, and meat), many of them locally sourced, and all of them small-batch purveyors who are defining alternative, sustainable systems of natural production without compromising taste and beauty.

The vision behind the Fair is ( Warrie Price, pictured) to showcase innovations in agriculture, horticulture, food, and craft; to emphasize the connections between food production and plant production; and to support and connect small batch entrepreneurs in the Northeast region. For more information, please browse: www.thebattery.org/things-to-do/thebatteryfair

 

Happy Easter: City Hall Park/Jacob Wrey Fountain

• Architect: Jacob Wrey Mould ( he designed bridges in Central Park)
• Description: Square pool with candelabrum at each corner; central column consisting of circular basin with umbrella above, surmounted by fixture
• Materials: Pool and column (except for fixture)--granite; Candelabra, fixture--bronze
• Dimensions: Pool L: 30' W: 30'; Basin Diameter: 10'; Column H: 15' (all approximate)
• Cast: 1872
• rededicated by Mayor Giuliani 1999

 In 1999 a $34.6 million project fully restored the park, adding a central walkway and gardens and replacing pavement with grass and trees.  The Mould fountain with its original granite base was returned to the park with a reconstructed centerpiece and lighting fixtures.  A circular tablet at the southern end of the park was added to educate visitors about the history of the site.  At the park’s rededication, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani called the renovation “a final gift from the 20th century to New Yorkers of the 21st.”

More on the fountain
 https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/jacob-wrey-mould-fountain/

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM UPTOWN TO DOWNTOWN

Times Square morning after New Year's Eve
with 1 World Trade in background.
Happy New Year 2016!

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM WASHINGTON DC

The National Christmas Tree in the White House Elipse.

The National Christmas Tree is surrounded by 50 smaller trees, one for each state.

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Happy Mothers Day

HAPPY EASTER

Trinity Church: Lower Manhattan 

“Easter is…
Joining in a birdsong,
Eying an early sunrise,
Smelling yellow daffodils,
Unbolting windows and doors,
Skipping through meadows,
Cuddling newborns,
Hoping, believing,
Reviving spent life,
Inhaling fresh air,
Sprinkling seeds along furrows,
Tracking in the mud.
Easter is the soul’s first taste of spring.” 
― Richelle E. Goodrich

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