Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, sort of. It's a modern building "paraphrasing the Medieval style" incorporating elements of Medieval cloisters. See: http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/introduction.asp?dep=7 >The Cloisters are pieces of medeival monestaries/abbies that were purchased >by buyers from the Met after WWII and brought a stone at a time to the banks >of the Hudson River and reassembled. The result is an amazing hodge-podge >building that does indeed look like a castle in parts. It houses the famous >Unicorn Tapestries and the admission is pay- what-you-wish. Take the No. 4 >bus to the end of the line or the A train to Fort Tryon Park. It is also the >highest point geologically on the island of Manhattan. Great light. > Ben Marks > Richard S. Taylor wrote >>The Cloisters in upper Manhattan is a reproduction of a Medieval >>castle set on a tall bluff overlooking the Hudson. It's about >>70-years old. The Metropolitan Museum of Art operates it as a museum >>of Medieval art. > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick Boston MA