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Modern Art Monday Presents: Bertram Hartman, Trinity Church And Wall Street

trinity church and wall street photo by gail worley
Photo By Gail

Skyscrapers loom over older buildings, planes fly overhead, and people crowd the sidewalks in this dramatic bird’s-eye view of Manhattan’s Wall Street. Bertram Hartman’s meaning may not be quite so straightforward, however. He painted Trinity Church And Wall Street in 1929, the year of a great stock market crash that devastated the nation’s economy. By showing the gothic series of Trinity Church overshadowed by skyscrapers, Hartman may have intended his viewers to contemplate the relationship between spiritual and material needs in modern life.

Photographed in the Brooklyn Museum.

 

Iconic NYC Skyscrapers Playground Equipment

Skyscraper Slides
All Photos By Gail

Is it likely that these visually engaging playground slides, which resemble two of NYCs best loved architectural masterpieces, would exist anywhere outside of the Big Apple? Probably not. Continue reading Iconic NYC Skyscrapers Playground Equipment

Rock Crystal Lamps that Look Like Skyscrapers

Rock Crystal Lamps
Photographed by Gail in AMNH Gift Shop

The Manhattan Skyline should be so gorgeous, amiright? You can buy these lamps in the gift shop at the Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side!

quartz crystal lamp photo by gail worley
New Photo Added September 9th, 2020!