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September 14, 2006
Everything was just new to me
The third week in this city.
I was asked to explore an Island- a little Island between 2 crowded lands built by communist architects. Sounds adventurous. Thanks for Jean-Marc suggesting a bike ride trip. Hey, biking on an urban bridge!! I never thought of it before. “Who are going to join the bike ride to Roosevelt Island? My hand was up immediately.
The bridge amazed me. Not only you can cross by driving, biking, walking or roller-skating, there is a cable car beside the bridge. Space inside the cable car is interesting. You can walk around and the glass walls allow you to see everything around you. I feel some freedom up in the air.
Ok, back to the topic—The Noguchi Museum.
Unlike the typical museum in my mind, Noguchi Museum is like a relaxing garden. Sun light comes in from the roof, walking on the stone road, going through different styles of sculptures made me feel laid off. The first floor was well set.
However, I was a bit disappointed about the playground display on the second floor. It was supposed to put it in the park for children to play. When put in the museum, it was so well protected in a room (actually a room where people quite easy to miss). It was labeled “DO NOT TOUCH”. I would prefer “PLEASE PLAY” instead, as one of our “bike-mate” Daniel said.
Back to Manhattan, we ride cross the bridge. A little bit terrified as busy traffic was passing by crazily. Especially when hearing the roaring car engines sound. I tried to keep concentrated…ride up the crazy slope….Whooo… I had a very good exercise.
Posted by Hiu Tai at September 14, 2006 11:49 AM