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Kentucky Christian University's Young Library Virtual New York City Vacation

A virtual vacation that includes books, movies, food, and tours of New York City

Day 2 - Central Park

"Under the bridge - Central Park, New York City" by Andreas Komodromos is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Central Park is the 5th largest park in New York City by area.  It consists of 843 acres.  As of 2016, it has approximately 42 million visitors annually. 

The "main attractions include landscapes such as the Ramble and Lake, Hallett Nature Sanctuary, the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, Sheep Meadow; amusement attractions such as Wollman Rink, Central Park Carousel, and the Central Park Zoo; formal spaces such as the Central Park Mall and Bethesda Terrace...Recreational activities include carriage-horse and bicycle tours, bicycling, sports facilities, and concerts and events." (From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park) 

Explore 15 of these sights from the Here Be Barr channel on YouTube by clicking here!

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city is the largest art museum in the United States.  Its permanent collection contains over 2 million works.  The Metropolitan Museum of art was founded in 1970 with a mission of bringing art and art education to the American people.  You can view many of their works online.  They have created high resolution images of over 375,000 public domain works from the collection.  They also have several audio tours that you can take virtually! Just click through the pictures and listen to the audio tour. Click here to see what tours are available.

 

New York Street Scenes - Snowy Night Outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue" by Steven Pisano is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Books To Read

Today was filled with art and exploration.  Continue that theme by reading these two titles!

One Wonderful Night: A Romance of New York 

by Louis Tracy

Click here to access the e-book from Project Gutenberg.

From Hannah on Goodreads: A hilarious romp of a tale, wherein a man and woman find true love after an international intrigue and a murder mystery. 

 

 

 

 

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A C                            athedral Singer by James Lane Allen

 

Click here to access this e-book from Project Gutenberg.

Click here to access this audio book from Librivox.

 

From David Wales from Librivox: "New York City in the early 20th century, a boy with an angelic voice, his devoted mother, the great Episcopal Cathedral of Saint John The Divine." -

      

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