Fulton Transit Station (Finally) Set To Open Monday, 11/10 at 5PM.

After more than a decade of planning, the 10-line, 300,000+ daily passenger station is set to open its doors.  The station is set to open just days after One World Trade welcomed its first 175 Conde Nast employees this past Monday.

Things are really starting to take shape in the forever developing Financial District.  I cannot wait to see the neighborhood change over the next year.  Finally, long delayed projects will begin pumping new and creative life into the suit and tie dominated area.  The creative rebirth of Lower Manhattan is upon us!

(Photos via Curbed)

 

 

Rain Room at MoMA

 

The Rain Room will be open until the end of the month (July 28th).  It would be an understatement to say that lines have been long.  Average wait times have ranged from an hour upwards of two or three!  Members get special previewing hours before the museum opens.

 

Memberships are tax-deductible, rather affordable, and offer some amazing perks that make the purchase well worth it.   Nearly every week, events, member previews, and newsletters were sent out to members that I have yet to see at any other museum I am a member of.  Possibly the biggest plus is that you get to skip the ticket lines and go right into the amazing museum “free of charge.”

The pictures below speak the exhibit itself, however here is a quick rundown: A large room has been transformed with a choreographed water display that falls as if you are stuck in a late summer thunderstorm.  Fat rain drops dazzle the eyes as a light source contrasts the darkness of the room with the blinding light.  Silhouettes are created thanks in part of the light and the shadows.  The exhibit is both visually stimulating and is a delight for the ears as water cascades down throughout the space.

(More photos can be found here)