Summerstreets & The Cloisters

Summer Streets

We enjoyed Summer Streets on August 9th.  The city shuts down Park Ave for bikers, runners and whoever to stroll the streets without the worry of getting run over by a taxi.  Along the way they had different events and activities, like a zip line and dance floors.  Whole Foods even sponsored a farmers market and an artist created an underwater adventure in a tunnel. 

Entering the underwater adventure... :P

Can you tell we are underwater?!

Spoooooky.  There was also audio of drips and ocean waves to add to the illusion.

Let there be light! Didn't come out that well but the green trees and blue skies were pretty to see when you looked straight up through the fan vent.

Grand Central Station

On Park Ave with The Grand Central Station behind us.

The Route

We turned on iMapMyRun to track how far we ran.

For the later half of the day we decided to check out The Cloisters, a museum that Gregg had read about.  It is all the way up the West Side to the end of Manhattan, a bit of a trek and the opposite direction of home, but since we were half way there we thought, why not?

Case in point: we didn't know the streets went up to 200

Yay! Sunshine!

POWER hiking up the original steps!

George Washington Bridge (to NJ) in the background

Made it!

A photo inside the museum of its construction in 1935.

GW Bridge in the background.

The museum is mostly made up of collected artifacts from European churches and monasteries.  In this atrium, the columns are actually the museum pieces and are all unique.

Unicorns were apparently a big deal in medieval Europe

We're not sure why this one is getting shanked in this tapestry

Another atrium housed the seating for the little museum cafe

Meg tries to clear a path for us

Gotcha! Tired of all this old stuff?

We finished our tour of the Museum and yelped a place close by to eat.  We enjoyed satisfying sandwiches at Beans and Vines, then hopped on the Subway for our LONG trip back to Brooklyn :)