The Museum of the City of New York. East Harlem, New York City.

I had the privilege of attending a party thrown by Gothamist last night at the Museum of the City of New York. I was in heaven. Not only is the interior of this museum one of my favorites located on museum row in upper Manhattan but it was really fabulous to be there at night and be able to explore at will.

The highlight of the night though was definitely the wonderful personal tour of the current Cecil Beaton- The New York Years exhibit given by no other than Donald Albrecht. I was so wrapped up in the tour that I completely forgot to take photos of the majority of the exhibit! The exhibit includes Beaton’s photography, design, illustration and costume work. It was spectacular to view original photos of Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, Mick Jagger, Audrey Hepburn and Salvador Dali among others.

I also got to wander around and explore the The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011 which includes an original hand-drawn map of New York’s planned streets and avenues prepared in 1811 along with other really wonderful historic artifacts of urban planning. The upper level exhibit called The Unfinished Grid: Design Speculations for Manhattan was also highly enjoyable.

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