Free Walking tour of Sunset Park, Brooklyn next Saturday!!! (Donations are gladly accepted)

This should be a great tour and the weather should be sunny but a bit cold. Check the weather before heading out!!

Walking tour of Sunset Park

Saturday, April 13, 2013 10:00am 2.5 hours

Join some of your neighbors for a walking tour through the heart of the Sunset Park neighborhood, starting at the landmarked courthouse on 43rd St. and Fourth Ave. and ending in New York City's third Chinatown on 60th St. and Eighth Ave.

We will focus on history, architecture, development, ethnic diversity, and the potential to become a New York City landmark district. We are already listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but as yet do not have New York City landmarks designation to protect our livable and historic streetscapes.

Our tour leader is Joe Svehlak, urban historian and former resident. Donations gladly accepted for the Sunset Park Landmarks Committee.

To ask a question about the tour, or to RSVP and reserve your spot, contact us here.

( Information from http://www.preservesunsetpark.org/)

Caixa Forum Madrid

CaixaForum in Madrid is a new cultural center built by architects Herzog & de Meuron. The building is a restored old power station which combines old and modern elements Alongside the building is a vertical garden designed by the French botanist Patrick Blanc. The building boasts two galleries, an auditorium, a multipurpose hall, a community technology center, a fancy bookstore and an even fancier rooftop restaurant.

Current exhibitions included one of art noveau illustrater, Alfonse Mucha (no he is not Spanish) and an awesome look into the life of Charlie Chaplin.




I would definitely put it on my must sees for madrid, especially if you are an architect freak...