Built in 1840 The Old Stone Mill at the NY Botanical Gardens is one of the oldest buildings in New york City. Originally built as a snuff mill along the Bronx River, today it serves as a wonderful catering hall.
What brought us to the The Botanical Gardens was a Sunday brunch in connection with an exhibition of work by Frida Kahlo.
The exhibit includes 15 paintings and drawings along with a recreation of the garden from Casa Azul, her home with Diego Rivera.
DrFumblefinger explores the architecture in “Downtown Casablanca”. Most were constructed in the period between WWI and WWII, and show art deco and art nouveau features combined with Moroccan/Moorish features.
A delicious lunch was capped by a pleasant young Berber girl pouring mint tea for us.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe
TravelGumbo revisits Jonathan L’s trip to the Columbia River and the old cannery town of Astoria, Oregon
Jonathan L explored some of the local culture of small town Portugal in Ferreira do Zêzere.
Jonathan L took advantage of atmospheric weather for some striking pictures
Awesome and colorful pictures. I do would like to see them in person. Thanks for a great post Jonathan!
Thanks for the great pictures. Wish I could see the exhibition..and the mill. Guessed this one by digging into history.
No email guesses this week?
Just to add a little more…the mill, also known as the Snuff Mill, is the oldest industrial building in New York City…but most of the others in the 20 oldest list predate it by 150 to 200 years. Most are houses in Brooklyn and Queens (one is still a private house after 350 years!) but one is in the Bronx: the 1748 Van Cortlandt Mansion–where George Washington really did sleep.
For a link to the fascinating list, click HERE