So this past Friday was the NYC event for Jazz Age Barcelona at the Catalan Center at NYU. The King Juan Carlos Center hosted it and there was quite a nice crowd! My good friend and fellow print culture studies colleague, Jordana Mendelson introduced the book and totally made me blush during her extremely kind and generous intro. Then I said a few words and discussed some of the images before we just let the event turn into a free-flowing discussion between Jordana and me and the members of the public. It turned out really well. And ha ha, my request for cava at the reception afterwards was also a big hit as people finished off the case in short order... : )
Seeing so many great friends come out to help celebrate the book was again very humbling and rewarding. Duma came down from Toronto, Fran from Providence, Rosi from Philly and I got to see many other fantastic people who had sacrificed their Friday night for 1920s Catalonia... and cava, claro...
I find it really hard to talk sitting down...
The rest of the week-end was a great time just hanging out, shopping (picked up a couple of great new jackets) and exploring different parts of the city: like the Highline Park, a green space on top of the old elevated railway that ran through the meatpacking district... so cool...
Highline Park in Chelsea/Meatpacking District
Flatiron Building (much taller than Toronto's Gooderham [1892], but finished later [1902])
The men's section at Century 21 Department Store. Lots of deals but crazy-busy and full of tourists.
Interesting sky.
The Kitchen Underground reunited in NYC (minus the kitchen, unfortunately)
I like how the marquee and the façade play off one another.
Beautiful underground NYC.
More sky and buildings.
1 comment:
century 21 = total nightmare
and i hate that damn flatiron building so much, when people come to toronto, see ours and say, stupid canucks even copy the buildings.
FIRST, MOTHERFUCKER, FIRST! RECOGNIZE!
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