The Things you find behind the Brooklyn Museum
4 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Friday, July 17, 2009 at 7/17/2009 08:23:00 PM.
Usually you would suspect the backlot of a museum (especially in the US) to be filled with a parking lot. The behind of the Brooklyn Museum actually does come with that, but also with its very own treasure trove of architectural fragments scattered all over the area.
A real architectural and sculptural fragments encyclopedia can be found here, and some unexpected masterpieces are among those wonders in stone.
This goes to prove that we are really behind the museum: the ugly back of the never-quite-finished beaux-arts masterpiece that is the Brooklyn Museum, a neoclassical McKim Mead and White structure.
Who'd expect a lady liberty replica amidst the parking lot?
This one is actually a fragment of the old Pennsylvania Station that got demolished and raised concerns to preserve architectural milestones of NYC. Most of the demolished Manhattan train station unfortunately found a watery last resting place in the swamps of New Jersey.
These are Sullivan architecture details.
And this sculpture is actually an ice block kept in the sculpture garden in a big fridge.
I see brooklyn without going to NY. thanks cedric for sharing
btw, Bruno is really gross :( I thought it was fun but when it comes to 45 mins earlier I feel grossed and annoyed
Bonjour! Cedric,
What very interesting photographs of architectural fragments (scattered all over the area...) and found behind the Brooklyn Museum.
Merci!
DeeDee
I love peeping in the back of the museum! Thanks.
I love it when you go skulking around the back of buildings and places.