Good evening! Wishing you a happy Monday, July 15th, 2019 from all of us at Viewing NYC!

Here's what the weather looks like in the City right now.

There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately.

• 6sqft ⇒ An Urban Garden Will Grow on a Garment District Block This Summer
• Curbed NY ⇒ Here’s What Manhattan Looked Like During the Big Power Outage
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Lost Watt-Pinckney Mansion - 139th and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.
• Ephemeral New York ⇒ The Delightful Gothic Mash-Up Building in Tribeca
• Forgotten NY ⇒ FORGOTTENTOUR #147: KISSENA PARK and FLUSHING CEMETERIES
• Gothamist ⇒ Videos: Choir Creates Beautiful NY Moment Outside of Carnegie Hall During the Blackout
• Greenpointers ⇒ New Greenpoint Library on Track for Fall Opening
• New York Times ⇒ $399 for a Festival in Central Park? The Great Lawn Goes Capitalist
• QNS.com ⇒ Cuomo Demands Action on Homeless in the Subways a Day After MTA Celebrates on-Time Milestone
• Streetsblog New York City ⇒ NYPD: We Will No Longer Target Grieving Cyclists After Crashes
• The Real Deal New York ⇒ How Anna Karlin Designed the Interiors of Extell’s One Manhattan Square
• Untapped Cities ⇒ The Abandoned Power Plant Below the Flatiron Building

Go behind the scenes with artist Oliver Beer as he discusses the process and inspiration for the creation of his sound installation Vessel Orchestra, which features a diverse selection of sculptures, utilitarian containers, and decorative objects from the Museum's collection.

Visit the exhibition page at the Met Museum's website to learn more about the "Oliver Beer: Vessel Orchestra" sound installation.