• The Waldorf=Astoria Hotel

• Looking south on Park Avenue toward Grand Central Station from the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel

• The Park Avenue entrance to the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel

• Park Avenue in the rain and fog. June 2009 was one of the rainiest on record in New York City.

• A view from our hotel room on the 19th floor

• A view from our hotel room

• Looking down Lexington Avenue at the Chrysler Building from our hotel room

• Looking down E 49th Street toward the East River from our hotel room

• A rooftop terrace on the building across E 49th Street from our hotel room

• Saint Bartholomew's Church from our hotel room

• The dome at Saint Bartholomew's Church

• Boston Coach, our transportation for the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust Tour

• Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Odaliske in Grisaille - ca. 1824-1834

• Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Odaliske in Grisaille - ca. 1824-1834

• The earlier version (1814) of Ingres' La Grande Odalisque that we saw at the Louvre

• Édouard Manet, The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil - 1874

• Édouard Manet, The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil - 1874

• Édouard Manet, Boating - 1874

• Édouard Manet, Boating - 1874

• Berthe Morisot, Young Woman Seated on a Sofa - 1879

• Berthe Morisot, Young Woman Seated on a Sofa - 1879

• Auguste Renoir, Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe and Paul-Emile-Charles -1878

• Auguste Renoir, Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe and Paul-Emile-Charles -1878

• Auguste Renoir, By the Seashore - 1883

• Auguste Renoir, By the Seashore - 1883

• Claude Monet, Poppy Field, Argenteuil - 1875

• Claude Monet, Poppy Field, Argenteuil - 1875

• Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral: The Portal (Sunlight) - 1894

• Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral: The Portal (Sunlight) - 1894

• Claude Monet, Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies - 1899

• Claude Monet, Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies - 1899

• Claude Monet, Water Lilies - 1919

• Claude Monet, Water Lilies - 1919

• Vincent van Gogh, The Potato Peeler (recto: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat) - 1885

• Vincent van Gogh, The Potato Peeler (recto: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat) - 1885

• Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat - 1887

• Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat - 1887

• Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers - 1887

• Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers - 1887

• Vincent van Gogh, Wheat Field with Cypresses - 1889

• Vincent van Gogh, Wheat Field with Cypresses - 1889

• Vincent van Gogh, First Steps, after Millet - 1890

• Vincent van Gogh, First Steps, after Millet - 1890

• Vincent van Gogh, Irises - 1890

• A description of Vincent van Gogh's Irises - 1890

• An attempt to restore a pink background using Photoshop

• Georges Seurat, Study for 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte' - 1884

• Georges Seurat, Study for 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte' - 1884

• Camille Pissarro, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight) - 1898

• Camille Pissarro, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight) - 1898

• Édouard Vuillard, The Album - 1895

• Édouard Vuillard, The Album - 1895

• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Woman before a Mirror - 1897

• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Woman before a Mirror - 1897

• Pablo Picasso, The Blind Man's Meal - 1903

• Pablo Picasso, The Blind Man's Meal - 1903

• Pablo Picasso, At the Lapin Agile - 1905

• Pablo Picasso, At the Lapin Agile - 1905

• Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein - 1906

• Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein - 1906

• Duncan Grant, The Coffee Pot - ca. 1916

• Duncan Grant, The Coffee Pot - ca. 1916

• Helen Frankenthaler, Take Off - 1956

• Helen Frankenthaler, Take Off - 1956

• On the Roof Garden at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Auguste Rodin, The Three Shades - 1881-86; enlarged 1898, Bronze

• A New York City skyline view from the Roof Garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Roxy Paine, Maelstrom - 2009, Stainless Steel, on the Roof Garden

• A description of the Roxy Paine sculpture installation in the photos of the Roof Garden

• The sculpture, terrace, and New York skyline

• The sculpture, terrace, and New York skyline

• A reflection portrait

• A reflection photo

• The architect and builder plaque on the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

• The Guggenheim was fully renovated for the 2009 50th anniversary of its opening in 1959

• The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

• Our tour group in front of the Guggenheim Museum: Doug Collins, Orysia Burdiak, Jim Tichy, Kathryn Collins, Shelley McVicker, Carol Tichy, Mark King, Susan Norris, Wayne Norris, Cheryl Bachand

• Interior view of the Guggenheim dome

• Interior view of the Guggenheim ramp

• Interior view of the Guggenheim ramp

• A special exhibit, Frank Lloyd Wright - From Within Outward, celebrates the Guggenheim's 50th anniversary

• Auguste Rodin's Monument to Balzac (1898, cast 1954) greets us at MoMA

• Architectural detail of MoMA

• Architectural detail, MoMA interior

• Georges-Pierre Seurat, Port-en-Bessin, Entrance to the Harbor - 1888

• Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of Joseph Roulin - early 1889

• Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Apples - 1895-98

• Marc Chagall, I and the Village - 1911

• Vasily Kandinsky, (one of) Four Panels for Edwin Campbell - 1914

• Vasily Kandinsky, Four Panels for Edwin Campbell - 1914

• Henri Matisse, The Red Studio - fall 1911

• Henri Matisse, The Red Studio - fall 1911

• Henri Matisse, View of Notre Dame - spring 1914

• Henri Matisse, Still Life after Jan Davidsz. de Heem's 'La Desserte' - summer-fall 1915

• Pablo Picasso, Women Plaiting Her Hair - 1906

• Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - 1907

• Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - 1907

• Pablo Picasso, Girl with a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier) - late spring 1910

• Pablo Picasso, Violin and Grapes - spring-summer 1912

• George Braque, Man with a Guitar, summer 1911-early 1912

• Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians - summer 1921

• Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians - summer 1921

• Alexander Calder's Black Widow (1959) bids us farewell

• Lyndhurst, or Jay Gould Estate, a Gothic Revival country house located on the Hudson River in Tarrytown, New York. Designed by Alexander Jackson Davis in 1838.

• Lyndhurst

• Lyndhurst

• Lyndhurst

• Lyndhurst

• Lyndhurst detail

• Lyndhurst detail

• Lyndhurst detail

• Lyndhurst detail in Entry Hall

• Lyndhurst detail in Entry Hall

• Lyndhurst detail in Entry Hall

• A view of the Hudson River from Lyndhurst

• The recreation building at Lyndhurst

• The rose garden at Lyndhurst

• The rose garden at Lyndhurst

• Roses at Lyndhurst

• The greenhouse at Lyndhurst

• The stables at Lyndhurst

• Window detail at the stables at Lyndhurst

• Roof detail at the stables at Lyndhurst

• Harvest on Hudson, our stop for lunch

• Harvest on Hudson, our stop for lunch

• Union Church of Pocantico Hills, a community and Rockefeller family church, has ten stunning windows. The rose window was designed by Henri Matisse and nine others were designed by Marc Chagall.

• Union Church of Pocantico Hills

• Union Church of Pocantico Hills

• Union Church of Pocantico Hills

• Exterior view of Chagall window. Interior photos were not permitted.

• Exterior view of Chagall window. Interior photos were not permitted.

• Kykuit, the Rockefeller family estate for four generations. Architects Delano and Aldrich, completed in 1913.

• Kykuit entry gate. Kykuit is a Dutch word meaning lookout.

• After Giambologna, Oceanus and the Three Rivers, 1913 after 1571 original, located across the courtyard from the entrance to the main house

• Gate to the gardens

• Kykuit east façade

• Kykuit east façade

• Kykuit east façade detail

• Kykuit east façade detail

• Kykuit east façade detail

• Kykuit east façade detail. Brancusi sculpture on entry porch is visible through the grill work.

• Kykuit south façade

• Kykuit south façade

• Kykuit detail

• Kykuit west terrace

• Kykuit west façade

• Kykuit west façade

• The Kykuit west terrace overlooks part of the gardens and the Hudson River

• Lynn Chadwick, Teddy Boy and Girl - 1955, iron and composition

• Lynn Chadwick, Teddy Boy and Girl - 1955, iron and composition

• Kykuit north façade

• Kykuit north façade

• The terrace on the north, rose garden side, of the main house

• The gardens at Kykuit were designed by William Welles Bosworth and contain more than 70 sculptures added during the 1960s and 70s

• Teahouse in the gardens at Kykuit

• Aristide Maillol, Bather Putting Up her Hair

• Aristide Maillol, Bather Putting Up her Hair

• Fountain in front of the Teahouse

• The other side of the Teahouse

• Sculpture in the gardens at Kykuit

• Elie Nadelman, Two Female Nudes, ca. 1931, cast 1949, bronze

• Elie Nadelman, Two Female Nudes, ca. 1931, cast 1949, bronze

• Courtyard wall detail

• Urn and wall detail

• Fountain in the gardens at Kykuit

• Sculpture in the gardens at Kykuit

• Robert Adams, Barrier No. 1 (Opus) - 1962, steel

• Sculpture in the gardens at Kykuit

• The gardens at Kykuit

• Garden path

• The gardens at Kykuit

• Iris

• Columbine

• Kykuit gardens

• Grotto in the gardens at Kykuit

• Grotto detail

• Isamu Noguchi, Black Sun - 1960-63, gabbro

• Isamu Noguchi, Black Sun - 1960-63, gabbro

• Gerhard Marcks, Maja - 1942, bronze

• Gerhard Marcks, Maja - 1942, bronze

• Kykuit gardens

• Kykuit gardens

• Kykuit gardens gate

• Kykuit gardens gate detail

• Kathryn in Kykuit gardens

• Kykuit gardens

• Peter Chinni, Natura Extensa - 1965, polished bronze

• Jacques Lipchitz, Song of the Vowels or Angels with Harps?

• Jacques Lipchitz, Song of the Vowels or Angels with Harps?

• Jacques Lipchitz, Song of the Vowels or Angels with Harps?

• Kykuit gardens

• Sculpture in the gardens

• David Smith, The Banquet - 1951, steel

• Sculpture in the gardens

• Louise Nevelson sculpture

• Sculpture and the Hudson River from the gardens at Kykuit

• Alexander Calder, Large Spiny

• Henry Moore, Knife Edge-Two Piece

• Shinkichi Tajiri, Granny's Knot

• Kykuit gardens

• Sculpture in the gardens

• Sculpture in the gardens

• Kykuit gardens

• Kykuit gardens

• Looking toward the rose gardens

• The rose garden side of the main house

• The rose gardens

• The rose gardens

• The rose gardens

• The rose gardens

• Gallery between rose garden and main house

• Gallery between rose garden and main house

• The sculpture framed by the gallery is by Max Bill, Triangular Surface in Space

• Patio detail in the rose gardens

• A 'foot shot' in the rose gardens

• A golf green and the recreation building

• The stables at Kykuit

• The stables at Kykuit

• The stables at Kykuit

• The stables at Kykuit

• The Glass House, designed by architect Philip Johnson as his own residence - 1949

• Our tour group in front of the Glass House: Doug Collins, Kathryn Collins, Orysia Burdiak, Jim Tichy, Mark King, Shelley McVicker, Cheryl Bachand, Wayne Norris, Susan Norris, Carol Tichy

• Our tour group in front of the Glass House: Doug Collins, Kathryn Collins, Orysia Burdiak, Jim Tichy, Mark King, Shelley McVicker, Cheryl Bachand, Wayne Norris, Susan Norris, Carol Tichy

• Philip Johnson's Glass House

• Philip Johnson's Glass House

• Philip Johnson's Glass House

• Philip Johnson's Glass House

• The Guest House

• The Guest House with the Glass House in the background

• Philip Johnson's Glass House

• Philip Johnson's Glass House

• A view into the sitting area in the Glass House

• A view into the office area in the Glass House

• The sitting area in the Glass House

• Glass House interior

• Glass House interior

• The sitting area and fireplace in the Glass House. The cabinets in the background separate the sitting area from the bedroom.

• The bedroom in the Glass House

• The office area in the Glass House

• The bathroom in the Glass House

• The bathroom in the Glass House

• The kitchen in the Glass House

• Sculpture and dining area in the Glass House

• The dining area in the Glass House

• A view from the dining area of the Glass House

• Stone wall and studio

• Sculpture and pond

• Sculpture

• Sculpture and pond

• Sculpture and pond

• The swimming pool

• Swimming pool and Glass House

• Guest House, swimming pool, and Glass House

• Garden detail

• Underground art gallery

• Gallery entry wall and lichen detail

• Lichen detail

• Inside the art gallery

• Inside the art gallery

• A bronze log in front of the sculpture gallery

• Bronze log

• Bronze log detail

• Inside the sculpture gallery

• Inside the sculpture gallery

• Inside the sculpture gallery

• Inside the sculpture gallery

• Inside the sculpture gallery

• Inside the sculpture gallery

• Original Visitor Center

• Original Visitor Center

• Kathryn peering out the Visitor Center window

• Original Visitor Center

• Original Visitor Center

• Garden detail

• Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York City

• Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York City

• Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York City

• Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York City

• Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York City

• Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York City

• Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York City

• Radio City Music Hall

• Radio City Music Hall

• Radio City Music Hall

• Radio City Music Hall

• Radio City Music Hall

• Radio City Music Hall

• Radio City Music Hall

• Radio City Music Hall

• Radio City Music Hall

• A 'foot shot' in Radio City Music Hall

• Inside Park at St. Bart's, site of our farewell lunch

• Inside Park at St. Bart's, site of our farewell lunch

• Lexington Avenue and the Chrysler Building at night