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December 20, 2005
Christmas Decorations
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On the whole Citygardenguide feels that Christmas is a time when a little excess in the decorating line is permissible, even desirable. A tasteful Christmas tree is generally a boring Christmas tree. And we take as much pleasure as anybody in the fantastical window displays on Fifth Avenue, or the Christmas light extravaganzas on the lawns of Queens or Staten Island. But somehow it's hard to do modern architecture and Christmas. Midtown's sterile high rises look uncomfortable dressed up for the holidays. The exception to this rule is the display in front of the Seagram Building; two separate islands of evergreens undecorated save for a rather sparse string of clear lights. Although this would seem austere in any other context, beneath the graceful black grid of the iconic skyscraper it looks just right. We think even Mies would have liked it.
Posted by gardenguidenyc at December 20, 2005 05:50 AM