If you haven't been to the New York Botanical Garden train show you might not know the organizing principle: it's not about the trains. The trains run on tracks in the big conservatory, among miniature models of New York area landmarks -- all made out of plants. Twigs, barks, seeds, leaves, and occasionally (see the TWA Terminal) large fungi. Every year they add some new buildings. It's amazing. If you get a chance to go, you'll thank yourself.

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park avenue armory



window detail



wall detail



the little red lighthouse and the great gray bridge



building mass



train passes by



rose window at st. patrick's cathedral



old twa terminal, with planes



roof detail