Walk on the Wild Side July 12, 2026
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: art, Art exhibit, NY Historical, NYC, photography, Shoe Museum, Stuart Weitzman, Tang Wing
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The NY Historical has opened its new Tang Wing. I went a few weeks ago and was delighted to find this fun, creative Shoe Museum at the entrance. From their website “Everyone on the planet—with few exceptions—wears something on their feet to protect them from the earth. Yet the humble shoe also can be an object of desire, display, and deliberation, transcending its utilitarian purpose. Shoes can be sculptural, serve as historic artifacts, or call up abstract considerations—such as the freighted meanings of femininity, power, domination, and aspiration—for both women and men alike”. Renowned shoe designer Stuart Weitzman and businesswoman and philanthropist Jane Gershon Weitzman have assembled a stunning collection of footwear—from historical examples of workaday shoes to Stuart Weitzman’s own creations to the many “fantasy shoes” that Jane Gershon Weitzman commissioned from artists to display in her husband’s store windows. This extraordinary donation finds a home in our soaring new Weitzman Shoe Museum. The new Tang Wing is now open to everyone and I encourage you walk on over in your comfy shoes and visit.
Macy’s Inflation Celebration November 30, 2025
Posted by judylobo in Zoo.Tags: animals, art, Art exhibit, Inflation celebration, Macy's Thanksgiving Da Parade, NY Historical, NYC, photography, Thanksgiving
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After attending the last seven Macy’s Day Parades I decided it was time to do something different. I had never seen the Macy’s Inflation Celebration the day before the parade, so off we went. My NY Historical membership got us six tickets to a special viewing area adjacent to the Museum. And it turns out – it was a lot of fun. The Macy’s Inflation Celebration is an event that has been held on Thanksgiving Eve since the 1990s. The event features inflation teams and Parade officials prepping the giant balloons, for the following day’s parade. For the Parade’s earliest inflation ceremonies, the balloons were normally inflated in the wee hours on Thanksgiving morning in Harlem. Starting in the 1930s, the smaller balloons were inflated the night before and were loaded onto trucks, while the larger balloons were inflated mere hours before the Parade’s kick-off. When the Parade route was shortened in 1945, the balloon inflation was moved to the Upper West Side. Over the years, the inflation would start the night before the Parade, and would draw a small number of local New Yorkers each and every year. Starting in 1994 they decided to make the balloon inflation an annual event open to the public, so that fans of the Parade could see the behind the scenes of the Parade. Nowadays, it is held at 77th Street and 81st Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue.
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