Inside The Colossal New Whitney Museum
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There are a lot of puddles in the Meatpacking District; if you look closely you can see museums in some of them.<br/>
One balcony extends around the south side of the museum.<br/>
A view of the insane balcony stairs on the East Side of the building.<br/>
One floor has these huge minimalist sculptures.<br/>
This is a famous Alexander Calder piece depicting a Circus. It's in a large glass vitrine on one of the gallery floors.<br/>
The museum offers many views of the Hudson River, as well as the garbage pier adjacent to where <a href="http://gothamist.com/2015/02/12/diller_ferngully_park.php">Barry Diller will one day build his park</a>.<br/>
This is one of the staff rooms for storing and examining prints.<br/>
This is a conservation lab on the north side of the building. I spoke to some of the staff there, and they seemed very happy to have so much light in their work space.<br/>
A small cafe on the top floor of the museum.<br/>
A typical gallery view at the new Whitney.<br/>
One floor has two huge sky lounges: one facing the river, and another facing east.<br/>
A Chuck Close painting in one of the cavernous galleries.<br/>
A Cory Arcangel piece. This is one where he took everything out of a Super Mario Bros. Nintendo game except the clouds, which float by.<br/>
Another skylounge.<br/>
Some of the art is pretty edgy- this is a Keith Mayerson painting entitled "9-11."<br/>
Directly to the north of the building is one of the last meat packing plants in the now fairly misnamed Meatpacking District.<br/>
A large Barbara Kruger faces the stairs on one of the gallery floors.<br/>
The main stairwell leading up from the lobby has a cool hanging lightbulb sculpture.<br/>
The bathrooms don't have any art in them, but they are clean and spacious!<br/>
A lot of people are rumored to walk around naked at the Standard without closing their blinds. Watch out for that!<br/>
A Mary Hellmann piece, called "Sunset", made of colorful chairs in the largest outdoor space of the museum, facing the High Line.<br/>
Looking Southeast from the balconies.<br/>
Another gallery.<br/>
They've got two chickens on display. Art!<br/>
Danny Meyer's restaurant in the lobby, entitled "Untitled."<br/>
The book shop in the lobby.<br/>