The Bronx, NY (November 16, 2010) – Today is media preview day for The New York Botanical Garden’s Holiday Train Show which opens to the public on November 20th. This annual extravaganza showcases more than one dozen Garden-scale model trains weaving their way around various replicas of New York landmarks on nearly a quarter-mile of track. The Garden’s collection contains more than 140 structures—all created from plant materials such as leaves, twigs, bark, berries, seeds, pine cones, nuts, and pods.
This year’s notable addition is the new re-creation of Eero Saarinen’s icon of modern design, the Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight Center at JFK International Airport that opened in 1962 (right).
NYBG fan favorites such as the original Penn Station [(1910–1964) left)], Yankee Stadium (1923-2008), the Brooklyn Bridge, Rockefeller Center, and Radio City Music Hall all return to the three Botanical Garden’s “crystal palace,” galleries in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.
The New York Botanical Garden is located off the Bronx River Parkway’s 7W exit at Fordham Road and Metro-North Railroad’s Botanical Gardens stop of the Harlem line in The Bronx.
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