You know how there are roller coaster enthusiasts who go all over the world to sample all the greatest coaster rides? Well, Jasper and I are beginning to take a similar approach with carousels, and are becoming quite the connoisseurs.
You see, we've ridden carousels in places as far and wide as California, the Jersey Shore, a cruise ship in the Caribbean, and of course in our very own back yard at Prospect Park. Jasper apparently even rode one in Florence, Italy before I was born.
But this week, we discovered our new favorite carousel - the recently restored and just opened Jane's Carousel, in Dumbo, Brooklyn (which just happens to be one of our favorite neighborhoods in New York City, and this just makes it even better!) We were so excited when Daddy told us there was a new carousel close to our house, and approached it for the first time in great anticipation...
And when we finally got there - wow, what a sight to behold!
Not only is the carousel beautiful (and beautifully restored - the carousel was originally created in 1922 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company and first installed in Youngstown, Ohio, before falling into disrepair years later), but it is housed in an awesome modern building designed by renowned and Pritzker Prize winning architect, Jean Nouvel.
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I think there's a carousel in the Milwaukee zoo...
Central Park!
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