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Wondrous →The Backwards Sky
The zodiac overhead is painted mirror-reversed — “the heavens as God sees them,” per the official excuse. Find the one sooty brick they left uncleaned.
Picks like this, every Friday
Seven things worth leaving the apartment for, hand-checked. One short email, free, one tap to leave.
More in Wondrous
- The Panorama of NYCAll 895,000 buildings of the five boroughs in miniature — built for the 1964 World’s Fair.
- The Little Red LighthouseThe 1880 lighthouse a children’s book saved from the wrecking ball — still standing where the great gray bridge looms.
- The Real Winnie-the-PoohThe actual 1920s stuffed animals that started it all, in the Children’s Center. Free.
- The Berlin Wall on MadisonFive graffitied slabs of the actual Wall, casually installed beside an office elevator bank.
- The Whispering GalleryFace the corner tile, murmur, and be heard perfectly across the vaulted arch 30 feet away. Proposals happen here weekly.