As if City Hall, designed on 1802 by architects John McComb Jr. and Joseph-Francois Mangin, weren't sketchable enough, it is surrounded by stunning and historical buildings such as the majestic Manhattan Municipal Building, Tweed Courthouse, The Woolworth Building, Surrogate’s Court, the old NY Times Building, NY County Supreme Court, and even the Brooklyn Bridge and St. Paul’s Chapel are within striking distance.
The weather forecast is calling for rain in the afternoon on Saturday. As a fallback plan, let’s retreat to Brookfield Place if it is raining hard enough to prevent sketching. Check the comment section of the Instagram and Facebook posts for this event on Saturday for “live” updates. We can communicate there.
HOST: Dan Honig (917) 843-5539
DATE: Saturday 5/9/26
TIME: Sketching 10am - 3pm | Show and Tell beginning at 3pm.
SKETCHING LOCATION: City Hall Park- East Side of Broadway @ Park Place- between Broadway and Park Row.
MEETING LOCATION: There will be no official meeting to kick off the day, join your fellow sketchers and just start sketching. If you are new, look for people with sketchbooks and say hello, we are a friendly bunch.
SHOW AND TELL LOCATION: The benches around the Jacob Wrey Mould Fountain on the south side of the park. If we need to go to Brookfield place, meet on the east side of the Winter Garden Atrium, on the 2nd floor at the top of the giant staircase (there are elevators to get up there). Check with the host day-of for the exact show-and-tell location, and/or check the comment section of the Instagram and Facebook posts for this event for “live” updates.
FOOD, DRINK, RESTROOMS, SEATING: Yes to all.
ABOUT NYC URBAN SKETCHING EVENTS: All are welcome, no fee, no registration. Just look for folks with sketchbooks and say hello. If you have trouble finding us, contact the host; their contact info is in the NYC Urban Sketchers blog post for this event. #nycurbansketchers.
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