(New York Botanical Gardens)
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After two busy months of building and preparing, "Good Morning America" unveiled the premiere installation of its new annual "extraordinary holiday windows" series this morning.
It's called The New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show.
Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Gregory Long, NYBG president and CEO, joined "GMA" for the unveiling in Times Square studio to celebrate the legendary train show and remind everyone that it's easy to be green during the holidays.
The Botanical Garden installed a traditional Victorian scene of New York in wintertime, complete with an antique trolley running through, to kick off the new "GMA" holiday tradition.
Both beautiful and eco-friendly, it features more than 140 replicas of New York landmarks created from plant materials such as leaves, seeds, twigs, bark, gourds and pine cones.
Highlights of this year's Holiday Train Show display include the famous Flatiron building and the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, a beautiful glass hall that houses the actual show.
"GMA's" window can be seen every day until midnight at the Times Square studio on the corner of 43rd Street and Broadway in New York City.
The Holiday Train Show will be on at the Botanical Garden through Jan. 13, 2008.
For more on the Holiday Train Show click here.
Find out more about the Tada! Youth Theater, the children's choir that sang today on "GMA."
Why not take some ideas from the Botanical Garden to spice up your holiday decorations this year? Here's what our display is made of:
Flatiron Building (1901–1903)
175 Fifth Ave., Manhattan
This unusual triangular building, designed by Daniel H. Burnham, marks the beginning of the skyscraper era in New York City. The spire is made of pomegranate and honey locust thorn. Other decorative elements are made of cedrela pods, eucalyptus pods, beechnut husks, shelf fungus, hemlock cones; bands are honeysuckle twigs; masonry is square cut bark pieces; horizontal trim is black cherry and sycamore; and window mullions are black cherry.
Seaport District (1790s–1811)
Corner of Fulton and South streets, Manhattan
The warehouses and counting houses of South Street Seaport were built by Peter Schermerhorn, a merchant and ship owner, when the area was New York's major shipping center. This replica is made of white oak leaves, cinnamon stick slices, walnut shell halves on roof, bark, acorn caps, sliced branch for signs, honeysuckle sticks and various seed pods.
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