Sitting in one of the rooms at the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is a finely crafted ‘ride flat’ wooden crate. It is longer and wider than it is tall, raised on black plastic milk crates turned upside-down, supporting the weight of the wooden crate; the milk crates are from Clover Farm Dairy based in Reading, PA. The shipping crate is typical, constructed with plywood and trimmed with pine, which has been nicely routed to give it edges a soft round appeal. Even the trim of the pine is well done, and brings to your attention: HANDLE WITH CARE. There are handles, but you’re not inclined to grab them; they blend in with the other black-on-pine cautions. You can, however, touch the crate, as you’ll need to squat down to see what is going on inside. Light is emanating from small barred windows adorning the lateral sides of the…Continue Reading