At the Museum of the City of New York at 103rd Street and Fifth Avenue, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and museum director Susan Henshaw Jones held a reception for the institution’s new exhibit, "Growing And Greening New York: PlaNYC And The Future Of The City."

"This exhibition takes New Yorkers through the course of a typical day in 2030, from 7 a.m. until 2 a.m.,” said the mayor. “I will be 88 years old in the year 2030, and I'm planning to end my days at 2 p.m., right after dinner!”

Allison Rockefeller, a museum trustee, said the exhibit is visionary.

"Over 200 agencies, foundations, individuals and non-profits came together to create this plan. At the Museum of the City of New York, we're trying to bring that plan to life," said Rockefeller.

The exhibit shows how the city intends to become greener in the next two decades. City Commissioner of Parks Adrian Benepe reported on the progress of one of the mayor's initiatives.

"The idea of planting one million new trees across the city of New York, which is something the mayor and Bette Midler are working on, that's an early-action item. We've already got 160,000 trees in the ground," said Benepe.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn wants New Yorkers to act locally and think on a global scale.

"New York City is an environmental leader. We are the greenest concrete jungle in the world!" she said.

Darren Walker, the Rockefeller Foundation’s director of sustainable cities, supports the exhibit.

"When we look at this exhibit, it represents the most creative and the most far-reaching exhibition in the world on cities and sustainability," says Walker.

“Greening and Growing New York” can be viewed at the Museum of the City of New York through Earth Day - April 22, 2009.