"Unique" New York City Experiences-Yours
Dec 4th, 2016, 06:33 AM
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Are you a bibliophile? Even if only casually, I think you would enjoy a visit to the Grolier Club.
http://www.grolierclub.org
Classical history? The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World is on Fifth near the Met. Currently there is an exhibit on Greco-Roman timekeeping.
http://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions
Both free.
http://www.grolierclub.org
Classical history? The NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World is on Fifth near the Met. Currently there is an exhibit on Greco-Roman timekeeping.
http://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions
Both free.
Dec 4th, 2016, 07:15 AM
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Nom Wah on Doyers claims to be the first dim sum restaurant in NYC and a descendant has kept much of the original decor. Doyers Street is hard to find but was famous during the Irish-Chinese gang war era.
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Washington Mews-one block north of Washington Square Park has cobblestone and either NYU departments or small residences.
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Tweed Court House-52 Chambers St.
One of the most beautiful entrances of any building in NYC and oozing with history
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/html/about/man_tweed.shtml
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First Appellate Department Building. Another beautiful interior. 27 Madison Avenue
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Some of the most beautiful residential architecture are the 10, 11, 12 Streets between Fifth and Sixth Aves.
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Keen's Steak House Founded 1885
Known for the clay pipe collection and mutton chops.
http://www.keens.com/
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Washington Mews-one block north of Washington Square Park has cobblestone and either NYU departments or small residences.
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Tweed Court House-52 Chambers St.
One of the most beautiful entrances of any building in NYC and oozing with history
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/html/about/man_tweed.shtml
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First Appellate Department Building. Another beautiful interior. 27 Madison Avenue
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Some of the most beautiful residential architecture are the 10, 11, 12 Streets between Fifth and Sixth Aves.
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Keen's Steak House Founded 1885
Known for the clay pipe collection and mutton chops.
http://www.keens.com/
Dec 4th, 2016, 08:35 AM
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Dec 4th, 2016, 09:49 AM
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Visit one of more of the smaller, interesting museums:
New York Historical Society (right across from Mus Nat'l Hist)
Museum of the City of NY
Museo del Barrio
One of the others on Museum mile
One of the museums/monuments down near South Ferry:
National Museum of the American Indian
Irish hunger memorial
If the reading room of the library was closed when you were here before it's incredible
New York Historical Society (right across from Mus Nat'l Hist)
Museum of the City of NY
Museo del Barrio
One of the others on Museum mile
One of the museums/monuments down near South Ferry:
National Museum of the American Indian
Irish hunger memorial
If the reading room of the library was closed when you were here before it's incredible
Dec 4th, 2016, 08:59 PM
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I think the biggest mistake visitors to NY make is not trying ethnic restaurants. One account claims there are over 750 languages spoken in NYC and with languages come cuisines. Yes, there will be meals that you will not like, but there is no city in the world with variety of food that NY has. And part of traveling is doing things that are new. And even familiar cuisines like Chinese and Italian have multiple variations in NYC.
Part of the NYC culture is too shun chain stores and chain restaurants, even though they are growing as only they can afford to pay ever escalating commercial rents.
Here are some of the different cuisines found in NYC:
Yemeni, Scottish, Austrian, West Indian, Danish, Australian, Ethiopian, Liberian, Persian, Turkish, Lebanese, Peruvian, Argentinian, Venezuelan, Colombian, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Moroccan, Filipino, German, Polish, Jewish Deli, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Mexican, Sri Lankan, Ukrainian, Portuguese, English, Irish, Scandinavian, Korean (veggie, general, and BBQ) Italian(Romano, Tuscan, Sicilian, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna and others) Chinese (Sichuan, Hunan, Fukinese, Cantonese, Jiangsu, and others) Serbian, Greek, Indonesian, Brazilian, Swiss, Hungarian.
Part of the NYC culture is too shun chain stores and chain restaurants, even though they are growing as only they can afford to pay ever escalating commercial rents.
Here are some of the different cuisines found in NYC:
Yemeni, Scottish, Austrian, West Indian, Danish, Australian, Ethiopian, Liberian, Persian, Turkish, Lebanese, Peruvian, Argentinian, Venezuelan, Colombian, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Moroccan, Filipino, German, Polish, Jewish Deli, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese, Mexican, Sri Lankan, Ukrainian, Portuguese, English, Irish, Scandinavian, Korean (veggie, general, and BBQ) Italian(Romano, Tuscan, Sicilian, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna and others) Chinese (Sichuan, Hunan, Fukinese, Cantonese, Jiangsu, and others) Serbian, Greek, Indonesian, Brazilian, Swiss, Hungarian.
Dec 5th, 2016, 07:32 AM
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There are tours of Gracie Mansion on Tuesdays. Visiting Gracie Mansion would bring you to what is often called
the "suburbs" of Manhattan. The Mansion is located in a lovely small park... Carl Schurz.. which has just lighted a Xmas tree on it's mall. There's also a lovely promenade along the East River.
I suppose you've seen NYC Ballet's Nutcracker ?
the "suburbs" of Manhattan. The Mansion is located in a lovely small park... Carl Schurz.. which has just lighted a Xmas tree on it's mall. There's also a lovely promenade along the East River.
I suppose you've seen NYC Ballet's Nutcracker ?
Dec 6th, 2016, 04:34 PM
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I can't imagine coming to NYC and taking time to go to a Mall. But that's me. (I've lived here all my life.)
Anyway, my recommendation is the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. I absolutely love this museum and if your'e a film fan you will too, Lots of fun. Can get there by Subway.
"Museum of the Moving Image is the country's only museum dedicated to the art, history, technique, and technology of the moving image in all its forms."
Hands on exhibitions too.
http://www.movingimage.us/
Anyway, my recommendation is the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. I absolutely love this museum and if your'e a film fan you will too, Lots of fun. Can get there by Subway.
"Museum of the Moving Image is the country's only museum dedicated to the art, history, technique, and technology of the moving image in all its forms."
Hands on exhibitions too.
http://www.movingimage.us/
Dec 7th, 2016, 12:50 PM
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Not sure how it would play in January, but we loved http://www.foodsofny.com/greenwichvillage.php
Dec 7th, 2016, 01:32 PM
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The Brookfield mall at WTC has a nice glassed area where you can sit and have lunch or coffee that looks out over the water.
We had an after theater dinner one night at the New Wonjo restaurant in Koreatown on 32nd between 5th and 6th. Great Korean BBQ over charcoal with a good ventilation system, open 24 hours. Met our son there after his shift got out around midnight for a fun meal with rounds of cold beer. I imagine it gets really packed as the clubs let out after 2:00 am.
We had an after theater dinner one night at the New Wonjo restaurant in Koreatown on 32nd between 5th and 6th. Great Korean BBQ over charcoal with a good ventilation system, open 24 hours. Met our son there after his shift got out around midnight for a fun meal with rounds of cold beer. I imagine it gets really packed as the clubs let out after 2:00 am.
