Lower Manhattan’s Greenwich Villages, east, central, and west, are long the focal point of New York's artistic and literary life, and a popular visitor attraction with lively street activity in and around historic Washington Square. Daily interactive, hands-on tours of the future site of the Ground Zero Museum, located about an 8-minute cab or subway ride from the Ground Zero site, including the Gary Marlon Suson collection of photographs illustrating recovery efforts, and artifacts recovered from the remains of the 9/11 attack, are given every day in English, French, Spanish and Italian, located in Manhattan's Meat Packing District. Tours are 90 minutes in length, and advance purchase of tickets is required.
420 West 14th Street, 2nd Floor (between 9th Avenue and Washington Street), Manhattan. (212) 209-3370 Inside CNN Tracing the history of journalism and the CNN news gathering process with insight on how control rooms operate, Inside CNN provides guided 45-minute tours departing every 10 minutes, at the Time Warner Center.
10 Columbus Circle, near southwest corner of Central Park, between West 58th and 60th Streets. (866) 4-CNN-NYC. Built to resemble a small Himalayan Temple, the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art is one of only two Himalayan-style, monastery buildings in the Western world and is the only one in the U.S. An intricate altar within this little known treasure was blessed by H.H. the Dalai Lama in 1991. The museum collection includes Tsong Khapa (1357-1410) in unbaked, painted clay from the 14th century and Shakyamuni Buddha, in gilded metal alloy from 18th century China. Also on grounds are meditation gardens, and a pond for lotus and fish. The museum’s gift shop stocks items handmade by Tibetans living in exile, along with fine art reproductions, jewelry, mysterious ritual objects, unusual books, sacred music CDs, incense and many exotic, one-of-a-kind items. Events and programs throughout the year include the annual Tibetan Rug Bazaar, a Walking Meditation Series, and a Tibetan Festival with henna body painting. In a residential neighborhood, museum parking is limited and visitors are asked to guard against blocking driveways. Hours throughout the year are Wednesday to Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free for members, $5 for adults, and $3 for seniors/students.
338 Lighthouse Avenue, Staten Island. (718) 987-3500 Jewish Museum The Jewish Museum, in Upper Manhattan, is the largest such museum in the world outside Israel, with exhibitions covering 4,000 years of Jewish art, history and culture.
1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street. (212) 423-3200 Little Italy Little Italy in Lower Manhattan, and the place to buy Italian cheeses, sausages and breads, is an excellent place for immersion into Old World atmosphere. In summer, al fresco dining on Mulberry Street is reminiscent of an evening in Naples or Rome. Tour the vineyards and taste the wines produced at the east end of Long Island, in limousines and party buses with a variety of packages available. 111 Albany Avenue, Freeport. (718) 946-3868 Madame Tussauds New York In Times Square, Madame Tussauds provides schmooze opportunity with famed personas, where visitors can stand beside life-like replicas of A-listers, icons, world leaders, and politicians. Interactive action includes Sing for Simon on American Idol and Chamber of Horrors, Madame’s scariest exhibit.
234 West 42nd Street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues. (212) 512-9600, (800) 246-8872 Madison Square Garden, on Seventh Avenue between 31st and 33rd streets, has long been the venue for things memorable, from the NFL Draft, CBS Television's Fall Premiere, Con Edison's Shareholder Meetings, Product Launches for Intel, presidential birthday fetes including when Marilyn Monroe sang happy birthday to JFK, and religious conferences. The is home to the timeless holiday classic, A Christmas Carol.
4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York. (212) 307-7171 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world’s great museums, features Egyptian, Greek and Roman art collections, as well as European and Oriental paintings and sculptures, antiques, plus other art forms from around the globe.
Fifth Avenue and 81st Street. (212) 570-3711 Museum of American Financial History Tracing growth, opportunity and entrepreneurship, the Museum of Financial History, showcases Wall Street activity, the role of capital markets as engines of progress, and American business achievements. The Museum occupies the site of Alexander Hamilton's law office and the former headquarters of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, directly opposite the famous "Charging Bull" statue. Collection items include ticker tape from the 1929 crash, a working model stock ticker, and the earliest photograph of Wall Street. As the 35th affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum’s message is how a democratic free market economy creates growth and opportunity -- the story of the American dream. The Museum serves as a good starting point for visits to the Financial District.
28 Broadway. (212) 908-4609 Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan displays 20th century paintings, sculptures, drawings, and more.
11 West 53rd Street. (212) 708-9480 New York Boat Brunch Cruises On Sundays from noon to 2 p.m., mid-July through October, The 85-foot Festiva, accommodating up to 100, does New Orleans-style Sunday brunch cruises to George Washington Bridge. Brunch, catered by Sylvia’s Restaurant of Harlem, includes one complimentary beverage, plus fried chicken, baked ham, collards, macaroni and cheese, and more. Cost: $50 for adults, $25 for under age 7. Other cruise charter options are available.
79th Street Boat Basin, A-dock, New York, New York. (212) 496-8625 or (888) 755-BOAT. New York Botanical Garden and The New York Botanical Garden is home to the nation’s largest Victorian glasshouse, the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, a New York City landmark that has showcased NYBG’s distinguished tropical, Mediterranean, and desert plant collections since 1902. At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, tours, concerts, dance performances, and symposia are always on the roster, as well as special one-time events featuring elements of the Garden at their peak. Each spring, BBG celebrates the flowering of the Japanese cherry trees with our annual Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival), and each fall is spiced up with a multicultural Chile Pepper Fiesta!
New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Southern Boulevard. (718) 817-8700
, 1000 Washington Avenue. (718) 623-7200 New York City Police Museum From Colonial beginnings to official establishment in 1845 to the present, the New York City Police Museum, in historic Lower Manhattan, captures the rich history of the New York Police Department (NYPD), providing abundant insider glimpses. Permanent exhibits include turn-of-the-century mug shots, photos of notorious criminals and “tools of the trade,” a display of police vehicles, and a model of a jail cell. The museum also pays tribute to every NYPD officer killed in the line of duty throughout departmental history.
100 Old Slip. (212) 480-3100 The New York Public Library Origins of the New York Public Library, housing more than six million volumes, date to when one-time governor Samuel J. Tilden (1814-1886) bequeathed most of his fortune -- about $2.4 million -- to establish and maintain a free library and reading room. New York already had the Astor and Lenox libraries, the Astor created through John Jacob Astor (1763-1848), a German immigrant who became the wealthiest man in America and left $400,000 for a reference library. James Lenox left his personal collection of rare books (including the first Gutenberg Bible to come to the New World), but it was intended for bibliophiles and scholars. By 1892, both the Astor and Lenox libraries were in financial straits, and a plan was devised to consolidate Astor, Lenox, and Tilden resources to form The New York Public Library. The system now includes 85 libraries, with collections totaling 6.6 million items, providing free information on a scale unmatched by any other institution. In 1995, The New York Public Library celebrated the centennial of its founding. One-hour building tours of the landmark facility begin at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m, with groups of 10 or more by appointment..
42nd Street and Fifth Avenue. (212) 930-0800. New York Skyride New York Skyride, in Midtown Manhattan, consists of two 40-seat big screen flight simulator theaters, featuring a wild ride over Manhattan's skyline.
Empire State Building, second floor. (212) 279-9777 New York Stock Exchange Lower Manhattan’s New York Stock has a visitor's gallery and self-guided tours. A tree outside symbolizes the buttonwood where traders once gathered to exchange stocks. 20 Broad Street. (212) 656-3000. Upon the 1929 market crash, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. held a $91 million, 24-year lease on a midtown Manhattan tract in the “speakeasy belt" with plans dashed for a new . Rockefeller boldly decided to build an entire complex targeting commercial tenants, although Manhattan was awash in vacancy and despair. Partnering with fledgling Radio Corporation of America, whose NBC radio and RKO studios boomed despite bad times, Rockefeller also brought in S.L. "Roxy" Rothafel, a theatrical genius using razzle-dazzle décor to revive struggling theaters across America. Resulting was a theater unlike any other within the "Radio City" part of the complex. Radio City Music Hall, a palace for the people with quality entertainment at ordinary prices, has since attracted more than 300 million for shows, movies, and special events. It still looms large, and over 75 years its Radio City Rockettes have kicked their way into icon status. The restored Music Hall reflects original grandeur of opening night, 1932, with behind-the-scenes upgrades. Stage Door Tour guests explore the Great Stage and its ‘30s vintage hydraulic system. See Roxy’s renowned private suite with 12-feet high gold leaf ceilings, and meet a Rockette. One-hour walking tours depart from the Music Hall lobby.
1260 Avenue of the Americas, Sixth Avenue and 50th Street. (212) 307-7171 Rockefeller Center, with 24 acres of underground shops, changed the form of Midtown Manhattan, becoming one of the most successful urban planning projects in history. The vast project provided thousands of jobs during the Depression and restored the image of New York as the premier American city. Rockefeller Center is an art deco marvel consisting of 19 commercial buildings covering 11 acres from 49th to 52nd Streets, Fifth to Seventh Avenues. Thirty Rockefeller Plaza, the RCA headquarters, was the largest and first built, and stands as the centerpiece, and now General Electric’s initials brighten the rooftop for the home of NBC. Hour-long studio tours include production areas of various TV shows. The NBC Store also has souvenirs from shows such as "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and "Saturday Night Live."
Bounded by Fifth Avenue, 48th Street, Sevenue Avenue and West 51st Street. (212) 664-4000 St. Patrick’s Cathedral St. Patrick's Cathedral, one of the nation’s largest houses of worship, is in Midtown Manhattan with seating for 2,400, and a pipe organ with more than 7,380 pipes. Fifth Avenue at 50th Street. (212) 753-2261
Home of the New York Mets, Queen’s Shea Stadium was originally to be called Flushing Meadow Park. It ended up named after William Alfred Shea, an attorney instrumental in acquiring a new team after the departure of the Giants and Dodgers. Proximity to LaGuardia Airport makes Shea Stadium the noisiest outdoor ballpark in the Majors. Site selection was done in winter, according to lore, when flight paths were different than during baseball season. When a Met hits a homer at Shea, a red Big Apple rises out of a black top hat, although some say it looks more like a big kettle.
123-01 Roosevelt Avenue. (718) 507-METS Within a quarter of a square mile, SoHo has roughly 250 art galleries, four museums, nearly 200 restaurants, and 100 stores. Blocks south of Houston (pronounced HOW-ston) and north of Canal streets are home to the city's largest concentration of cast-iron fronted buildings, built as warehouses and manufacturing spaces, but converted to living spaces, called lofts, for artists and sculptors who appreciated the larger spaces. These 19th-century architectural gems (often Victorian Gothic, Italianiate, and neo-Grecian), prized by preservationists, are now home to the better-heeled. When SoHo became too upscale for starving artists, many moved further downtown to another then half-abandoned industrial district, TriBeCa (the Triangle Below Canal), which has since become a hot destination, most notably for dining. One TriBeCa frontrunner, actor Robert De Niro, has lived and worked in the neighborhood for some 20 years. Experience New York’s salty maritime history at the South Street Seaport, boasting a museum and numerous shops and restaurants. Browsing is free; museum admission is $5 for adults and free for children under 12.
South Street Historic District near Water and Beekman Streets. (212) 748-8600 For Manhattan skyline spectacle, take the Staten Island Ferry from New York harbor. The ferry runs 24 hours a day and is free at all times. (Vehicle fare is $3.) Big facelifts set for 2004 wrap-up are underway at the St. George and Whitehall Ferry Terminals, to serve more than 65,000 daily riders with enhanced dining and an outdoor promenade easing pedestrian access between Bay Street and the terminal.
St. George Ferry Terminal at Richmond Terrace, Staten Island. (718) 815-BOAT
at Whitehall and South Streets in Lower Manhattan. (718) 815-BOAT The Statue of Liberty National Monument, measuring 151 feet on a 154-foot pedestal (with a 35-foot waist and an 8-foot index finger), is the tallest statue of modern times. France presented the 450,000-pound Lady Liberty to the U.S. in 1884, commemorating the alliance of the two countries during the American Revolution. It features the American Museum of Immigration.
Upper New York Bay on Liberty Island. (212) 363-3200. Teddy Roosevelt’s Birthplace National Historic Site He remains the only U.S. president born in New York City, yet locals and visitors alike often unknowingly walk past the brownstone where Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the U.S., was born Oct. 27, 1858. His father’s success as an importer/exporter meant the house where a frail yet bright Teddy lived until age 14 had gas lighting, sumptuous furnishings, and a backyard stretching all the way to 19th Street. The four-story house is filled with Roosevelt family furniture including T.R.’s child-sized chair by the library fireplace. Roosevelt, growing up to become a strapping colonel of the Rough Riders, declined to buy his birth home when plans were announced to raze it in 1916 for a commercial building. In 1919, the year of Roosevelt’s death, the Women’s Roosevelt Memorial Association acquired the site, demolished the new building, and reconstructed his home as a memorial. Period rooms of the narrow, dark Victorian house are restored to reflect their 1865-1872 appearance. The National Park Service offers tours.
28 East 20th Street, New York City. (212) 260-1616 draws approximately 37 million visitors spending up to $16.4 billion annually. The Times Square Visitors Center, in the restored landmark Embassy Movie Theatre, is steps from more than 5,000 businesses with 250,000 employees, and from world-renowned landmarks and tourist attractions. Times Square is surrounded by 45 Broadway theaters, drawing 11.6 million people annually and generating tickets sales of more than $588 million. Times Square is also the hub of New York’s hospitality industry, surrounded by 28 hotels, accounting for one-fifth of all New York City hotel rooms. Free walking tours depart from the Visitors Center every Friday at noon, rain or shine.
, 1560 Broadway, between 46th and 47th streets. Tribute – A Celebration of New York City Tribute is a performance of the never-ending symphony that is New York life. In the heart of Tribute is the Remember Experience viewed in one of two custom-built high definition projection theaters. Visitors also can walk around the floating multimedia screens and explore artwork from the underground and emerging artists gallery. The Remember Experience itself celebrates the beauty and vitality of a city undeterred by tragedy. Remember, speaking from shadows of two fallen giants, dares telling the New York story as never before told. Featured are a September 11th Memorial Hall, a café overlooking historic Bowling Green Park, and a gift shop.
24 Broadway, New York City. (212) 952-1000 United Nations Headquarters, in Midtown Manhattan, offers one-hour tours departing from the daily covering the Secretariat Building, the domed General Assembly Building, Conference Building and the Hammarskjold Library. The name "United Nations," coined by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was first used in the "Declaration by United Nations" of Jan. 1. 1942, during WW11, when representatives of 26 nations pledged to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers. United Nations Day is celebrated annually on Oct. 24.
First Avenue and 46th Street. (212) 963-7700 Yankee Stadium, known as the house in the Bronx that Babe Ruth built, opened in 1923 for a capacity of 58,000, and was the first ballpark large enough to be called a stadium. Bleachers in right center field are sometimes called Ruthville.
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