New York City Guides
by tomhoward
VISIT THIS PAGE THRO MY NY TRAVEL PAGE FOR THE HYPERLINKS TO SHOW
Like a poor mans CitySearch, AOL City Guide has the added plus of searchable event/date functions.
Ask A New Yorker.Com gives a Q&A forum similar to VirtualTourist. Worth a browse just for questions you never thought of asking.
Limited info for most places on Guardian Travel, but NYC is one of the best. The Independent is worth a peek as well.
The coolest 'scene' bars, clubs and restaurants can be found in Hip Guide, and it's pretty accurate.
Concierge.Com is an upmarket travel magazine with limited (but select) reviews, while Village Voice covers upcoming events in more of a news style format.
Well written, with regular articles on food & entertainment, the Manhattan Users Guide is similar to the Guardian site, only better as it's written by locals. Likewise, NYC Visit is a regular NYC tourist site.
For current and upcoming events, you'll struggle to beat Whats On When. The old favourites Fodors, Frommers, CitySearch, Time Out, Yahoo Travel, & NY Times shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
If you need to find anywhere quickly Map Quest or Hot Maps will usually sort it out.
Does exactly what it says on the tin at Destination Coupons.Com.
Around this town ...
by Docu2001
There are millions of streets in thousands of cities and each tells us something about the people who lived there and who live there still. But there is something special about the places we get to know very well, particularly if that place is the island of Manhattan ...
As a traveler you may decide to take a turn onto an unknown street ... a street a tourist might simply glance at in passing as he pressses his nose into the guide book for the next official point of interest.
Take time while in Manhattan .. particulary in the Villages - east & west - to wander. There is great life in the second-hand bookstores and coffee shops tucked between the narrow apartment buildings and townhouses.
This was the scene in...
by zizquark
This was the scene in Washington Square park . So many flowers, so many candles, so many lives. There were sheets surrounding the arch at the park where everyone could write down their thoughts and feelings. There were so many heartwrenching letters and stories all people should have witnessed it to feel the real impact. Seeing something on TV or hearing about how tragic it was and how many lives were lost cannot be fully felt sometimes until you can identify with the people and emotions of those suffering,
What To See & Do in New York
by risse73
Here are some must-see's and must-do's in New York:
1.) Empire State Building (the queue here tends to be longer than at "Top of the Rock")
2.) Top of the Rock (shorter queue means less wait & designated admission time in ticket)
3.) Fifth Ave. (window-shopping or real shopping possibilities)
4.) Broadway Musicals/Off-Broadway musicals & plays (there are many shows to choose from)
5.) Times Square at night is supremely stupendous
6.) New York museums (e.g., Metropolitan, MOMA, Guggenheim, etc.)
7.) Chelsea/Greenwich Village neighborhoods for a walking tour and shopping/eating opportunities, etc.
8.) Soho for shopping
9.) Financial district to get a feel for life in this environment during a work week
10.) Bridges of New York have a dramatic effect
11.) Rockefeller Center (for "Top of the Rock," shopping/dining, skating in winter, people-watching, etc.)
12.) The restaurants of New York offer a wonderful array of cuisines from around the world
13.) Visit the various buroughs to get a full picture of New York
14.) Visit Central Park
15.) Visit the United Nations
16.) Visit Chinatown & Little Italy
17.) Visit South Seaport District
18.) Visit St. Patrick's Cathedral
19.) Get a glimpse of the Grand Central Station
20.) Have a frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity
There are so many more to see & do! Enjoy New York! Strolling along Times Square at night and being lost in the sea of humanity
"The Gates" - a once-in-a-lifetime event
by jglsongs
During February 2005, NY was overcome with Christo (and Jeanne-Claude) fever. The world-renowned artists best known for wrapping things opened their NY project, "The Gates," along the walkways and entrances of Central Park.
It is an amazing project (at this writing, still 24 hours left of the exhibition, so if you haven't seen it yet, today's the day) that has brought New Yorkers together with the world community. A perfect gift to New York from Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
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