Things to See and Do in New York City
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- Aug 12, 2008: ... we headed over to Rockefeller Center to the Top of The Rock Observation Deck. We were smart to wait until the ...
- Nov 2, 2009: ... ! Today, our first day out, we've been to Top of the Rock observation deck where there are amazing views. Also went to ...
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- Jun 30, 2004: ... just wandering around, chatting to people, buying food. Its definitely New York. All the escape ladders on the front of the ...
- Jul 4, 2004: ... , I was alitle wary of being up high. It was cool though, wicked to watch. The bangers that were going of round the ...
- Feb 19, 2007: ... , are the top 5 tacky souvenirs, that I have found, of New York City:
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- Dec 29, 2008: ... a large dominos pizza. glorious. We then tried to get tickets to Wicked, but they were sold out =( so then we went and got ...
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- Sep 25, 2006: ... down to what was our one and only "touristy" museum - The Ground Zero Museum Workshop. This musuem was one subway stop from ...
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- Jul 29, 2007: ... just in time to grab a coffee before meeting my afternoon ¨Big Apple Greeter¨ tour guide Anthony.
Big Apple Greeters is a ...
- Jun 5, 2007: ... !
Today we slept in and rushed to meet our Big Apple Greeter in Queens. She is a local and a volunteer ...
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- May 19, 2008: ... After lunch we headed to Museum Mile in New York, specifically Central Park West, the long road that runs along the west ...
- Oct 23, 2004: ... '. Our volcanicity soon subsided when the bill arrived.
So ... Central Park, Harlem, Guggenheim, The Met (nearly), The ...
- May 9, 2007: ... ... a very pleasant and memorable night overlooking one of Central Park's lakes with lit skyscrapers reflecting in the water. ...
- Jul 29, 2006: ... all the touristy things you would expect. Our hostel was near Central park so we had a walk through (well through part of it ...
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- Jun 27, 2009: I'm writing on the eve of my next big move: New York City. I know I have a lot more traveling in me before I'm ready to ...
- May 22, 2008: ... our trip to the theatre. We had booked tickets for the Lion King, and had wonderful seats, in the middle about 7 rows ...
- Jan 24, 2009: ...
Natural History
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The Lion King
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Staten Island Ferry - Statue
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- Dec 23, 2006: ... of every Broadway show but were particularly harsh on the Disney shows (The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins and ...
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- Mar 13, 2007: ... On the other side after a quick look at the Metropolitan Museum of Art I turned downtown-wards again taking a walk past the ...
- Oct 8, 2006: ... the lake looked like fun and the pyramidal structures of the Metropolitan Museum of Art were also unexpected, but I was here ...
- Feb 13, 2007: ... , behemoth of a museum which was a combination of the huge Metropolitan Museum of Art, the exceptional and classy Museum of ...
- Mar 12, 2006: ... , yes we're getting tired) and then to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. My head is spinning. But, an unbelievable collection ...
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- May 19, 2008: ... to capture it on your camera. Yellow cabs fly past, New York city cops patrol and tourists snap away with their cameras and ...
- Oct 23, 2004: 17/10
New York, New York, big city of dreams, but everything in New York ain't always what it seems, you might get fooled ...
- Jan 23, 2006: ... I just got a studio apartment in the heart of New York City on 25th St. and Broadway. They call it the Flat Iron District. I ...
- Jul 1, 2004: ... further down manhatten. Some crack stuff. Went into "THE" New York Library. Great building, Marble all the way through. ...
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- Apr 4, 2008: ... the Brooklyn Bridge and strolled around Chinatown and the Lower East Side Tenement museum.
Today is our last day and we've ...
- Jun 25, 2006: ... katie's suggestion, kamand and i went to the lower east side tenement museum later that day. i only recommend this experience ...
- Nov 17, 2008: ... and I had every intention of hitting the Lower East Side Tenement Museum on Saturday, but our plans got sidetracked by ...
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- Aug 17, 2008: 14th August, Thursday
Our last days ....
We visit the Frick Collection, an old palace which belongs to one of the ...
- Aug 27, 2005: ... Frick Collection
- The Metropolitain Museum of Art
The Frick Collection
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- Nov 8, 2008: ... Now I can honestly say, I totally agree. Landing in New York City cannot compare to anything else, especially to landing in ...
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- Jul 15, 2009: ... ktore tu su rozlozene a pokracovali sme na vychod do Grand Central Terminal a potom na zapad na Times Square. Odtial na sever ...
- Sep 2, 2008: ... to Battery Park. Her uncle was very impressed with Grand Central Terminal. Before heading off to Liberty Island and Ellis ...
- May 18, 2006: ... and then went to NYC on Thursday. Took the train to Grand Central Terminal and then walk around to get my feet wet. Friday ...
- Dec 8, 2008: ... pranzo.
Dopo pranzo osserviamo alla luce del sole la Grand Central terminal e il MET alle sue spalle, la Public Library e ...
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- Dec 30, 2008: ... dinner at a cute Italian restaurant, and heading over to Bryant Park with our skates. There is free skating there right now. ...
- Jul 31, 2007: ... I just kept thinking about how lucky I am to be from New York City. We were in the same city as world class museums ...
- Jul 19, 2007: ... so many lights and advertisements packed into one city block. Even the New York Police Department had blue blinking lights ...
- Mar 25, 2007: ... come! If you have been here before, come again!
New York is just a fantastic city to visit, and always something new you ...
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- Jul 3, 2004: ... it out.
After leaving, Caroline decided she wanted to see 'The Cloisters' exhibit. Had to get subway all the way up north ...
- Sep 12, 2007: ... too. We took the subway uptown to see the Cloisters - part of the Met which is a strange but great building with parts ...
- Aug 6, 2009: ... realize that nothing could have adequately prepared me for the New York City mentality and lifestyle. New Yorkers are ...
- Sep 26, 2006: ... Tryon Park at the upper end of Manhattan. We walked around The Cloisters and Fort Tryon Park before taking a subway back to ...
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- Oct 23, 2004: ... -esque eatery, we took a long lazy stroll around Greenwich Village's atmospheric back alleys, before jumping into a battered ...
- Jan 16, 2007: ... them with champers in the hotel before out for dinner in Greenwich Village and a few vodka red bulls (for old times sake ...
- May 9, 2007: ... of interest complimented with walking, browsing in shops in Greenwich Village, lunch in Union Square gardens and an extended ...
- Jul 29, 2006: ... !
My highlight was drinking in an old speak-easy in Greenwich Village, it obviously wasn't on the tourist trail and you ...
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- Mar 13, 2007: ... who puts the flags out or nicked them from the Rockefeller Center.
Ending up in Chinatown once more being surrounded by ...
- Mar 10, 2007: ... Building towering overhead we rocked on over to the Rockefeller centre finding the smallest ice rink ever and another tall ...
- Oct 8, 2006: ... Which was good because the next stop - the neighbouring Rockefeller Center - really, really impressed me. Despite the Great ...
- Mar 12, 2007: ... our legs Al and I legged it over to the Rockefeller centre instead in order to get a city wide view from the top. The Empire ...
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- Jun 19, 2006: ... Monday we had tickets to see a filming of the Late Show with David Letterman, I have always wanted to see Dave live and the ...
- Sep 28, 2009: ... Times Square offering free tickets to see the filming of The Late Show with David Letterman. The catch? Well, we ...
- Dec 14, 2006: ... the Ed Sullivan Theater, quing for tickets to The Late Show with David Letterman. We joined the line for free tickets - ...
- Jun 22, 2006: ... Broadway to Times Square. On the way we went past the Late show with David Letterman studio; with a quick detour to Radio ...