The Dakota New York City

We explored Central Park this morning. There was an AIDS Walk on at the same time, so it was pretty crowded! We got some photos of the Dakota Hotel (where John Lennon was shot and died), and the Strawberry Fields area. It is an area dedicated to John Lennon. It was a very
simple area, which surprised me – just a picture on the ground that …

... made the day go by really quick. We started the day at the Empire State Building, which has amazing views across New York! We then spend the rest of the day wondering around Mid Town. Checking out Central Station, Times Square (but no naked Cow Boy), ...

... plaque explains that the painting is on temporary loan to the museum in Amsterdam. The remainder of our time in New York was spent rushing around the city trying to see as many of the famous landmarks as possible. After a few days of intense ...

... at MOMA: their art collection is truly first class. After that we strolled up Fifth Avenue to Central Park, saw the John Lennon memorial and the Dakota, and then braved the subway back to our hotel. Speaking of the hotel, we stayed at the Milford ...

... Michele says, can't believe you're in NYC! We walked past The Dakota where John Lennon lived and was shot. Interesting story. Michele said The Dakota was so named because at the time it was built, it was at the far north end of NYC and people used to ...

... First day, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and BRookland bridge by water taxi. Then Wall st, New York Stock Exhange, Bloomingdales, Ny City Hall, Empire State Building at night (so excellent). Second Day - Grand Central Station, United ...

... have one of the best views in the world, it passes quite close to the Statue of Liberty and if you turn around you get the whole New York Skyline filling the horizon... truely great sight. Once we got back to Manhatten we had some dinner and then headed ...

... taken the southern route, and crossed from Staten Island to Brooklyn and on to JFK, but there I was on 5th avenue in the middle of the a million New York cabs...at a standstill! The car was due back at JFK at midday and now it was 11.30. Fortunately, the ...

... and the attendant gives me a ticket stub I have to leave my keys. Great walk back two blocks to the hotel watching the sun come up over New York and seeing it come alive. I grab Cath and off to find breakfast. I had walked past a café after parking the ...

... as the super excited tourists we are. :-) Lovely neighbourhood. A bit more down to earth and "normal" than a lot of the other places we've seen in New York. Don't have to be a movie star or a multi millionaire to live here. A lot of nice pubs and trendy ...

... down to Battery Park to get some photos of the Statue of Liberty before going up the Empire State Building to see the views of New York City.  We then made our way to Central Park where we saw Strawberry Fields and the Imagine mosaic before paying ...