Grand Plaza Park Hotel City Hall

... we felt fairly fresh from the flight, Singapore has a dream airport, and we were efficiently ferried to our pleasant hotel, the Grand Plaza Park Hotel City Hall, which is a short walk from Raffles and not far from Chinatown. After check in (John ...

... walk down Fifth Avenue. While you're there stop off at the Apple Shop, a mecca for computer lovers, or FAO Schwartz Toys, the Plaza Hotel and its world famous Oak Room and Nintendo World. The shopping will blow your mind. If you are a bargain hunter you ...

... cheap stuff), Chinatown (Armelle had a $1.25 noodle lunch - bargain!!), Grenwich Street (!), Flatiron building, Radio City Music Hall, Rockerfeller Plaza, St Patricks Cathedral (where we sheltered from a very heavy rainstorm), Waldorf Astoria hotel, and ...

... hamachi.   On the day of New Years Eve we strolled around town some more, checking out Radio City music hall and the Rockafella Plaza. it's been so mild here, Andy's dream of iceskating at the Rock will be dashed. We headed ...

... . It could take a decade to uncover just one temple. Well, that being said, the most impressive structures were those of the Grand Plaza with temples I (Jaguar) and II. I climbed Temple II, which gave an amazing view of the central compounds. Actually, ...

... . We arrived in Vigan past the hour of six, just as the dusk sets in. The sky was reddish which contrasted the sky blue City Hall. From the drop off point, we walked going to our hotel. Along the way, we passed by the plaza and the cathedral. We ...

... from every county had also been brought over and laid in the garden.  By this time was starting to fade, so staggered to City Hall and the African burial ground (links to enslaved Africans used by the Dutch etc). Then found a shop akin to Yorkshire ...

... ! Today saw us heading out to the City Hall area and the Brooklyn Bridge on the outskirts of Chinatown. Our first stop was City Hall where, to our surprise we came across a giant protest about changes being made to female health. There was a massive rally ...

... to find ourselves in the city centre near the imposing Brisbane City Hall with some sculptures in the City Hall Square. This grand sandstone building was unfortunately closed for renovations so we couldn’t climb the bell tower which apparently ...

... zoo, exotical birds expo, planetarium, observatory, riding school) -landmarks: The Casino, Tomis Marina, Ovid Square, City Hall Park, Genovese Lighthouse, Carol1 Lighthouse, Tomis Avenue(between Capitol Tower  and Ovid Square), Queen Elisabeth ...

... basically did a whole downtown loop and then hopped off once we'd got our bearings. We saw Radio City Music Hall, the Chrysler Bldg, Empire State, Grand Central Station, Central Park, Madison Square Gardens, The original Macy's - the owner of which went ...

... not to be missed and really did beat the view from the top of the Empire State Building hands down. From Rockefeller Plaza, I hurried back to my hotel, as I had arranged to meet Marius at 7pm and it was now 6:30pm. Although along the way I did stop ...

... Site.  Amongst the sites that we visited were the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, Federal Hall and the Wall Street Bull!!  We past Zuccotti Park where the wall Street protest was being held.  One of the funniest things that I saw ...

... the most impressive store but we didn't stay long because the place was so crowded. We compared the Plaza hotel with the Waldorf hotel we saw earlier on Park Avenue and moved on to Rockefeller Centre. Because it was cloudy at that moment we had to come ...

... , Izzy, Marcus and Manoah and explored Central Park, Fao Schwarz's Toy Store (i.e. with the big piano from the movie 'Big'), The Plaza Hotel and Trump Tower. - Had a great Friday Shabbat dinner Upper West Side style at Omri and Jackie's along with Rachel, ...

... the pool if that takes your fancy. Clearing customs in about 2 minutes we hailed a cab to take us to our hotel in the CBD the Grand Plaza.   Driving down the main highway which is impressive in itself - think potted plant and manicured trees in the ...

... here simply seem to specialize in one thing requiring the residents to leave the area for all of their other needs. The Quinta Park is quite grand and lovely to walk through. When there, you lose sight that you are still in the city, which is pretty ...

... the Woodlands. Here we would catch a local bus and walk the causeway and have lunch in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The train from the City Hall stop to Woodland took about 45 minutes and cost a little under $3 (Singapore) a piece. The bus stop was ...

... ; There is a wonderful Post Office building (it always used to amaze me in Spain too how beautiful the Post Offices were!) and the City Hall too.  On the doorstep of the City Hall stood the statue of Pedro de Valdivia, founder of Santiago and the top ...

... the site of Tauri Chusko's palace is the relatively modern Goverment palace, home of President Garcia.  The Municipal Building or City Hall lies on what was originally an Inca envoy's mansion and stands out as it is painted that yellow colour ...