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UPPER EAST SIDE
Many of the world's finest museums are located along
Museum Mile on Fifth Avenue, right across from
Central Park. Keep on going and you'll find some
great shopping, too.
The Cooper-Hewitt
National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Fifth Avenue at 91st Street,
(212) 849-8400
Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum
Fifth Avenue at 89th Street,
(212) 423-3500
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street,
(212) 535-7710
Frick
Collection
Fifth Avenue at 70th Street,
(212) 288-0700
Museum
of Modern Art
Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street,
(212) 708-9480
Whitney
Museum of American Art
Madison Avenue at 75th Street,
(212) 570-3676
Bloomingdale's
Third Avenue at 59th Street,
(212) 705-2000
Wollman Rink in Central
Park
Sixth Avenue at 59th Street,
(212) 396-1010
UPPER WEST SIDE
Stroll past turn-of-the-century brownstones and townhouses
in this classic New York neighborhood, and
explore the variety of boutiques and specialty shops.
When you're through eating and shopping, some recommended stops:
American
Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street,
(212) 769-5100
Lincoln
Center for the Performing Arts
Broadway at 64th Street, (212)
875-5350
Children's
Museum of Manhattan
Broadway to Amsterdam at 83rd
Street, (212) 721-1234
MIDTOWN
Discover New York in its eclectic splendor, from Broadway theaters and rejuvenated Times Square to unusual museums and outdoor ice-skating.
Times Square
Seventh Avenue and 43rd Street
Rockefeller Center
Fifth Avenue and West 47th Street,
(212) 632-3975
Grand Central Station
Park Avenue and 42nd Street,
(212) 340-2345
Radio City Music Hall
Avenue of the Americas and 51st
Street, (212) 632-4000
The American Craft Museum
Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street,
(212) 956-3535
Macy's Herald Square
Broadway to Seventh Avenue at
34th Street, (212) 695-4400
DOWNTOWN
Here you'll find some of the city's most renowned neighborhoods plus more than 400 stores and boutiques offering designer fashions and famous-maker merchandise at large discounts. Some highlights:
Battery Park City
One World Financial Center, (212)
416-5300
Chinatown
South of Canal Street, Allen
Street to Sixth Avenue
Little Italy
Canal to Houston Streets, Elizabeth
to Lafayette Streets
South Street Seaport
East River, foot of Fulton Street,
(212) SEA-PORT
World Trade Center
West to Church Streets, Vesey
to Liberty Streets, (212) 435-4170
GREENWICH VILLAGE/SOHO
Check out the city's hottest galleries, boutiques, and night spots in these neighborhoods -- still the hippest in New York. SoHo has long been considered the art capital of the world, and it's becoming the fashion center as well. Relax in one of the many cool cafes with a cup of hot (flavored) coffee and people-watch to your heart's content. Start at Washington Square at the south end of Fifth Avenue and work your way south.
Greenwich Village
Houston to 14th Street, Broadway
to the Hudson River
SoHo ("South of Houston")
Houston to Canal Streets and
Lafayette Street to Sixth Avenue
Guggenheim Museum SoHo
Broadway at Prince Street, (212)
423-3500
CHELSEA/GRAMERCY PARK/THE GARMENT DISTRICT
Aristocratic old buildings line Fifth Avenue from 14th to 23rd Streets in the Flatiron District, where you can alsofind funky, one-of-a-kind shops. While you're there, catch a concert or a Knicks game; see Manhattan from above; travel to your ultimate destination.
The Empire State Building
Fifth Avenue at 34th Street,
(212) 736-3100
Madison Square Garden
Eighth Avenue at 33rd Street,
(212) 465-6741
The Flatiron Building
Broadway at 23rd Street
Penn Station
Seventh Avenue at 33rd Street
ALSO…
At TKTS booths you can wait in line for up to 50 percent off theater tickets, as available, for same-day seats. Broadway and 47th Street and Two World Trade Center.
For a complete listing of the city's daily sights
and sounds, check out www.nytoday.com,
part of the The New York Times web
site, or the New York Convention & Visitors
Bureau's web site at www.nycvisit.com.
(Information from Check-In New York, January
23, 2000, Millennium Broadway)