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Empire State Building seen from Queens. 350 Fifth Ave corner of 34th St. It is without doubt one of the most important icons of the city of New York, especially when King Kong in 1933 jumped to the big screen above the building uploaded fighting against military aircraft. Building was completed in 1931 and was the tallest skyscraper in the world until 1972, which raised the Twin Towers. After the 11-S was once again the tallest building in the city with its 381 meters (443m counting the antenna) spread over 102 plants, although very far from the Burj Dubai tower in United Arab Emirates, which holds with 818 meters to 2009's record high. A human statue dressed in Statue of Liberty with tourists waiting to be photographed at the exit of Central Park plaza overlooking the Grand Army Plaza. Between 58 and 60 streets, and next to the Plaza hotel, this is a European-style plaza built in 1916 in memory of the Union Army during the Civil War. Grand Army Plaza on the street is divided into two semicircles 59 and was inspired by La Concorde in Paris. In the south is the Pulitzer Fountain, Italian-style fountain was built in 1916 by Karl Bitter in honor of the journalist Albert Pulitzer. The fountain is crowned by the bronze sculpture depicting Pomona, the Goddess of wealth. The north square is dominated by the golden statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman, conducted in 1903 by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Chelsea is one of the quietest residential neighborhoods in Manhattan, there are still many stone houses of the nineteenth century, and gallery owners have found this place the modern space suitable for displaying the works of their artists. Much of the gay community with greater purchasing power has also been moved to this part of town, so it is also known to this part of the city as "gayborhood." The Garment starts from 27 St, between the eighth and the sixth and has become the ultimate shopping place with Macy's to the head.
     
Battery Park City. A large green area with a promenade along the Hudson River, beginning at the southern tip of Tribeca, in Rockefeller Park and extends to the Ferry Terminal on Staten Island, sharing the stage with modern buildings in which live the jet-set New York. Being so close to the ferries that go to the Statue of Liberty many human figures to make a living photographing tourists. Skyscrapers in the Financial Center. Confluence of Wall Street and Broadway streets. Building of the NYSE. New York Stock Exchange. 11 Wall St. (closed to the public for security reasons). The building of the bag, or simply also called Wall Street, has become the global symbol of capitalism. A large flag flies over the main building overlooking St Broad Street, under which brokers parade dressed from side to side of the street. The building itself is a sight to the building is located on the corner of 5th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. It was built and designed with a classic and elegant style, some critics even claim the Greek and imperial air as 6 large, wide columns appear to the strength and power of all that was decided. All Wall Street area acts as financial heart of the city and throughout the area there are many skyscrapers classic architecture and finally surrounded by the sea, which gives the particularity of the New York skyline.
     
Statue of Liberty. Built in France with thousands of individual donations and sent divided into 350 parts packed in 214 crates. In the main hall, is the original torch was replaced in 1986 by a new gold-plated. The statue was designed by Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi to, in his words, "glorify the Republic and freedom there, waiting to find here some day" and spikes of her crown symbolize the seven seas. Access to Liberty Island where the statue was banned after 11-S to 2004 and access to the crown until 2009. The Liberty Bell: ( closed) The Center Liberty Bell in Philadelphia , is part of Independence National Historical Park , which in turn is managed by the National Park Service , therefore , has closed its doors. From the boat that takes us to Staten Island, will have superb views of Lower Manhattan. The walk through the Brooklyn Bridge is well known, but not so much the Staten Island Ferry, a ferry to another island from New York, Staten Island. It is a ferry that leaves from the ferry terminal in lower Manhattan, near Battery Park. Departures are very frequent, usually every 20 minutes. Moreover, the passage is free. We can be reached by taking the subway line 1. By the way, you have to be in the top 5 cars, all who have the train to get off at South Ferry, end of line 1. The trip to Staten Island is very fast. As about 25 minutes. But during that time we will be very entertaining seeing the sights. First we see the Battery Park, with the skyscrapers of first line, then we can see the whole Manhattan. Later, the view will expand to include other neighborhoods such as Brooklyn or nearby New Jersey. The Statue of Liberty stands on a small island in the middle of the port of New York City. Designed by sculptor Auguste Bertholdi Frederick, was a gift of international friendship from the people of France, commemorating the centenary of American independence in 1876. The monument is 151-feet (46-meter) tall and is built on a pedestal of granite on the walls of a star-shaped junction. Was recently completed and dedicated on October 28, 1886. On October 15, 1924 was designated a National Monument.
     
Seaport Pier 16 and 17. Water-taxi stop at Pier 17. Also located here is also a three-storey shopping mall which includes many shops and restaurants. Just ahead, at Pier 16, we docked the schooner Pioneer. Tel 212-748-8786 Built in 1885, and in which we can take a stroll along the Hudson. (Tue-Fri 3pm-5pm $ 25US - $ 35US 7pm-9pm - Sat-Sun 1pm-3pm and 4pm to 6pm $ 25US - $ 35US 7pm-9pm). This pier is also the Ambrose steamer built in 1908. In front of the Pioneer is also information office located in a cockpit of a tug of 1923. Huge skyscrapers waterfront from Battery Park and Pier A. Pier A in Battery Park is a building built in 1886 by the Department of Docks and Ferries, partially refurbished yet presents a sorry state, it seems that there is a dispute between the authorities and the company behind his rehabilitation. This past spring welcomed Amelia Earhart, the Queen and various heads of state. Statue of Liberty. This gift of the French people to commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence of the United States was inaugurated on October 28, 1886, was built based on 31 tons of copper and has a height of 46 meters from the torch to the base. Built in France with thousands of individual donations and sent divided into 350 parts packed in 214 crates. Access to Liberty Island where the statue was banned after 11-S to 2004 and access to the crown until 2009.
     
New York Stock Exchange. 11 Wall St. (closed to the public for security reasons). The building of the bag, or simply also called Wall Street, has become the global symbol of capitalism. A large flag flies over the main building overlooking St Broad Street, under which brokers parade dressed from side to side of the street. After the crisis of 2008, certain shares of the leading companies in the world came to losing half of your quote in a few months. A Japanese strolling through the chic shops of Tribeca. Here live many artists, and celebrities (eg Leonardo Di Caprio, the late John Kennedy Jr ...), but maybe if I had to name an ambassador for this area, certainly that would be Robert de Niro. Robert de Niro, apart from live in Tribeca, also has numerous businesses, including the Tribeca Grill restaurant which is in the 375 greenwich st. It also has many buildings in this district and has his Tribeca Productions film company that I believe in 1988., And has created the Tribeca Film Festival Manhattan, each passing year is becoming one of the most important film festivals in the world. Both films are planned as short films, documentaries ... Apart from the Tribeca Grill, another famous restaurant is frequented regularly by famous people and money is the restaurant Nobu. After the attacks of September 11, 2001, Tribeca suffered an economic crisis, like almost all of New York, as people leave to visit the city. But Tribeca was one of the sites was affected more because it was very near the World Trade Center., And apart from ceasing to be visited this place, the people themselves and Tribeca residents left the neighborhood much like the city. Fear But fortunately happened, and today is already fully recovered. Just a person who has contributed most to get back to normality is Robert De Niro. To get an idea of how Tribeca has grown, to say that in the 60 or so had some 250,000 inhabitants and in ten years became more than 5,000,000 inhabitants almost nothing. Posters announcing the series Brothers of FOX and House in the Lower East Side neighborhood. This neighborhood of Manhattan is located along the East River from Manhattan Bridge to 14th Street. To the west its limit is Broadway. It is commonly known as "Loisaida" a bad pronunciation of Latin origin of the three words in the name. Parts of the Lower East Side "have other names, East Village is located on the northwest side of the" Lower East Side neighborhood bordering Greenwich Village, was named by the builders in the 1980s trying to differentiate and deliver him from the reputation of "Lower East Side." As a result now stands the Lower East Side in the East Village and used the term Lower East Side to refer only to the portion of the neighborhood that is south of Houston Street. The station Lower East Side-Second Avenue or known in English as a Lower East Side-Second Avenue is a station on the Sixth Avenue line subway in New York City, located at the intersection of Second Avenue and Houston Street Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan.
     
Park Central Park. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. We can start our tour of Central from the east entrance of the 97th near 96th Street subway <M> 4-5-6, or start from the northern entrance on 110th Street and go down. Jacqueline Kennedy is the most important water reserves in Central Park with 43Ha. To the northwest of the lake there are several baseball fields, a sports star of the country. A path around the lake, and there are so many people jogging here, which is set to run in one direction, namely in the direction of clockwise. Central Park. Belvedere Castle. This castle of stone, with tower included, was built in 1869 and used by the City of New York Meteorological Observatory. It is open to the public and from the highest terrace, called Vista Rock has one of the best views of the park. Nearby to the northwest is the Delacorte Theater, an outdoor theater where it is celebrated in summer Shakespeare in the Park. Central Park. In the vicinity of 65th Street is a grassy area called Sheep Meadow in which hundreds of people lie down in the summer months in the sun and read a newspaper.
     
Central Park. The Lake. This lake is located south of the Great Lawn and rented boats to navigate the area. (April 15 to October from 10am-5: 30pm / $ 12 the first hour, U.S. $ 2.5 each additional 15 minutes / Tel 212-517-2233). Praticable The Lake is divided into two areas are linked by a channel on which there is a wrought iron bridge called Bow Bridge, from which there are good views of the area. Central Park. Conservatory Water. In this artificial lake can be seen racing small sailboats remote control among the members of the Yacht Club, encouraging children to participate or rent a boat to sail and be part of the experience. Location: East side of the park between 72 St and 75 St. Central Park. Strawberry Fields. It is a memorial garden to the person of John Lennon who was murdered while driving home a few yards from here in the APARATAMENTO Dakota. In addition to the garden with more than 150 species of plants in the ground is a circular mosaic with the word Imagine donated by the city of Naples, in which fans and fans laying flowers almost daily.
     
Central Park. Street musicians. You can hear jazz in many corners of the park even if we like the music it is best to go to Lincoln Center Jazz. Relatively new, is inside the Time Warner building in Columbus Circus. The music is good, but if we add the stunning view of Manhattan to Central Park slipping through the large windows behind the stage, the evening will be unforgettable. Battery Park City. A large green area with a promenade along the Hudson River, beginning at the southern tip of Tribeca, in Rockefeller Park and extends to the Ferry Terminal on Staten Island, sharing the stage with modern buildings in which live the jet-set New York. The photo shows a sailing boat around the bay and some buildings at the back of Jersey. The Battery Park is a great place to walk, but in addition also has some fancy restaurants like Gigino at Wagner Park, where you can even marry. In this restaurant, from the hand of Luigi Celentano, an authentic prestigious Italian chef, this restaurant offers Italian dishes prepared with Petto d'Oca or Biscale Lampuca prices hovering around 25 U.S. $.
     
Battery Park is a park of 10 hectares, located on the southern tip of New York City in Lower Manhattan, overlooking the harbor great for cycling. The name comes from the artillery of the Netherlands and British who settled there, in order to protect the port. At the north end of the park is Pier A, formerly a fire station. At the other extreme are the Battery Gardens restaurant, next to the Coast Guard of the United States. Along the coast, are the docks where the ferries depart bound for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. There is also a stop on the New York Water Taxi, including the Statue of Liberty Ferry and Pier A. To the northwest is the neighborhood of Battery Park City, a planned community built between 1970 and 1980. Along with the Hudson River Park, a system of bikeways and walkways extending to the shore of the Hudson River. A bike path is being built through the park, which will connect the Hudson River and East River. Handball near the World Financial Center. In the past was connected to the World Trade Center by a bridge. It houses about four office towers and a shopping area with shops and restaurants, also called Winter Garden lobby decorated with 16 palm trees. In part that touches the Hudson River is a handball public field in which there are always people in the sport. Battery Park is a wonderful place for cycling. The name comes from the artillery of the Netherlands and British who settled there, in order to protect the port. At the north end of the park is Pier A, formerly a fire station. Along with the Hudson River Park, a system of bike lanes and walkways extending to the edge of the Hudson River. A bike path is being built through the park, which will connect the Hudson River and East River.
     
The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. 1.825my has a length of connecting the New York borough of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The bridge construction began in 1870 and opened on May 24, 1883, 1,800 vehicles using it that day. Currently half pass through it every day 145,000. The Brooklyn Bridge has appeared in numerous scenes from films such as Superman Returns, Deep Impact, Fantastic 4, Gangs of New York, etc. In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by the idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with Long Island. However, bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was impossible and told Roebling to forget the idea. I just could not be done; it was not practical. Never been done before Brooklyn Bridge (originally known as Bridge of New York and Brooklyn) links the neighborhoods of Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City. At the time of its opening was the largest suspension bridge in the world (measuring 1825 meters long, and piles of light is 486.3 meters, record of light. It was also the first steel wire suspension. Since then it has become one of the most recognizable symbols of New York. A photographer under the Manhattan Bridge Bridge. This bridge has always lived in the shadow of his illustrious older brother, to the south. Opened in 1909, this bridge does not have the grace of Brooklyn (it is a tangle of cables in blue and white, is lined with barbed wire prison frankly, the pedestrian is on the south side, not in the center, and we have to endure noise and underground tremors), but has its advantages. First, its location in the Chinatown. After a meal in New York Noodle Town (28 ½ Bowery), right there on the corner of Bowery and Canal, are the stairs that lead to the bridge. Within minutes, enjoy the beautiful landscape and view of the Brooklyn Bridge. After walking half an hour, lower another set of stairs and in five minutes you're in Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass (DUMBO). A decade ago, when artists settled in its old warehouses and factories, some said it was too sinister there under the Manhattan Bridge, and never would create a neighborhood feel, but there is, ever more beautiful people, galleries, restaurants and shops. Design highlights Prague Kolektiv (143 Front Street), Czech furniture mecca of the twentieth century, Baxter & Liebchen (33 Jay Street), Danish pieces Jacobsen, Henningsen and others, and Wonk (68 Jay Street), and furnishings hypermodern. Loopy Mango In Front (117 Front Street) will dress in vintage, in Pomme (81 Washington Street) bring your sons in the latest fashions, and Jacques Torres Chocolate (66 Water Street) you will find a reason to abandon this diet salad York and Coca-Cola light. To eat brunch are quiet in Dumbo General Store (at 111 Front Street), Indian-Thai fusion cuisine at Rice (81 Washington), and classic American food Bubby's (1 Main), where at night sometimes playing music. In Battery Park, both residents and tourists have the possibility of a series of activities without leaving the inner-city amenities such as biking, exercise or just taking a walk outdoors.
     
Caliente Cab Restaurant in Greenwich Village. 61 7th Avenue. (From 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.) 7-20 U.S. $. In the early twentieth century, the neighborhood was the destination of innovative artists, writers and radical revolutionary intellectuals who gave the Village its bohemian character. Since the 30s, was promoted contemporary art galleries in the art of 8th Street and the vanguard of the show was given appointment in the theaters of Bleecker Street. In the '60s, the neighborhood hosted a large gay community around Christopher Street. This group starred in the June 28, 1969 the most famous riot between police and homosexuals at the Stonewall Inn bar was the beginning of the movement for the rights of gays and lesbians. White statues in the square of Christopher Park in Greenwich Village. St. Christopher Sheridan Square subway stop of the same name Christopher St - Sheridan Sq <M> 1-2-3-9 leaves us in this square. Just outside the metro if you look at the corner of the seventh with Christopher, the shop of cigarettes "Village Cigars" stands out from the rest of the landscape by the large amount of advertising that will ball up around him. Just across the street came to Christopher Park, a triangular park with several of the same size white statues that people who walk through it. At the end of the square and hidden among the trees stands a bronze statue in honor of General Philip Sheridan who participated in the Civil War. In this square is also the man who was famous Stonewall Inn bar in 1969 was a spring to the gay movement and its struggles against discrimination to which they were subjected. Signs at the corner of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue in Greenwich Village. New Yorkers call it "The west village", and indeed it seems just that, a village outside a big city. Here's skyscrapers have given way to the homes of no high plants. Also, here is where lies the University of New York and home to many students who have moved to all artists, writers and bohemians who lived here. In the most proper of some famous West Village have been installed in luxury apartments away from all the stress. In addition, another incentive for some, it has always been the gay area of fashion.
     
A fire truck passes in front of The Noho Star, one of the restaurants in the East Village. The East Village neighborhood did not exist as such until the 60 and extends from Houston Street to 14 above and below respectively, the Bowery and Third Avenue to Avenue D perpendicularly. Within these streets is the neighborhood known as Alphabet City. This is much more bohemian neighborhood with artists, musicians and cultural entity. The buildings are low, many small shops, restaurants, bars and the campus of the University of New York. Crossing streets in Midtown West & Theater District on Broadway Street at the height of 50th Street. In one of the floors above the mall, is a jazz concert hall recently, Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, which is worth spending an evening. The room is lovely with a glass front overlooking Central Park and from there watch the city lights while enjoying good music. Very New York. From Columbus, we have to mention the famous Canergie Hall. One of the most important concert halls in the city. It is located on Seventh Avenue and 57th Street. Its exterior is interesting but inside, it's really worth seeing. Finally note that if we leave aside some tourist town Manhattan and get into something a little more authentic, we just have to move an avenue to the Hudson River. If instead of climbing the ninth Avenue, from 42, do it for the tenth, we realize that the local landscape has changed. Here, even less, we also find some restaurants, but above all, a neighborhood much more authentic. Only a block and it seems that here have not yet reached the tourists and the pace is different. Although we all are, we must recognize that we always carry in the sense of seeing or experiencing the spaces and places where they all come up. If anything characterizes this neighborhood is that it is the most bohemian and hippie all of New York. Madonna On these streets had their first home, the famous documentary photographer Nan Goldin photographed in an exemplary manner the outbreak of the punk movement and the beginnings of AIDS devastating and even some facade has been used to cover one of the discs of Led Zeppelin. A melting pot of cultures formed by Jews, Germans, Irish, Russians, Ukrainians and Hispanics who migrated here at the beginning of the twentieth century has left its cultural legacy in the form of churches, restaurants and buildings.
     
Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. This huge park to gather today saxophone, blues singers, tourists and college chess players all the time, was once a swampy area in which people are challenged to duels, executions were practiced and had even served as a mass grave. One of the biggest attractions of the park, is Stanford White Arch, a marble arch 22 meters high, which was initially built in wood, and served for the artist Marcel Duchamp in 1916, climbed to the top it, declaring the park "free and independent republic of Washington Square, New Bohemia". Two friends, enjoy good company and good food in a restaurant in the neighborhood of Greenwich Village. In the '60s, the quiet neighborhood of Greenwich Village hosted a large gay community in one of its streets. We are talking about the famous Christopher Street. If we look at the history of New York, we will realize that almost late 60's, was made the most famous riot between police and homosexuals. The trouble erupted in the bar Stonewall Inn, and it marked the beginning of the movement for the rights of gays and lesbians, demonstrating that in Greenwich Village was also space for the order of equality for all its inhabitants. Who knew? New York maintained its Michelin three-star restaurants, and loses two 'biestrellados' Michelin has just published the new Michelin Guide New York 2013, which has given the award to 66 renowned restaurants in the Big Apple. No new product among triestrellados, since they remain Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare Cesar Ramirez, Eleven Madison Park chef Daniel Humm, Jean Georges chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Daniel the chef Daniel Boulud, Le Bernardin chef Eric Ripert, Thomas Keller's Per Se and Masa Masa Takayama chef. A list of the two stars this year joins the restaurant Atera, already had one. Six others are maintained: Soto, Momofuku Ko, Tide, Gordon Ramsay at The London, Gilt and Corton. Instead, they lose a star Kajitsu, L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon and SHO Shaun Hergatt. There are eight restaurants that get their first star, mostly in Manhattan: China Café, Sheng Lan, Torrisi Italian Specialties, Hakkasan, The Nomad and White. To these must be added the 44 stores that keep their star: Adour, Ai Fiori, Village, Annisa, Aquavit, Aureole, A Voce Columbus, A Voce Madison, Blue Hill, Bouley, The Breslin, Brushstroke, Cafe Boulud, Casa Mono, Danji, Danny Brown Wine Bar & Kitchen, Del Posto, Dovetail, Dressler, 15 East, Gotham Bar and Grill, Gramercy Tavern, Jewel Bako, Jungsik, Junoon, Kajitsu Kyo Ya, Minetta Tavern, The Modern, Oceana, Peter Luger, Picholine (now closed), Public, The River Café, Rosanjin, Rouge Tomate, Saul, Seasonal, Spotted Pig, Sushi Azabu, Sushi of Gari, Tribeca Tamarind, Tori Shin, Tulsi, Wallse, WD-50 and finally Willy Dufresne. East Village neighborhood has traditionally been an aristocratic to the exit of large families. Since then the district was taken by immigrants and sixties was the birthplace of the beat generation to be followed by the punk movement. On his influences, the neighborhood has many clubs with live music which sets out the latest music trends. Here you can also find Alphabet City.
     
Advertisement of an opera in the streets of Lower Midtown. We are in the middle of the island, where we can delight in some of the most representative of Manhattan skyscrapers (Roquefeller, Empire State Building and Chrysler Building) and towering apartment buildings and crowded shopping areas and offices. This is a large area covering several neighborhoods and that we will divide the east and the west. Focus on the 'East Side' as located between the streets 34 and 50, from Sixth Avenue to the East River. Reflection of a Frankfurt at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The Guggenheim Museum in New York is the first museum created by the Solomon R. Foundation Guggenheim, dedicated to modern art. Founded in 1937 in Upper East Side, NY. It is the best known of all the museums of the foundation, and is often called simply "The Guggenheim." It was initially called the Museum of non-objective painting, and was founded to showcase avant-garde art of early modern artists as Kandinsky and Mondrian. In 1959 he moved to the place where you are now (corner of 89th Street and 5th Avenue, opposite Central Park), when completed the building designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Solomon did not know whom to choose as an architect for the museum, so he asked the Baroness Hilla von Rebay to choose someone. She chose to Wright because it was the most famous architect of the moment. The building itself became a work of art. From the street, the building looks like a white ribbon wrapped around a cylindrical shape, slightly wider on top than below. Internally, the galleries form a spiral. Thus, the visitor sees the work as you walk through the spiral ramp, like a walk. In 1992 the building was supplemented by attaching a rectangular tower, taller than the original spiral. This modification of Wright's original design generated much controversy. The Wright building has been the victim of some criticisms made by artists who feel that the building overshadows the works displayed there and that is difficult to properly hang paintings. Publicity of an exclusive shoe store on Fifth Avenue. Are synonymous with luxury shops of Fifth Avenue and especially in this stretch from 48th Street to 59th Street at Central Park. In 1917, Cartier bought the mansion of banker Morton Plant in exchange for a pearl necklace, starting a trend to be followed by all other business enterprises such as Tiffany, Versace, Louis Vuitton and Armani, among many others. The resort is the chosen one of the most prestigious hotels like the Plaza or the Waldorf-Astoria. In addition, some prestigious companies are also based here as is the case of IBM, General Electric, Apple.
     
A saxophonist in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village Park. This huge park to gather today saxophone, blues singers, tourists and college chess players all the time, was once a swampy area in which people are challenged to duels, executions were practiced and had even served as a mass grave. Washington Square Park is a notable from 1700 featuring the city parks, in the heart of Greenwich Village. Surrounded by the University of New York, with its numerous buildings around the park is a popular point equally by both tourists and residents. With a landmark arch at the north end of the park, the Arc of Washington, the open space is part of the essence of the neighborhood. Located at the foot of Fifth Avenue, is not characterized by green spaces, because it is rather "undeveloped." It has a great source as well as playground, garden areas, games, statues and a walk with chess tables. Interestingly, the area was in the early nineteenth century devoted to a public cemetery for unknown and indigent residents. The cemetery was closed in 1825, and the land was purchased by the city for delivery to the square today. Since 1930, the area was highly coveted and are still preserved in historic homes around that time. The famous arch was built to celebrate the centennial of the inauguration of George Washington as president. Gay Street in Greenwich Village. At the end of this tiny street in the St Christopher, 15, was until early 2009 the famous Oscar Wilde Bookshop bookstore specializing in gay themed on the world and served as a reference and resistance to the homosexual movement for many years, although Gay Street itself and attracts many curious only to photograph the sign, even sell postcards and pictures of the sign. World Financial Center. In the past was connected to the World Trade Center by a bridge. It houses about four office towers and a shopping area with shops and restaurants, also called Winter Garden lobby decorated with 16 palm trees. Both outside and inside it hosts many performances of music, dance and theater.
     
Apple. 767 Fifth Avenue. Tel 212-336-1440. (Open 365 days 24 hours). For fans of Mac and Iphone, the store that is accessed by a square of glass is the worship center. Is always open and can taste the latest in the market. The prices are better than in Europe. Bakery in the neighborhood of Chelsea. The district is now famous for the many art galleries and exhibitions on offer, Including a street (24) Completely filled with art. In Addition, the move to the area of the visual arts community has the neighborhood Projected as one of the centers of modern art, with many artists' studios, museums and art Even Such as the Rubin Museum, Chelsea Art Museum, and the Graffiti Research Lab The district center is complete with avant-garde theater and visual arts. Building of the United Nations Headquarters in Lower Midtown. Between the 42nd and 48th Street at 1st Avenue. (Guided tours Mon-Fri 9:45 to 16:45 / Adults $ 16US / $ 11US seniors and students / children 5-12yrs $ 9US - not sold in advance / not supported under 5 years) 33 East 47th Street. Tel 212-963-8687. In the headquarters of the United Nations met all members once a year in the General Assembly, in addition to the Security Council should meet on cabinet crisis. One of his greatest achievements was signing in 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The land on which is not owned by a single country, but of all Member States of the Organization, the United Nations have their own security force and its own fire department, issue their own postage stamps and have activities in the six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French, English and Russian. The 7.2 acres are located in the main building and advice are also gardens filled with roses and some interesting monuments like the statue of peace donated by the former Yugoslavia, or the Peace Bell, cast with 60 coins donated by countries and Japan.
     
Flatiron Building. Between 22nd St. and 23rd St. and between Broadway and 5th Ave One of the most emblematic buildings of the city of New York is the Fuller Building, better known as the Flatiron building. It was built in 1902, and for some years was one of the tallest skyscrapers in New York. Located next to Madison Square Park at the intersection of Broadway and 5th Avenue, the Flatiron is a very characteristic building because of its wedge-shaped plant. The building's original name is Fuller, in honor of the founder of the construction company which made the work, died two years before completion. Flatiron inherited the nickname of the block in which it was built (Flatiron Block), whose shape is very similar to the base of a plate at the time. It is worth going to Madison Square and see this building, whose facade at its most acute angle only reaches 2 feet thick. It is about 10 minutes walk from the Empire State bulding, going south on 5th Avenue. A woman walks through the streets of Soho. SoHo and Tribeca are two of the most famous New York, known because they are fashionable and because they are home to artists, actors and others who appreciate an eclectic and vibrant. SoHo refers to the area south of Houston Street and Tribeca, the Triangle Below Canal Street (Canal Street triangle under) between the Hudson River and Broadway. In recent years, the Tribeca boundaries have expanded to the north almost to Houston, so that the two areas have almost joined. A SoHo is known for being the hangout of artists in New York, and has the art galleries to prove it. There is also an important fashion shops and businesses and a wide variety of restaurants. The nightlife is the best that the city has. Tribeca is now and always has been the site of the New York publishing industry, perhaps the reason why JFK, Jr. chose to live when he was director of the magazine 'George magazine. " The streets of this neighborhood are filled triangular publishers, both large and small. Tribeca is also home to many quaint restaurants and some good night spots, but usually a bit quieter than SoHo. Most residents of this neighborhood are single professionals in comparison with artists and actors in SoHo. If you visit New York, definitely worth it to devote a day to visit these areas full of life, to ensure you discover the true essence of the artistic life of Manhattan. Chinatown: Like other neighborhoods called Chinatown in the United States, the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan is an ethnic enclave with a large population of Chinese immigrants. family, political alliances (Kuomintang vs. Communist Party of China) and even more secretly, crime syndicates. These partnerships were initiated to protect themselves from racism. Each was tied with a gang. Similarly, each association was a source of assistance to new immigrants by providing them loans and helping them start businesses. Associations (colloquially called Tongs) formed a government body called Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. Thanks to him, the relations between the Tongs became more fluid and can overcome the great rivalry that existed between some of them, especially between On Leong and Hip Sing. Many of the episodes of fighting between Chinese gangs were carried out on the street Doyer. Gangs like the Ghost Shadows and Flying Dragons prevailed even to the 1980s. The only park in Chinatown's Columbus Park, which was built in what was the center of the famous Five Points neighborhood. During the nineteenth century this area was the most dangerous in New York. Most of the work of Chinatown are themselves lower class, salaries are below the legal minimum and transactions are made in cash to avoid paying taxes. This type of economy employs many immigrants, language problems, lack access to better jobs. This system attracted the fashion industry to set up their factories in the area of Chinatown. There is also an important activity in the sector of tourism and restaurants.
     
A policeman talks to a citizen in Upper Midtown near Fifth Avenue. If anything stands out from the Fifth in the collective consciousness are renowned shopping. Down in front of the windows of firms such as Prada, Salvatore Ferragamo or Gucci may be interesting. Special mention of the recent Louis Vuitton flagship store on 57th St., an enormous space of several plants whose cover was designed by Jun Aoki Japanese and stands out with its minimalist beauty. Basketball fans have a date inexcusable in the NBA Store, where you can buy all kinds of items related to this sport or browse among the original objects of the stars of "the best league in the world." At Fifth Avenue is time to look and buy. If your pocket does not accept the increased demands can always opt for cheaper options. Such as Banana Republic, Zara, Armani Exchange and Abercrombie & Fitch, which opened this shop in 2006. Younger guests can enjoy the Disney Store and FAO Schwarz in particular, the famous toy store where Tom Hanks played the piano with his feet in the movie Big. Beside it is the new underground Apple Store in Manhattan, which is accessed by a large glass cube. After a period of decline and a center of prostitution, crime and drugs, this part of town has become an area of security, entertainment, commerce and restaurants, thanks to the commitment and effort by the mayor and the draft Times Square Business Improvement District. All Times Square area is illuminated day and night by big neon signs and huge television screens. Two million people gathered in Times Square to welcome 2000 with a fall in Waterford Crystal's Millennial Ball, a huge crystal ball made specifically for this event. In the TKTS booths, located in the heart of Times Square, you can buy theater tickets at half price for the same day of the performance. A fashion photographer uses the windows of the New York Library overlooking Bryant Park to photograph a model. 5th Ave and 42nd Tel 212-930-0830. In the back of the park is the public library, which is the largest in the world and the largest U.S. In the reading room there are still original brass lamps.
     
Building Receptionist Dakota. 1 West 72nd Street. This is a block of apartments built in 1884 by the same architectural firm that designed the Plaza Hotel, that is, Henry Janeway Hardenbergh. Here John Lennon lived and was assassinated at the entrance of the building in 1980, besides his wife Yoko Ono is still inhabitant of the farm. The building has also seen some movies like "The Devil's Seed." Today is one of the most desirable enclaves in the city. An actress walks down the outside of the Lincoln Center Theater. Lincoln Center, 150 West 65th Street.Telf 212-362-7500. Theater divided into two rooms, the Mitzi E Newhouse, of 280 localities and the Vivian Beaumont in 1000. These rooms offer quality performances and even a musical first. The building also houses the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts which houses the largest collection of New York of sound recordings, videos, books and original scores of Bach and Beethoven. American Museum of Natural History. Central Park West to 79th Street. Tel 212-769-5100. (Mon-Sun 10am-5: 45pm / closed during Christmas and Thanksgiving / donation recommended including the Rose Center: adults $ 16US / $ 12 seniors and students / children 2-12 $ 9US). This is one of the largest natural history museums in the world, and one of the most recommended places in the city if you travel with children. It was founded in 1869 and contains over thirty million objects. The American Museum of Natural History (American Museum of Natural History in English) is a major New York collector. Located in the northwest of Manhattan (New York, USA), at 79th Street and Central Park West. The museum has a staff of over 1200 people and 100 sponsors field trips for collection of material every year. The museum was founded in 1869. Theodore Roosevelt (26th U.S. president) was the father of the museum and one of its founders. The first head of the museum was an old arsenal built in Central Park. In 1874, the ground was ready to build the present building, which occupies most of Manhattan Square. The original Gothic design (1874-1877) was designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould, who were collaborating with Frederick Law Olmsted in structures for Central Park. Famous names associated with the museum have been a geologist and paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn (chairman for many years), the hunter of dinosaurs in the Gobi Desert, Roy Chapman Andrews (one of the inspirations for Indiana Jones), George Gaylord Simpson, biologist Ernst Mayr, the pioneers of cultural anthropologists, Margaret Mead and Franz Boas and the ornithologist Robert Cushman Murphy. The millionaire J. P. Morgan was one of the benefactors of the museum.
     
Grand Central Station Terminal in Lower Midtown. 42nd Street and Park Avenue. Phone 212-340-2583. (Free sightseeing Wed-Fri 12:30 pm). Symbol of the City of New York, also called Grand Central to dry building was completed in 1913 and still today is the largest station in the world in number of platforms, 44 with 67 tracks, 41 on the upper level and 26 in the bottom. It was built in the Beaux Arts style, and stands above the main lobby with its high vaulted ceiling and three huge windows 23 feet high. For this hall daily spend half a million people and is one of the sets common in films shot in the city. The vaulted ceiling is painted in green decorated with zodiac signs painted upside down by the Frenchman Paul Helleu. The station also has all kinds of shops and restaurants of both label and snacks. Grand Central Station Terminal in Lower Midtown. 42nd Street and Park Avenue. Phone 212-340-2583. (Free sightseeing Wed-Fri 12:30 pm). For this hall daily spend half a million people and is one of the sets common in films shot in the city. The vaulted ceiling is painted in green decorated with zodiac signs painted upside down by the Frenchman Paul Helleu. The station also has all kinds of shops and restaurants of both label and snacks. It is also, The Grand Central Station, with its impressive size, the train station with the largest number of platforms in the world, 44 to be exact. Platform Subway Line 7 Station Grand Central Terminal on the Lower Midtown. 42nd Street and Park Avenue. Grand Central Terminal is the largest train station and subway in Manhattan and one of the most spectacular in the world, thanks to its huge architectural quality, on countless occasions praised and immortalized by the seventh art. Opened in 1913 hosted the new electric trains after a construction period that lasted 10 years during which a complete team of architects collaborated on the design. The Beaux-Arts style, inherited from France, gives the building a large and sumptuous elegance, enhanced by its main lobby, the Main Concourse, and the details surrounding it, such as large high windows that let the rays of sun, creating a dreamlike atmosphere, perfectly portrayed in some of the photographs illustrating the history of New York. The Metro New York (The New York City Subway) is the system's largest urban public transportation in the United States and one of the largest in the world, with between 416 and 475 stations (depending on how you transfer points counted : MTA uses 468 as the official number of stations) and 656 miles (1,056 km) of primary roads in service. If you have tracks in workshops and garages the total to 842 miles (1,355 km).
     
Several years ago the Metropolitan Museum in New York struggle to expand its funding from modern photography. The collection of photographs is impresioante. The MET has more than 20,000 original of all time featuring Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichem, Walter Evans, Diane Arbus and the great Robert Frank, which recently gave her an impressive retrospective of the work "Americans" with contacts and unpublished photographs. Better known as Met, the Metropolitan is one of the top rated museums in the world. It opened its doors for the first time in 1872 and has an important collection with important pieces of Egyptian art, African, Asian, Oceania, Middle East, Byzantine and Islamic. But with the permission of MOMA, the Met also has a section devoted to modern art and more than 10,000 works of art mostly European and American artists. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. 1071 Fifth Avenue and 89th Street. Tel 212-423-3500. (Sun-Wed 10am-5: 45pm / Fri 10am-5: 45pm / Sat 10am-7: 45pm / Closed Thurs / adult $ 18US / $ 15US students and seniors / children <12 years free). The museum is named after its founder, Solomon R. Guggenheim, an American magnate, encouraged and guided by the artist and art advisor Hilla Rebay, started a collection of nonobjective art in the late twenty years. At first, the Guggenheim own suite at the Plaza Hotel in New York served as exhibition space for art collection. Later in 1937, when his collection had grown too large to house in his apartment, Guggenheim Foundation created the Solomon R. Guggenheim. Two years later, the foundation opened its first museum: the Museum of Non-Objective Painting (Museum of Painting and lens), on 54th Street east of Manhattan, directed by Hilla Rebay. Four years later, the Foundation requested the innovative architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design a permanent building to house the growing collection of art from the Guggenheim, which at that time included works by Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Fernand Léger, Amedeo Modigliani, László Moholy- Nagy and Pablo Picasso. Wright spent 16 years, 700 sketches and six sets of different planes to complete the project. And so, on October 21, 1959, the Museum opened its doors Solomon R. Guggenheim with its characteristic spiral shape, which has become an emblem of the city of New York. The eight-story building and nearly 30 feet, was remodeled in 1992 after two years of being closed to the public and has a permanent collection of over 5,000 works, among which are works of art by Chagall, Kandinsky, Picasso, Manet , Vincent van Gogh, Joan Miro, and 200 photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe. Better known as Met, the Metropolitan is one of the top rated museums in the world. It opened its doors for the first time in 1872 and has an important collection with important pieces of Egyptian art, African, Asian, Oceania, Middle East, Byzantine and Islamic. But with the permission of MOMA, the Met also has a section devoted to modern art and more than 10,000 works of art mostly European and American artists. One of its peculiarities are called Cloisters, a French cloisters medial structures that were restored and incorporated into the museum, which gives it a very genuine, with stained glass and medieval tapestries included. The collection of photographs is impresioante. The MET has more than 20,000 original of all time featuring Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichem, Walter Evans, Diane Arbus and the great Robert Frank, which recently gave her an impressive retrospective of the work "Americans" with contacts and unpublished photographs. Visit the museum fairly well at least we can take a whole day, and this should be done with a good guide and tour of the first rooms we are most interested in before it is completely exhausted.
     
Reflection on one of the photographs of Richard Avedon at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). 11 West 53rd Street Phone 212-708-9400 (Wed-Mon 10:30 am-5: 30pm / Closed Tues / Fri 10:30 am-8pm / adult $ 20 senior students 16US $ 12US $ <17 years old pleasant). Founded by several American philanthropists, MOMA became operational in 1929 and quickly became one of the best modern art museums worldwide. His first works were Cubist and abstract line, as they were the most avant-garde movements of the time. Among his most important paintings include "The Starry Night" by Van Gogh, "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" by Pablo Picasso, "The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali, "Broadway Boogie Wogie" by Piet Mondrian, "American Flag" of Jasper Johns and the first self-portrait by Frida Kahlo that includes one of his pet spider monkey named "Fulang-Chang and Me." In Photography, stresses the back of this area from 1840 to contemporary times, with authors such as Diane Arbus, Eugène Atget, Man Ray, Walker Evans, Garry Winogrand, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Richard Avedon, among others. There is also sculpture, architecture and design, drawings, illustrated books and a collection of almost 100,000 movies. Building Chrysler Building in Lower Midtown. 405 Lexington Ave corner of 42nd Street. This skyscraper of 319 is also a symbol of the city and a magnificent example of Art Deco architectural style. It was designed in 1930 by William Van Alen to be the hub automobilis Chrysler brand, being the tallest building in the world for a few months until the Empire State building. The decoration of the tower is based on the hubcaps that the mark was using at the moment. The gargoyles of the 61st floor of an eagle-shaped and the corners of the 31st floor is a replica of the caps that were placed on car radiators. The needle placed at the top of the building, known as vertex, was a secret until it was placed through a false ceiling, thus gaining nearly 61 meters high, enough to overcome his rival in height, the Bank located in Manhattan No. 40 Wall Street. Van Alen never claimed the bill for the construction of the building to be charged by the firm to charge commissions and bribes from contractors awarded the work. In the bottom of the skyscraper Citigroup Center (153 E 53rd Street and 601 Lexington Avenue) is a space with caferías ideal for quick meals, and besides, it finds the Lutheran Church of St. Peter's with interesting jazz concerts on Sundays at 17:00. Within the history of the land covered by the Citigroup Center, one of the tallest skyscrapers and landmark of the city of New York, know that before belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of San Pedro which was founded in 1862 so in order to build this building had to reach a mutual agreement between the two parties. The final deal was that Citicorp (owners of the Citigroup Center) demolished the church as long as the company built a new church which has no connection to the building as may be common columns or intersections. Among the curiosities that can speak on this building you can find the famous song by The Ramones "53rd & 3rd" (written by Dee Dee Ramone), which refers to the intersection of two streets in which Citigroup is located Center, this song was released in early 1976.
     
Theatre Shubert Alley in the Theater District. 225 West 44th Street. Inside the Venetian Renaissance facade, lined up aspiring actor in the 20 to audition and assess their talent. The theater was opened in 1913 with Shakespeare's plays as Othello, Hamlet and Merchant of Venice. Times Square is a part of Manhattan designed with the latest lighting technology the past few days enormous animated ads which give the Big Apple an impressive atmosphere not seen in other countries, in terms of recreation is concerned. Huge buildings are covered in their first plants by huge ads as Toyota, Toys for Us, Quick Silver, Airlines, McDonald's, recognized and popular clothing companies, banks, and other very familiar to many .. The noise becomes common, acceptable and familiar, and is a mixture of expressions of the people, reefing, amazement, ambulances, walking horses that pull carriages, police cars, street musicians, .. The multi-ethnic people in and out of stores using their language of origin, to continue his unforgettable walk through the heavenly streets of Times Square, while the Asian cartoonists earn 5 to $ 10 every 5 or 10 minutes. His ability for this business agglomeration many people around waiting to see finished his work of art and smile for the grace of its remarkable facial features distorted. A smell that changes while walking, caused by the seller of "Hot dogs, pretzels, pikes, peanuts and coconut caramel, chocolate, which do not rest a moment, smilingly serve their clients waiting their turn watching her admired around. A newly married Asian couple celebrating their honeymoon in the area of Times Square. In the center of this spectacular combination of lights, movement, life and color, opened this year, a large space for tourists to rest or look around the impressive display of art developed to advertise that together, they give Times Square Center the label of the Big Apple and the World, the city that never sleeps, the Babel of Iron or the world capital of art and entertainment. On Broadway you can see the giant animated logos of large companies, employing up posters dozens of floors of buildings, huge TV screens, the decoration of the windows of several businesses, electronic information on the stock exchange and the latest news in the world. Also, over a dozen streets, a lot of vendors posts leather briefcases, Hot dogs, soda, peanuts, and cartoonists, artists, musicians, etc.. It is interesting to see horse-drawn carriages for tourists strolling, circulating in the midst of flaming cars and limousines.
     
A man dressed as Superman tries to be photographed with tourists in Chelsea to make a little money. This is a neighborhood in transition between the stressful streets of downtown Manhattan and quiet of Greenwich. In 1750 Captain Thomas Clark bought the land comprising what is now occupying the 14 to the 25th Street and 8th Avenue to the Hudson River by putting the name of Chelsea. A mid-nineteenth century and after the installation of a rail line along 11th Avenue, the working population was settled in this area of Manhattan. During this time was the pre-Broadway theater center. Near the PS1 and Graffiti lovers, there are ships that can be painted from the underground line 7 to show the full fury of this art. PS1 (MOMA). 22-25 Jackson Avenue and 46th Street. Queens. <M> 23rd St-Ely Ave E-V. Phone 718-784-2084. (Thu-Mon 12pm-6pm / Adults $ 5US / $ 2US students and seniors / free with the entrance of MOMA). PS1 energy and resources devoted to experimental art show in the world. A catalyst and promoter of new ideas, speeches and trends in contemporary art. PS1 serves emerging artists, new genres, new jobs and renowned artists in an effort to support innovation in contemporary art. PS1 was founded in 1971 by Alanna Heiss as The Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc., an institution devoted to the organization of exhibitions in underutilized and neglected spaces in New York. In 1976, PS1 opened its first major exhibition in its permanent home in Long Island City, Queens, with the exhibition rooms weekly. In 2000 he signed a collaboration agreement with the MOMA to extend the reach of both institutions. Founded in 1971, the Bronx Museum of the Arts offers wonderful exhibitions and programs for children and adults. The Museum's collection consists of over 800 twentieth-century and contemporary works of art in all media.Guided by the Museum's mission--to serve the ethnically-diverse populations of the Bronx and to stimulate community participation primarily through the visual arts--the permanent collection reflects the Museum's surrounding communities and constituents, comprised primarily of African American and Latino populations, as well as a growing number of Asian-American communities in the metropolitan area. A homeless man roams the Tompkins Square Plaza, the heart of East Village. In the area bordering the park are very cheap restaurants, a cafe-bar open almost 24 hours, bookshops, clothes shops second hand (affordable).
     
Harlem was an area known by the Indians as Muscoota (plain) and used as a breeding ground thanks to its fertile land. In 1658, Governor Peter Stuyvesant Netherlands, through the wealth of the land, a village founded here by the name of Nieuw Haarlem, named after the city Haarlem Netherlands. With the conquest of the island by the British, the high society family settled in Harlem their farms and built their houses. early twentieth century, African-American real estate agent Philip Payton leased lot of devalued properties, rent to members of the black community itself had been evicted from other parts of the city. In 1920, as the white community left the neighborhood, came the famous Harlem Renaissance ("Harlem Renaissance") with the arrival of artists, musicians and black intellectuals from all over the country. African American high society was installed in an area known as Sugar Hill, west of Harlem. African-American culture and especially their music became popular throughout the city thanks to clubs like the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theatre in acting black musicians for white audiences only. In the 1960s, the neighborhood was radicalized ideologues appear to revolutionaries like Malcolm X sought to reverse racism against whites. Harlem was degenerating into the mythical dangerous neighborhood. A throughout Harlem and South Bronx neighbor, the apartments were torched by the owners to collect the insurance and evict tenants creating a bleak atmosphere. A parishioner leaves mass. Union Congregational Church. 60 138th Street. Phone 212-926-2549. St. Mark The Evangelist Catholic Churca. 65 138th Street. Tel 212-281-4931 (Sun 9pm and 11pm). These two churches, located on the same street as the Abyssinian Baptist Church, just across Malcolm X Boulevard (7th Ave), offer a real vision of what a church in Harlem, without so much paraphernalia or gibberish. Located across from each other, offer Mass on Sunday morning at 9 and 11, with a more modest gospel choir and an infinitely smaller audience. At one, at the end of the same eleven, pastor and austere public share a meal in the bottom of the church, to which everybody is invited. This is the true spirit of Harlem. Parishioners at mass. Abyssinian Baptist Church. 132 Odell Clark Place (commonly 138th Street) near the 7th Avenue. Phone 212-862-7474. (Sun 11:00). This is one of the oldest churches for parishioners of color in the city. It was founded in 1808 and became one of the richest churches in New York, thanks in part to the charismatic Reverend Adam Clayton Powell Jr. The most characteristic feature of this neo-Gothic style church today is its gospel choir every Sunday attracts hundreds of tourists. As much as to endeavor to say that the ceremony is not merely a gospel performance or entertainment, but is only a religious act, the truth is that when one is among the visiting public, which is on the top floor and completely separated from parishioners, has the feeling of being more of a Broadway play than in a religious ceremony, but yes, it's worth. Visitors are only welcome at the Sunday mass at 11 and to gain entry to queue there horan before and at least two women must wear the shoulders covered and men can not enter with shoes shirts.
     
Graffiti Obama and Martin Luther King painted in the shade of an establishment of Harlem. Today, Harlem is undergoing a new renaissance, transforming itself with the rehabilitation and construction of housing, becoming a safe and attractive neighborhood, with new residents, businesses and educational and cultural centers. Major museums are in this part of the city, including the Museum of the City of New York, El Museo del Barrio, the Studio Museum in Harlem and Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum. They are also famous Baptist churches in which are held every Sunday Mass Gospel. The kitchen also excels in this part of town with restaurants like Sylvia's, considered the best in the country specializing in soul food. The main streets in this neighborhood are 116th Street, 125th Street called Martin Luther King Boulevard and 6th Avenue is here called Lenox Avenue. For now, go far from the center formed by these streets may be unsafe. Columbia University. 2960 Broadway corner of 116th Street, (visitor center: 213, Low Memorial Library Mon-Fri 9am-5pm). Tel 212-854-1754. This private university, one of the oldest in the city, is among the best in the world, especially in the field of medical and scientific research. The campus was built in 1897, and today thousands of students annually passing through their classrooms. From here have come 49 Nobel laureates, a figure which not all universities can claim. The esplanade of the campus is a quiet place where students roam and which highlights the ancient LIBRARY Low Library, which is accessed via a wide staircase which lies the statue of Alma Mater. Ice hockey match for the Rangers at MSG. MSG also hosts boxing events. Many of the most important fights in history took place at Madison Square Garden. Before promoters Don King and Bob Arum take boxing to Las Vegas, Nevada, Madison Square Garden was the Mecca of boxing. The capacity at Madison Square Garden is divided into five levels. The lower level seats are red and, eventually, orange, yellow, green and blue. In some events it is an even lower level known as "Rotonda". This color scheme has been discontinued since the term "blue seats" (seats blue) was a synonym for rude behavior of fans, especially hockey games. The place where you picked up the first Madison Square Garden was the passenger station of the railroad company that connected New York to Harlem. When this line moved to Grand Central Terminal in 1871 the site was sold to PT Barnum and converted into a racetrack called "Barnum's Monster Classical and Geological Hipodrome." In 1876 was renamed as "Gilmore's Garden."
     
Typical landscape in the Bronx to the underground high in the background. There are two main attractions of the Bronx who could not be absent from the agenda of the tourists visiting this famous neighborhood. The Bronx's Zoo is a special place for children, which will appreciate more than 6,000 animals, representing part of the fauna from around the world. Another interesting attraction is the New York Botanical Garden, which was created in the late nineteenth century and where you can see huge collections of plants of all kinds, and a walk through it you can not miss the Rockefeler Peggy Rose Garden, a place which is dominated by a wide variety of roses. Also in the Bronx have large-scale attractions such as The Yankees stadium. This stadium has been used since 1923, and enjoy a baseball game at the heart of the Bronx into a colossus of the game as this stage can be a wonderful experience. Finally, a curiosity to visit in the Bronx is the Poe Cottage, which was the last residence of the genius that was Edgar Allan Poe. The famous writer lived there between 1846 and 1849, and if you're a fan of this author sure you want to look at this place. Typical landscape of Queens, in meters high above the road and police cars guarding the area. This area owes its name to Queen Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II of England. This happened in the late seventeenth century, the first inhabitants who settled here were modest farmers. The district experienced a population boom with the arrival of the train in 1910. In the 1920s and 1930s, Queens lived a golden age with the installation of Paramount Studios that soon became known as Astoria Movie Studio and became the capital of cinema in the East Coast. This is where Rudolph Valentino, the Marx Brothers and many others are first put in front of a camera. The bad news was the demise of silent films, which also meant the end of the hegemony of the studies. Queens's population continued to grow and increasingly embracing ethnic groups that had one thing in common: the lack of means. Today is multi-ethnic neighborhood in New York. Here the cultures coexist with each other, each with its own pace. On landing in Queens, one feels beating another lifestyle, the buildings are lower, the sidewalks are more clear and less people are going fast. Long considered as a disinherited neighborhood, now opens up to tourism, while preserving its architectural treasures and memories. Jack Kerouac lived here, Will Rogers, Heinrich Steinwerg, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Waller and Count Basie, among others. Metro stop line 7 Queensboro Plaza. The 7 Flushing Local (local Flushing Line 7) is a service of Metro New York City, the service works as a local path along the Flushing Line, with express service (7 Flushing Express) denoted by an icon in the form diamond on all trains service 7 instead of having a circular icon. The express service operates routes during peak hours (towards the Times Square every morning, and onto Main Street-Flushing in the afternoon) between 06:30 and 22:00 (6:30 am and 10:00 pm ET) weekdays. The express service to Manhattan is also provided after the games at Shea Stadium. The service is solid purple on official maps of the subway in New York and is the only path to the Flushing line. This route is the only system that has 11 carriages, the train's largest IRT. The 7 train service has been referred to in some publications as the "International Express" because the route passes through several different ethnic neighborhoods. However, this name is not official, nor is the name used during daily operations. This line was the great strength for the Redbird cars series. Until 2002, the entire fleet was named World's Fair R33/36 Version. As time passed, the Redbirds were replaced by the Bombardier-built cars R62A models. On November 3, 2003, the last Redbird train model made its final trip on this line, making all stops between Times Square and Willets Point-Shea Stadium. Several Redbird model cars serving the line were decorated with the logo of the Mets during the 2000 Subway Series against the New York Yankees, because the line runs adjacent to Shea Stadium.
     
Entrance to the park from Prospect Park. <M> Prostect Park B-Q. Crossing Grand Army Plaza to the south we arrived at Prospect Park, with a large expanse of lawn about 40 hectares, in which the people of Brooklyn are doing here as well as their counterparts in Manhattan in Central Park. In the southern part of the park is a small lake called Lake Prospect with a creek and a white terra cotta mansion called The Boathouse. In summer, the New York Philharmonic concerts, musical program in this park, which attracts people from all over New York. Prospect Park. Prospect Park is a park of 237 hectares, located in Brooklyn. It has a 36-acre meadow called Long Meadow and the only jungle of Brooklyn, with a water cannon. It also has a lake to fish and ride paddle boats and electric. It houses the Audubon Center, an interactive exhibition to know the park. There infromación center, cafeteria, shop and a zoo with 400 animals of 80 species, children's playground, picnic area, skating rink and tennis center. In summer, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra gives concerts. Parking is available. Football field at Roosevelt Island. Roosevelt Island only 240 meters wide and 3 miles long, was called by the Algonquin Indians as Minnahannock, until in 1647 he was bought by the governor Wouton Dutchman van twill that christened Island pigs. Already in the nineteenth century built a hospital for smallpox patients, a jail, a shelter for homeless and a lunatic asylum, which renamed it as Welfare Island (Island of Welfare). Currently, and after being renamed back to Roosevelt Island in 1973 and to obtain an urban reform designed by architects Philip Johnson and Burgee Hohn, houses a residential area for 9,500 inhabitants, with shops, restaurants, football, swimming and all necessary amenities.
     
Woodlawn Cemetery. Webster Avenue corner of East 233rd Street. Woodlawn <M> 4 (Mon-Sun 8:30-17 / photographs by prior permission). Tel 718-920-0500. This is a huge cemetery has more than 160 which was created after the Civil War in 1863. Among their tombstones and mausoleums are many famous people of the city as Mayor LaGuardia, Miles Davis, jazz musician Duke Ellinton. Currently, more than 300,000 people have found lasting peace in this magnificent cemetery. New York Botanical Garden. Kazimoroff Bronx River Parkway and Boulevard. It has a large Victorian conservatory named Enid A Haupt Conservatory, which is just inaugurate Kiku, which is what they call the new Japanese garden full of chrysanthemums that evoke the beautiful gardens of Kyoto.Este Botanical Garden opened its doors in 1891 and has 100 acres filled with lush vegetation. It also has a forest walks from coniferous trees and the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden with 2,700 roses, including the American varieties, among many other points of interest. An electric train runs every half hour the most important points of the Botanical Garden. Children have a special section called Everett Children's Adventure Garden for the smallest to learn many things in nature exploring and discovering a fun way. New York Botanical Garden. Located in the Bronx, the New York Botanical Garden is one of the largest and most reputable gardens of the United States. The Garden is a museum of plants worldwide, organized in 48 different collections of plants and gardens, which attract over 800,000 visitors each year.
     
Roosevelt Island cable car. At the 2nd Avenue and 60th Street exits the cable car to Roosevelt (same ticket as the metro) that crosses the Queensboro Bridge along the East River to Roosevelt Island. The cable car itself is already a tourist attraction, but we can also take a stroll through this tiny island, with gardens to stroll with the kids. Aerial views of the Midtown West & Theater District. No doubt this is the greatest cultural offerings throughout the city. In this area are grouped as the MOMA museums, many theaters with music for all tastes, classical music and opera at Carnegie Hall, photography at the International Center of Photography and, last but not least, breathtaking views of the skyscrapers city in the Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center and Times Square area surrounded by neon signs with endless yellow taxis going at full speed. Sunset views of the Hudson River from Battery Park. A seagull just fish and the sun shines while hiding in one of the skyscrapers of Jersey.
     
Showcase Versace store on Fifth Avenue. Are synonymous with luxury shops of Fifth Avenue and especially in this stretch from 48th Street to 59th Street at Central Park. In 1917, Cartier bought the mansion of banker Morton Plant in exchange for a pearl necklace, starting a trend to be followed by all other business enterprises such as Tiffany, Versace, Louis Vuitton and Armani, among many others. The resort is the chosen one of the most prestigious hotels like the Plaza or the Waldorf-Astoria. In addition, some prestigious companies are also based here as is the case of IBM, General Electric, Apple. In 1862 Caroline Schermerhorn Astor built his mansion at the junction of 34th Street. Then build the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, the place where today stands the Empire State Building, beginning the business trend of the street. Today is one of the main streets of Manhattan, full of luxury apartments and historic mansions, analogous always opulence and exclusivity. The fashion and accessories stores most fashionable of the world are almost forced to have a showcase in this section of street between 48th and 59St. Tiffany, Versace, Cartier, Prada, Gucci, Dior, Louis Vuitton and even the Spanish Zara, have a shop in these domains. The price per square meter is the second largest in the world, after London's Sloane Street. Times Square. 1560 Broadway, between 46th and 47th Street. Tel 212-869-5667 (8:00 to 20:00). Almost thirty million visitors a year pass through this area of Manhattan, and most do at night, when it shows all its splendor. Huge televisions and hundreds of neon signs advertise all types of products and shows the yellow taxis are passing at full speed. So called because the New York Times offices were located here in 1904. There was a time when prostitution, drugs and crime were synonymous with Times Square, now has become the city's cultural center, filled with theaters, auditoriums, hotels and luxury restaurants. It's where everyone goes to celebrate the end of the year from more than 10 decades. The mayor and a celebrity push a button and a glass geodesic ball 12 meters in diameter illuminated by 32,256 LEDs starts to decline during the last minute of the year. Countless yellow cabs each night travel Theater District area. The taxi (yellow cab) is, for sure, the means of transport most commonly used in the city of New York. By taxi you can travel from one end to another of the city in any of the five districts. In New York call a cab is no different as you would in any other city. Raising his hand is enough, but we should look at the poster that are on the ceiling. If it is on the taxi is free, if it is off the taxi is busy. If we see the words off duty will mean that the taxi is off duty. The starting price is $ 2.50, then, about $ 1 for each kilometer traveled. If you decide to get off the taxi and you have to wait, you will be charged 20 cents per minute. Then we should leave at least a 15% tip. How much does a taxi in New York? While you closed your suitcase to travel to the Big Apple (or before), you've asked some minor expenses are not too heavy when deciding a trip, but it's good to be clear for the day. How much does a taxi in New York?, Is one of those questions. We agree that the cost of a taxi ride is irrelevant for deciding to travel or not. But if you know about the values ??you feel more confident when get on one of the yellow cab and avoid the feel "cheated" out of ignorance. Here are some tips and updated values: The clock counter is always put into operation. No exceptions, no excuses. The initial value of $ 2.50. Each "unit" costs $ 0.40. The unit is equal to 300 meters with moving cab. O for each minute of waiting or traffic jam retention. Night surcharge for travel between 20 pm and 06 pm = $ 0.50 Surcharge = $ 1 rush hour Monday through Friday from 16 to 20 hours The total trip $ 0.5 adds a state tax The payment motorway tolls and bridges add to the value of the trip Drivers are required to assist disabled passengers to board and exit the vehicle (calling 311 is sent a taxi with special traction sistem to carry wheelchairs) The charge carries baggage To file a complaint, call 311 or send it via this link
     
The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. 1.825my has a length of connecting the New York borough of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The bridge construction began in 1870 and opened on May 24, 1883, 1,800 vehicles using it that day. Currently half pass through it every day 145,000. The Brooklyn Bridge has appeared in numerous scenes from films such as Superman Returns, Deep Impact, Fantastic 4, Gangs of New York, etc. From Manhattan, a good place to see the Brooklyn Bridge is the South Street Seaport (South Street Seaport), where is the Pier 17, an entertainment area and bar, which leads to enjoy its distinctive Gothic architectural style its imposing pillars from a terrace, sipping a beer. It is also advisable to cross the bridge to the Brooklyn side to reach the park (Empire Fulton Ferry State Park) situated along the South River, under the same bridge. The views of the bridge from the park remind us of the Oscar-winning Woody Allen film, Manhattan. And from here, and if we win and force, we can cross the bridge on foot, on the pedestrian walkway, and thus enjoy great views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. In any case, one of the greatest merits of this bridge is emblematic of New York is to remain upright. Or what is the same, the non-collapsed from the scourge of the time, as has happened to many other New York bridges built later. Empire State Building seen from Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center. 350 Fifth Ave corner of 34th St. The Empire State Building is the most famous and beloved New York. It was inaugurated on May 1, 1931 by President Hoover, who activated the lights of the building from Washington. For 40 years held the title of tallest building in the world, but lost after the construction of the twin towers of World Trade Center. The Empire State occupies the same land on which was located on the first Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, which was sold in 1928 by its owner, John Jacob, Jr, John Jakob Raskob, founder of General Motors. Work on the building began in March 1930 and was directed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates. It was built at breakneck speed, with an average of 4.5 stories a week and completed in one year and 45 days. It measures 443.2 meters, including the antenna of 62 meters and has 102 floors. The base of the antenna is designed as a mooring for dirigibles, but the idea had to be abandoned after two failed attempts to tie that came close to causing an accident. The building was built during the economic crisis, which seriously affected her office leasing, occupying just 25 percent of them in his opening and earning the nickname "Empty State Building." The economic recovery did not occur until the 40s, at which time the offices of the Empire State began to fill. In the '50s, was sold three times sign leases long term, thus ensuring the occupation of edificio.2620: Chelsea and Garment District. Worth Monument. 5th Avenue and Broadway St. The statue in the form of an obelisk was built in 1857 to show the exact location where he is buried General William Worth, who fought in the war against Mexico in the mid-nineteenth century. Street Sweets. (Position variable). This mobile van called Sweer Truck can taste the best cakes, donuts and cookies from the city accompanied by coffee or tea. The ingredients are all organic. The only problem is that the van has no fixed address, is sometimes in the 53rd Street between 5th and 6th, at other times on 50th Street between 6th and 7th Ave The current location is displayed on the website and Twitter and facebook. Cake and coffee 4US $.
     
Aerial views of the skyscrapers and the Hudson River from the Top of The Rock at Rockefeller Center. The observing floor includes three renovated lower levels and housed in the top three 79-storey architectural heart of Rockefeller Center, 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The observing floor was opened to the public for the first time in 1933. Speyer Semitism, has completely renovated, so is a unique place to understand and celebrate New York City. Top of the Rock is open daily from 8:30 am until midnight. The sky shuttle will make its last trip at 11pm each night. The initial price of the tickets are $ 14 for adults, $ 12 for seniors and $ 9 for children 6 to 11 years. Aerial views of the Flatiron Building. The Flatiron Building Fuller Building or as is known, is a skyscraper located in Manhattan centenary. It was one of the tallest buildings in New York when its construction was completed in 1902. Official Named George A. Fuller, founder of construction company that funded the work and had died in 1900. The Flatiron is located on a triangular block bounded on the south by 22nd Street, west on Fifth Avenue and east of Broadway. The latter two streets converge in front of the building on 23rd Street, at the height of Madison Square. The surrounding neighborhood is called the Flatiron District in his honor. The Beaux Arts style building was designed by architect Daniel Burnham Chicago school. Like a classical Greek column, its limestone and terra cotta facade is divided horizontally into three parts. The use of steel in its construction enabled the work reaches 87 m in height, which would have been very difficult using the usual techniques of the time. Flatiron Building. Between 22nd St. and 23rd St. and between Broadway and 5th Ave Fuller Building Also known by its founder, construction was completed in 1902 and was one of the first skyscrapers that incorporated a steel structure which will allowed to reach 87 meters in height. The facade of limestone and clay, forms a triangle that only two meters wide in the 23rd St. and resembles the prow of a ship. Designed by architect Daniel Burnham who was inspired by Italian Renaissance architecture, looking for beauty and perfection through geometric calculations.
     
The Brooklyn Bridge. From Manhattan, a good place to see the Brooklyn Bridge is the South Street Seaport (South Street Seaport), where is the Pier 17, an entertainment area and bar, which leads to enjoy its distinctive Gothic architectural style its imposing pillars from a terrace, sipping a beer. It is also advisable to cross the bridge to the Brooklyn side to reach the park (Empire Fulton Ferry State Park) situated along the South River, under the same bridge. The views of the bridge from the park remind us of the Oscar-winning Woody Allen film, Manhattan. And from here, and if we win and force, we can cross the bridge on foot, on the pedestrian walkway, and thus enjoy great views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. In any case, one of the greatest merits of this bridge is emblematic of New York is to remain upright. Or what is the same, the non-collapsed from the scourge of the time, as has happened to many other New York bridges built later. The Brooklyn Bridge, after its inauguration in 1883, with total length 486 meters, became 20 years at the longest suspension bridge in the world. Now is one of the must in New York. The image of the great pillars and own cables of a suspension bridge is one of the icons of the city of New York. Why New York is called the Big Apple? New York , the most populous metropolis in the United States, is also known worldwide as The Big Apple , The Big Apple . The origin of this name goes back to the twenties . In the jargon of black jazz musicians , the word apple was used as a synonym for city. Thus, for example , classified the cities where they played in little tiny apples -apples - apples- big - big and rotten apples , rotten cities.
     
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