Posted on 05/08/2022 4:25:35 PM PDT by The Louiswu
Wife and I are planning a weeks trip to NYC, I’ve never been so I’m looking for recommendations on things to see or do. We’re planning on at least 1 broadway show and the MOMA but if you know of a cool thing or something really interesting I’d love to hear your suggestion, thanks in advance.
A walk through Central Park - though I’ve not done it since 2019 so your actual mileage may vary. Dinner in Koreatown. Lunch at Zabars. Museum of Mathematics. Natural history museum (near Zabars).
Sometimes the most fun comes from the quirky things you just happen upon while walking randomly (but not TOO RANDOMLY:))
e.g. if you are a fan of the Jeffersons iirc the outside of the building from the opening credits is near 83rd and 3rd.
I like lower Manhattan. Shopping in South Street Seaport is nice and safe. Just south of the Brookly Bridge and by the docks where some cool ships are on display. Very close to Wall St. though not much to see there. The 9/11 memorial is on the western side of the island and this area is on the east. If you are healthy you can walk this whole area.
Have dinner in Chinatown then walk to Ferrara’s Bakery for dessert.
Why?
If you’re a history geek, stop at Fraunces tavern. It’s where General Washington said Good Bye to his officers after the British evacuated NYC.
Broadway is back, so check that out (go to TIX)…but check out off and off off Broadway.
And keep your spidey senses on.
The first welcoming words I heard was from the cabbie at LaGuardia:
“So, what brings you to this cesspool?”
Nearly forty years later and I remember it like it was yesterday.
Take the Staten Island ferry over and back.
All my life I’ve read about it, seen it on tv and films but never been there. It’s a once in a lifetime thing, most likely I’ll never get to go back and despite all the negativity I would like to experience the city in person.
Fraunces Tavern: Financial District, New York City
https://www.frauncestavern.com/
Est. 1762
New York’s oldest and most historic bar and restaurant, Fraunces Tavern® is a National Landmark building that once served as a watering hole for many of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
This building is most famous as the site where, on December 4, 1783, George Washington gathered a group of his officers, nine days after the last of the British troops left American soil, to thank them for their service and bid them an emotional farewell before returning home. The only first-hand account of the Farewell comes from The Memoirs of Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge, which Fraunces Tavern Museum has on display. Fraunces Tavern® Museum is the only Museum in New York City that allows visitors to discover the American Revolutionary past in NYC’s oldest standing structure.
When are you going?
don’t go
If you are from SF then you will feel right at home otherwise save your bucks and possibly you life and visit Florida, Texas, or other non-crazy place.
June sometime.
And do get a slice at a pizza parlor.
Teddy Roosevelt started the Museum of Natural History in his bedroom
We figure finding good food won’t be a problem 👍🏻
I am retired now, but back when I was a productive member of society I travelled to NYC a few times on business. I tried to be in and out, and if that meant catching a late night flight back home, that was okay with me.
Go to the statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
They are both on the same boat ride.
Go to Wall Street and the NY Stock Exchange.
Go to the top of the Empire State Building.
If it is raining take the subway up to the museum of Natural History.
Take a walk around Central Park during the Day.
Take a horse drawn carriage around Central Park.
Walk down Madison Ave and window shop.
Eat dinner at Keene’s Steak house.
Have lunch at the Stage Deli.
Go into Grand Central station in the main rotunda.
If the Yankees are home take in a game.
Sit up in the upper deck with the locals.
DO NOT wear a Red Sox hat.
Go to the Intrepid Museum on the west side river.
My sister and I had lunch at the Fraunces Tavern in 2012. I loved the dark, old-time feel of the place. You can sense the history in there. Plus, the food is decent and they make a nice Bloody Mary.
Statue of Liberty is always worth a visit.
If you are short on time do take one of the double decker tour busses. It is touristy but it gives a great orientation and ideas of what you might want to investigate further on your own.
There is an overhead walkway (skyway?) somewhere on the lower west side that is a nice walk.
I don’t know if people can still visit wall street exchange.
There used to be a water tour which travels all the way around manhattan. I am not sure if those are available still.
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