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.
Been there dozens of times, night and day, rain and shine, in every season. Always unique. Always wonderful.
Same with the Staten Island Ferry, which in my time (if I haven’t skipped a groove...now there’s a phrase few under 40 yo will understand!) was a NICKEL each way. One of the best dates in NYC, but best in the Summer.
What a wonderful city that WAS...and went totally bad right after Giuliani, not just 2 years ago. (Dinkins era was bad also...that’s when I repatriated after 20 years gone, and couldn’t understand why all the cars on the street had signs in the window that said “NO RADIO”. Then I found out!)
WHAT A SHAME!!!
Per the American Museum of Natural History’s website..
“Facial coverings and timed-entry ticket reservations continue to be required for Museum entry.”
I have two word response to that.
A decade ago, I still felt safe riding the subway from Manhattan to Queens at 3 a.m. I realize things worsened after DeBlasio replaced Bloomberg.
If they still give tours of the NYSE stock exchange, that’s something unique and important. The Lower East Side Tenement Museum gives a picture of life in the late 1800s. The Museum of the City of New York gives a history of the city, and it’s well-presented. For seeing a play, maybe they still have the half price ticket kiosk in Times Square.
We also took the subway other places, but when we had to go to a bad area, labeled “Don't Even Think” to get to a coffee roaster we liked, we made sure we didn't again head to such places (but we went during the day and got back ASAP).
Here's the map I'm describing:
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You don’t think it was ok during Bloomberg’s tenure? Aside from having to drink a small soda, I thought he maintained status quo from Guiliani for the most part.
No longer so accurate.
Agree on the Cloisters, the Met, Museum of Natural History, MOMA, WTC. If you have time or are so inclined, wander the East or West Village, or some of the hipster hangouts in Brooklyn. Lot of good restaurants in Chinatown. Public Library on 42nd & 5th (take a pic with the Library lions)
Do some research on what you’ll be looking at from the top of the Empire State Building.
Places to avoid:
Little Italy is a tourist trap, a sad echo of what it once was
Same with Times Square.
Any street that gives you the heebie-jeebies - trust your instincts.
If you have a particular interest, research to see if there’s a museum, show, etc. about it.
Bloomberg weakened some of Giuliani's stricter police policies, but it was still good under Bloomberg. A bit worse, but not so you'd notice.
I hear things really worsened under DeBlasio, then went into full collapse during the Summer of Floyd. (But I've not been to NYC in nearly a decade, so I'm relying on others' reports.)
Wow. I had no idea.
“Same with Times Square.”
Yea dont spend money there but it great to walk around and see it at street level for youself, rather than on TV when the ball drops.
Yea total epic collapse under the commie. Destroyed 25 years of getting the city back on track after Dinkins vutually overnight.
“ We figure finding good food won’t be a problem 👍🏻”
Oh I know. My friends and I laws will tell you all we need Yorkers talk about is food
We do
However, I’m telling you get a slice at a nice corner pizza parlor. And get a deli sandwich with a Side of potato salad. That’s what locals eat - I mean guys that work in offices, and it is good food.
Set aside a day for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Greek and Egyptian collections are the best in this hemisphere. The Brooklyn Museum of Art is worth seeing also. The Whitney in the Meat Packing District always has something interesting, especially since you mentioned MOMA. While at the Whitney, check out the High Line.
Take the Circle Line around the island of Manhattan, and, as another poster mentioned, check out The Blue Note off of Washington Sq. Always stay for their Midnight show, which is never crowded. Check out the chess parlors off of Washington St. while you’re there.
I’m sure you’ll eat in Little Italy, but consider taking a cab to Arthur Ave in the Bronx, that’s the real little Italy. If you’re on the Upper West Side, visit the lunch counter at Zabars.
Very cool! Were people at this mall expecting you to drop in? If not, I’m betting the reaction was interesting.
I visited NYC several times during the Giuliani years and even the Bloomberg years. My sister lived and worked there. She liked it when I visited because it gave her a good reason to do the touristy stuff like going to shows (I’m a theater geek), and museums. She hadn’t gone to the Status of Liberty and Ellis Island until one of my visits and we both really enjoyed it.
I’m glad I did all of that back then because I have no desire to go there now. :(
Frankly, our ENTIRE COUNTRY is being destroyed by the ultra libs and our ONLY means of preventing that is to destroy them utterly, along with their RINO allies, by EVERY MEANS POSSIBLE, and NECESSARY, RUTHLESSLY, WITHOUT HESITATION OR COMPASSION.
As repulsive, ugly, and undesirable as that is, SO, TOO, IS IT UNAVOIDABLE, if we desire MANKIND’S GREATEST HOPE TO SURVIVE!
SORRY ABOUT THAT!
One warm mid-August evening my wife and I decided to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan. The Twin Towers loomed up to our left and on a whim, we to visit the top. I don’t know when they closed, but we lingered there until 11 pm, I’m sure. It was magical: I could see Coney Island, the Wonder Wheel the Brooklyn Cyclone’s stadium, and smell the salt air off the ocean. Looking over Manhattan, the traffic appeared like corpuscles, pulsing up Broadway, the avenues, and east-west crosstown. We were so lucky to have that evening, as 9/11 was only weeks away.
Good memories!
So thankful we were able to all of the fun and iconic NYC activities, with our kids and just the two of us, before the libs completely destroyed any vestiges of fun, safety, etc.
Very apt description of the sights and sounds of another time, in NYC...and, even more poignant considering the horror and disruption to come. :-(
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