goonertux wrote:Going to New York next month. Has anyone been recently and can recommend anything worth seeing/doing outside the normal touristy stuff?
What Top Londoner says, plus these.
Trick there is to shop in the evening, but save days for tourist stuff otherwise whole trip turns into a shopping trip which I reckon is a waste of a fascinating city.
Also take a bit of time to read Time Out or Village Voice, because there will be loads of music and Theatre going on at night and it's top quality stuff, Broadway shows plus off Broadway plays, and loads of gigs in so many music genres.
***1.) ELLIS ISLAND/STATUE OF LIBERTY***
It is the building where immigrants were processed up to 1924. They give you an audio tour device like an ipod and it tells you about the
rooms. From the Ferry you see a great view of Manhattan, and the Statue of Liberty. Not worth getting off at the statue itself, best to take photos of it from ferry and actually get off only on Ellis Island.
To get there:
You get a ferry to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty from Clinton's
Castle at the South of Manhattan. Subway lines 4,5 to Bowling Green or N,R to Whitehall Street. (This is at lower tip of Manhattan Island in the Wall Street area). Get your ferry by midday, and it can be chilly on the ferry.
***2.) LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM***
This is actually a guided tour for 1 hour of a recreated building where immigrants lived 100 years ago. It is very interesting, I highly recommend it.
90 Orchard Street at Broome Street.
Subway M,J,F,Z to Delancey Street-Essex Street
You have to take the tour...they are from Tuesday to Friday betwen 1pm and
4pm Telephone 212-431-0233 to book or book at the museum visitor centre/bookshop itself.
www.tenement.org
3.) GRAY LINE BUS TOUR:
42nd Street and 8th Ave at the Port Authority Terminal.
www.graylinenewyork.com
These are two hour guided tours. Well worth doing one, the commentary is very good. There are uptown tours and downtown tours.
4.) HIP HOP TOURS –
www.hushtours.com call 212-209-3370
Hip Hop tours on Thursdays or Saturdays..with Grand Master Caz, Kool DJ Red Alert and Kurtis Blow.
5.) The SOPRANOS Tour on a Sunday.
http://www.screentours.com/tour.php/sop ... fAodrDsCNA
Or to purchase by phone,
call Zerve at (212) 209-3370
6.) Whitney Museum of American Art
7.) Jazz bars in Williamsburg (Their equivalent of Hoxton)
8.) Lounge Bars in SoHo and Chelsea - relaxed, mid 20's to mid 50's crowd.
9.) Walking tours, just get a good tour guide and take photos...they have everything from food sampling tours to gangster tours.
http://www.bigonion.com/
10.) The High Line
Elevated park and walkway through Manhattan
http://www.thehighline.org/
