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Newport, Rl
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Flat Iron Building
5th Ave & Broadway at E.22nd Street
This building is one of the city’s most famous landmarks and was added to the national register of historic places in 1979.
New York Life Insurance Building
Located the full block between 26th & 27th Streets and Madison Ave & 5th Ave
This building was designed in 1929. It is 40 stories with a gilded pyramid on the top of the building.
Columbus Circle
1849 Broadway
This area is located near the southwest entrance to Central Park and has recently been renovated. The shops at the Time Warner Center include: Armani Exchange, Coach, Borders Book & Music among many others. On the third floor of the Time Warner Center is a must visitbakery called Bouchon Bakery. On the lower level is a Whole Foods with a grocery store and café.
Bouchon Bakery is an authenic French Boulangerie with a metropolitan twist; one that serves the highest quality products in a warm and friendly atmosphere. We serve a classic repertoire of viennoiserie, cookies & pastries; we also serve savory sandwiches, salads, and soups. We prepare all our products with the best ingredients available and with the utmost care and respect.
And did we mention we hand-make our own chocolates? 12 amazing flavors are waiting for you to discover. Come for the delicious pasteries and the breathtaking views of Central Park from this 3rd floor spot.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Ave
212-535-7710
www.metmuseum.org
The Met has the finest collection of American art in the world, a selection of Egyptian art as well as an array of European painting and sculpture. There is a wonderful rooftop patio that features amazing views of Central Park as well as a bar. This museum has a pay as you wish policy, the suggested donation is $20.
Museum Mile
www.ny.com/museums/mile.hotmail
A lovely stretch along 5th Ave with lots of museums and fine arts institutions, directly across the street is Central Park.
These are the museums along Museum Mile :
• El Museo del Barrio at 104th Street
• Museum of the City of New York at 103rd Street
• Jewish Museum at 92nd Street
• Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design at 91st Street
• National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts at 89th Street
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum at 88th Street
• Metropolitan Museum of Art from 82nd to 86th Streets
• Goethe House German Cultural Center at 82nd Street
Museum of the City of New York
1220 5th Ave
T: 212-534-1672
www.mcny.org
Housed inside a Georgian building, the collection is as diverse as the city itself. Memorabilia is divided into 6 areas- prints, photos, decorative arts, costume, paintings/sculpture and toys.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
108 Orchard St btwn Delancey & Broome
Tel: 212-431-0233 Ext. 0
www.tenement.org
Today, although most citizens trace the beginnings of their American journeys to the urban rather than the rural environment and most descend from immigrants, The Tenement’s landmark tenement building at 97 Orchard Street is the first homestead of urban working class and poor immigrant people preserved and interpreted in the United States. Located on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, an immigrant portal for almost two centuries, 97 Orchard Street was home to an estimated 7,000 people from more than 20 nations between 1863 and 1935.
Fashion Institute of Technology
Seventh Ave at 27th Street
www.fitnyc.edu
The museum at FIT was founded in 1967. It is one of a handful of museums in the world devoted to the art of fashion. Generally there are two exhibits, a portion of the permanent collection as well as a traveling exhibit. Admission is FREE.
Olde Good Thingse
124 W.24th Street btwn 6th &7th Ave
212-989-8401
www.oldegoodthings.com
4500 square feet of great architectural finds- door knobs to windows.
NYC Flea Markets
Chelsea Flea market
Indoor Parking Garage
25th Street btwn 6th Ave & 7th Ave
Saturday & Sunday 7am-5pm
Hell’s Kichen Flea Market
39th Street btwn 9th Ave & 10th Ave
Saturday & Sunday 10am-6pm
Both are great sources for Antiques and Vintage clothing
Schweitzer Linens
1053 Madison Ave at 75th Street
Tel: 212-249-8361
www.schweitzerlinen.com
Schweitzer Linen has been established as the premier supplier of high quality, luxury linens in Manhattan, NY for over 35 years
Walking Tours of Upper East Side, Upper West Side, West Village, Lower East Side
www.walknyc.com
mnevium@walknyc.com
212-666-2903
Walking tours led by Michelle and James Nevius, both historians. All tours are private and feature a mixture of stops.
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