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| Statue of Liberty Liberty Island, New York, NY 10004 212.363.3200 |  |
One of New Yorks most moving sights, the restored Ellis Island opened in 1990, slightly north of Liberty Island. Roughly 40% of Americans (myself included) can trace their heritage back to an ancestor who came through he... more
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| Madison Square Garden 4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10123 212.465.5800 |  |
Forget the Empire State Building. For a real taste of the Big Apple, head for a boxing gym, says Alex Wade
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| New York Botanical Garden 200th St. and Kazimiroff Blvd., New York, NY 10468 718.817.8700 |  |
One of the oldest and largest botanical gardens in the world, the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx is a museum of plants and a National Historic Landmark with 250 acres of gorgeous grounds, 48 gardens and plant col... more
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| Pearl River 477 Broadway, New York, NY 10002 212.431.4770 |  |
After two decades in its former, comfortingly dismal Canal Street locale, Pearl River Mart—the yin and yang of Asian-import emporia—has settled nicely into its sparkling home on lower Broadway. This treasure trove of a d... more
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| New York Aquarium 502 Surf Ave, New York, NY 11235 718.265.3400 |  |
More than 10,000 creatures of the sea make New York City's only aquarium their home. It's an attractive layout in which tropical fish, sea horses, and jellyfish luxuriate in large tanks; otters, walruses, penguins, and s... more
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| Channel Gardens 5th Ave. between 49th and 50th Sts., New York, NY | |
The Channel Gardens is lined with six pools, each with a large fountainhead sculptures, designed by Rene Paul Chambellan, at its eastern end. The female figures are Nereids, mythological daughters of the benevolent sea g... more
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| Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum 12th Avenue & 46th Street, New York, NY 10107 212.245.0072 |  |
The most astonishing thing about the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid is how it can be simultaneously so big and so small. Its a few football fields long, weighs 40,000 tons, holds 40 aircraft, and sometimes doubles as a ba... more
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| Pier 63 Hudson River at 23rd St., New York, NY 10003 212.989.6363 | |
The main thing to know about Pier 63, in relation to this blog, is that the barge at Pier 63 is where my trusty Romany and my poor old fourth-hand surfski reside, along with a whole lot of other kayaks belonging to the g... more
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| Queens Museum of Art New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, New York, NY 11375 718.592.9700 |  |
The Queens Museum of Art shows contemporary works by many interesting local and international artists as well as temporary exhibits on culture, but it's best known for the astonishing Panorama, a nearly 900,000-building ... more
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| Waterfront Museum 701 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY |  |
Part of the enjoyment of working on the barge comes from the opportunity to work in a more intimate environment than a big-top arena. The stage occupies one end of the upper level of the barge, a small wooden area with v... more
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