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Hayden Planetarium![]() Central Park West and 79th Street, New York, NY 10025 212.769.5100 | ![]() |
The visit to Hayden planetarium was a fantastic experience for the entire family. I have a new found interest in the world we live in after visiting the planetarium. The Cosmic Collisions show is a must see. Some of the telescopes... 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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| Ed Sullivan Theater 1697 Broadway, New York, NY 10168 212.975.6644 | ![]() |
For most of NYC.com's visitors, this theater built in 1927 is famous because it is where David Letterman gets up to his shenanigans. However, the theater is so named because in the 1950s through the 1960s it was home to ... more
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| Museum of Sex 233 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10017 212.689.6337 | ![]() |
How many cities can claim their own Museum of Sex? This one debuted in 2002 and despite its provocative title, offers a studied, historical look at the history of sex in our culture. The museums first exhibit, NYC Sex: H... more
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Lower East Side Tenement Museum![]() 108 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002 212.431.0233 | ![]() |
I conduct <a href="http://www.familyinnewyork.com">New York tours</a>. Periodically, I take indivduals and groups to the Tenement Museum. It gets extremely high marks from all. The guides are all expert an... 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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| Minskoff Theatre 1515 Broadway, New York, NY | ![]() |
Although not Broadway's fanciest theater, the Minksoff is one of the theater district's largest venues, holding more than 1,600 patrons. Not all shows, however, have been able to fill those seats. In 1979, the musical 'G... more
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| Booth Theater 222 West 45th Street, New York, NY | ![]() |
Lee Shubert and his partner in the Booth, Winthrop Ames, had just survived an adventure far uptown. They were involved in the building of the New Theater, on Central Park West between 62nd & 63rd Streets. Designed by... 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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