New York City
New York City is home to the world's best cheesecake, pizza rats, and Broadway. Like most large cities, there's something for everyone. Yet, NYC excels at four things: facades, food, shopping and the arts. You can easily fill an itinerary with art museums, iconic dining experiences, a Broadway show or two (or four...) and more shopping than your bank account or arms can hold.
Whenever I'm in the Big Apple, I find myself doing most of these things. Despite my numerous trips to NYC, I rarely miss a chance to see a Broadway show, followed by an iconic slice of New York cheesecake. But I always allow for time to do something new each time I visit.
The city that never sleeps never ceases to satisfy.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met Fifth Avenue presents over 5,000 years of art spanning all cultures and time periods. Since the Museum opened its doors to the public in its current location in Central Park in 1880, its footprint has expanded to cover more than two million square feet. Today, art comes alive in the Museum's galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing both new ideas and unexpected connections across time and cultures.
The Frick Collection
The collection was assembled by the Pittsburgh industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919) and is housed in his former residence on Fifth Avenue. One of New York City’s few remaining Gilded Age mansions, it provides a tranquil environment for visitors to experience masterpieces by artists such as Bellini, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Gainsborough, Goya, and Whistler.
The Morgan Library & Museum
In 1924 J. P. Morgan, Jr. gave his father's extraordinary library to the public. The most influential financier in this country's history, Pierpont Morgan was also a voracious collector. He bought on an astonishing scale, collecting art objects in virtually every medium, including the rare books, manuscripts, drawings, prints, and ancient artifacts that are the core of The Morgan Library & Museum's holdings.
The High Line
The High Line is a public park built on a historic freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side. Saved from demolition by neighborhood residents and the City of New York, the High Line opened in 2009 as a hybrid public space where visitors experience nature, art, and design.
Top of the Rock
Far from the hustle and bustle of New York City, you’ll have access to outdoor terraces on the 67th and 69th floors, featuring fully transparent safety glass. Head one flight up to visit the fully open-air 70th floor, with incredible 360-degree views of Manhattan and farther. Stay as long as you want, fully exploring the 55,000 square feet of the indoor and outdoor decks. Every moment of the day or night brings different perspectives on the spectacular cityscape, and you’ll find completely new stories happening in front of you when night falls.
The Vessel | Hudson Yards
The extraordinary centerpiece of Hudson Yards is its spiral staircase, a soaring new landmark meant to be climbed. Comprised of 154 intricately interconnecting flights of stairs -- almost 2,500 individual steps and 80 landings -- the vertical climb offers remarkable views of the city, the river and beyond.
Greenwich Village
The epicenter of the city's 1960s counterculture movement, the tree-lined streets of Greenwich Village are now a hub of popular cafes, bars and restaurants. Jazz clubs and Off-Broadway Theaters can also be found amid the brownstones and New York University buildings. At its heart is Washington Square Park, where people mingle around the central plaza
Little Italy
"When Italian immigrants moved to this Manhattan neighborhood in the late 1800s, they brought their customs, food and language. That heritage remains evident today—Little Italy’s streets are lined with restaurants serving Italian staples on red-and-white checkered tablecloths" (NYCGO.com).
Chelsea Market
A block long and a block wide and just a short walk from the Hudson River in the area of Manhattan known as the Meatpacking District, Chelsea Market has become in just fifteen years one of the greatest indoor food halls of the world, with more than thirty-five vendors purveying everything from soup to nuts, wine to coffee, cheese to cheesecake.
AIRE Ancient Baths NYC
In the midst of the bustle and fast-paced rhythm of downtown, right at the heart of TriBeCa, there is an oasis of tranquility exclusively designed to balance mind and body. Located at a restored historical building, originally an 1883 textile factory, the AIRE experience consists of an unforgettable journey through sensations across the various baths with water at different temperatures that will transport you to the ancient times of the Roman, Greek and Ottoman traditions.
