| bigmac99 |
I am going to New York City for a training class in Sept. I will be on the Avenue of the Americas around 45th street in Manhattan. Anybody have any suggestions on what I should check out in the area after class each day (5pm). Know of any good hotels around this area?
Thanks
Charles |
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| bigmac99 |
Thanks Zafer, but I don't think my employer will pay that much for me to stay in the hotel.....besides they are booked for the week I'll be there. It did look nice tho.
Charles |
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| hammermdx |
| Go see Rockefeller Center, 50th and 5th avenue....this is where the Xmas tree is light during the holidays, and if you want to get up early, you can see them doing the Today Show. Central Park is at 59th and 5th along with a bunch of museums on 5th avenue and Central Park West. Radio City is near you too, along with St. Patrick's Cathedral, 50th and 5th. Most importantly, have fun! |
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| zafer |
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Originally posted by bigmac99
Thanks Zafer, but I don't think my employer will pay that much for me to stay in the hotel.....besides they are booked for the week I'll be there. It did look nice tho.
Charles
Did you call them or check via their web site? Call them, you can't find anything cheaper for the location, safety, and quality in Times Square. They have business rates which are better than tourist rates. Anyway, a few places to go - Pier 17, the soup nazi, and Roosevelt Island via the tramway on a clear day. |
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| cp_ssrebba |
| there is a club called EXIT. different experience... totally :D |
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| theXman |
NYC - US Open - USTA National Tennis Center
August 25 - September 7, 2003
St. Gennaro Feast in New York City's Little Italy
Thursday, September 11 – Sunday, September 21, 2003
Just these 2 off the top of my head.
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| bigmac99 |
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Originally posted by cp_ssrebba
there is a club called EXIT. different experience... totally :D
thanks cp_ssrebba, but I'm not much for clubs...thanks for the suggestion tho.
-Charles |
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| bigmac99 |
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Originally posted by theXman
NYC - US Open - USTA National Tennis Center
August 25 - September 7, 2003
St. Gennaro Feast in New York City's Little Italy
Thursday, September 11 – Sunday, September 21, 2003
Just these 2 off the top of my head.
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thanks Xman, that thing in Little Italy looks cool, how far would that be from Times Square? uhhh....you did mean 2004 didn't ya?
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| laborlitigator |
San Generro starts around Houston and goes all the way down to Canal Street. Just a subway stop away. Just make sure to bring lots of cash because there are so many things to spend money on.
I'd also recommend the Museum of Modern Art and Central Park. That'll keep you busy! |
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| andreseng |
McSorleys Old Ale House, everyone has to go there once. When I first started going there, they didn't even have a separate restroom for the woman. Ton's of history. The history alone is enough of a reason to stop in. It's said that Abraham Lincoln went there after a speech at Cooper Union. They even have the chair behind the bar that he sat in. It's located on 7th Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues. Go there alone and you will leave having met and enjoyed conversing with some genuine characters. Be sure to get a cheese and onion plate with crackers and use the homemade mustard to top it off. Makes my mouth water just thinking about it. At one time in it's history it was actually owned by woman, yet she was never allowed to enter the premises. It wasn't until 1970's after a court order, that woman were allowed in. There's usually plenty of them in there now! Here's copy from a google cached story that's no longer on-line which appeared on East-Village.com
Oh, and the sign on the wall, IITYWYBAD stands for If I Tell You Will You Buy A Drink. So have a free two on me!
EV NEWS
McSorleys celebrates 150th Anniversary
February 17th, 2004
True, McSorley's — which today celebrates its 150th birthday — has outlived its original patrons, but neither their ilk nor much else has changed since the venerable East Village bar first opened its doors in 1854.
The bar's original tap still pours only two beers, McSorley's light or dark, ordered two at a time by patrons who each day pack the bar's sawdust-covered floors. Old pictures, yellowed newspaper clippings and other relics line the walls, contributing to the place's musty ambience.
Surly waiters in gray smocks brusquely elbow their way through the crowds, carrying 10 mugs in each hand, clinking the empties up from tables and returning with foamy-headed replacements from the bar.
But if McSorley's patrons wanted brightly colored cocktails with clever names served by sterile-looking staff, they wouldn't be here.
"In New York, every place has an attitude, an edge," said Tom Gillespie, a 41-year-old financial professional from Brooklyn, as he downed two lights and two darks while reading the sports page at the bar. "This place doesn't. It's not trendy. It is what it is."
That's the way Matty Maher, McSorley's sixth proprietor, sees fit to keep it. He took his first job as a dishwasher in the bar after emigrating from Ireland in 1964, eventually serving as a bartender until he bought the place in 1977.
"When you come in here, you have a bartender serving you," Maher said, in his jovial, County Kilkenny brogue. "When you go to a lot of other bars, you have an attractive young lady. You don't see the big, burly Irishman behind the bar anymore."
Not that every McSorley's bartender is a big, burly Irishman. Several years ago, Maher's daughter, Teresa, became the first female barkeep in McSorley's — which did not even allow women to set foot inside until 1970. Teresa is the heir apparent to the place, likely ensuring it will stay under the control of only the third family since its founding.
Old John McSorely, the bar's founder who ran the place until his death at age 87 in 1910, remains a presence in the place. The motto he coined adorns a plaque that hangs above the bar: "Be good, or be gone."
Aside from the occasional college student who becomes a little too loud in the back room, most of McSorley's patrons pay heed, said Richie Buggy, a white-haired waiter who has tended to the bar's thirsty masses since 1962.
"There's no TV, there's no distractions," he said between trips from the bar to the communal tables that line the walls of the bar's two rooms. "At the tables, you're forced to sit with people you don't know, so you all have to like each other."
And largely, they all do get along, from those bellied up to the bar buying a round for neighbors they just met, to old friends who make it a point to rendezvous at the bar when they are in town for a visit.
Matt McDonough, a 52-year-old real estate developer from Massachusetts, stood at the south end of the bar next to his high school friend, 52-year-old John Chambers of the Bronx, as sunlight filtered through the window facing East Seventh Street.
McDonough said he was driving to New York for business when he heard about today's anniversary celebration and called Chambers, a bartender at Old Town Bar, another old New York haunt near Union Square, to visit the place before the crowds got too big.
"It's the feel of the place," McDonough said. "The people are nice. There's good, simple food, cheap. You always meet nice people in here."
This, to Maher, is what it is all about. McSorley's has drawn customers for 150 years because of its authenticity, its disarming charm.
There is nothing about that that needs changing, he said.
"That's what's survived of old New York, above everything else," Maher said. "A pub is a pub." |
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| JMT2004 |
Hotel: Hyatt Regency Jersey City on the Hudson
2 Exchange Place,
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
The path train is just outside the hotel and it’s just one stop away from the World Trade Center.
And the view is great!
Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. #4 train to 161st Street
The Bronx Zoo…
The Met
If you like Burgers, than you MUST go to SILVER SPURS on the corner of 9th street and Broadway.
Orchard beach in the Bronx is appealing with Jaw dropping specimens, but don’t get in the water!
Pizza from any Italian restaurant.
Don’t do the circle-line.
Do take a ride on the Staten Island Ferry. It allows for an excellent view of Lady Liberty
Central Park.
Greenwich village has an awesome night life with lots of live entertainment. |
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| robrecht |
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Central Park is at 59th and 5th along with a bunch of museums on 5th avenue and Central Park West. Radio City is near you too ...
Hey, does anyone know how to get to Carnegie Hall? |
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| hammermdx |
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Hey, does anyone know how to get to Carnegie Hall?
Just walk West on 57th street until you get to 7th Avenue.
http://www.carnegiehall.org/intro.jsp |
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| robrecht |
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Just walk West on 57th street until you get to 7th Avenue.[/url]
Practice! :7: |
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| bigmac99 |
thanks for all the suggestions guys!
I'll have to print these out before I go.
Anybody have any more suggestions?
Thanks
Charles |
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| edepa |
| you may want to try the 'tickets' booth at the north end of times square, on 47th street and broadway. You can get discount day of show tickets to broadway and off broadway shows, not something to miss to make for a memorable stay. Pick any of a trillion museums, even consider a ride to the top of the empire state building, 34th and fifth avenue. Stay clear of 47th street between sixth and fifth avenues, especially if your spouse is with you....it is the diamond center with baubles and deals to knock her eyes out, and your pocketbook. staten island ferry is a good thought mentioned earlier, as is a trip over to ellis island. Make sure you do see times square at night, the neon lights and activity level will amaze you, and I'd say it is safe if you don't get totally stupid and just stay aware of things. China town is a great place to visit and eat, as is Little Italy (and the san gennaro festival mentioned above). Eat ny pizza, its the best in spite of what the chicagoans might erroneously claim and a ny bagel, with a 'shmear' of cream cheese, or anything else your heart desires. What type of food do you like? I'm sure we could come up with choices for you. enjoy the conference and trip, and come back and visit new york soon and often, it is truly a great city! Have fun and remember, dance like noone is watching!:2: |
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| bigmac99 |
Guys, thanks for all the posts! I'll be sure to print them out and take them with me.
Anymore suggestions for someone on their first trip to NYC? The trip is coming up in a few weeks.
Charles |
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| bigmac99 |
Just wanted to say thanks to all who replied in my thread. Trip to NY was great. Besides being in class for 5 days, I was able to go to the Empire State Building, the UN, Chinatown, Times Square, Battery Park, and even caught a Broadway show.
Thanks again for all the suggestions. |
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| shootist |
| I think I saw you walking on Broadway! |
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| bigmac99 |
cool! I spent a lot of time in Times Square just looking at people....
My hotel was 1 block away on 46th street.
Charles
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I think I saw you walking on Broadway!
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