What's there to see in New York City

[Caligastia]

I live in NYC, but thanks anyway.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Pekka
Caligastia, If I told you, I'd had to kill you.

No, you'd have to kill me.

[Dis]

Macy's? we have that where I live

NYC public library? We have libraries where I live as well. I have seen and even read books

Nightlife? Overrated at best. We have plenty of nightclubs where I live. Maybe if they had something like Studio 54 used to be- but I would never be able to get into a place like that

[Konquest02]

Originally posted by Dissident
NYC public library? We have libraries where I live as well. I have seen and even read books

Have you seen or even read a Gutemberg original bible? Pretty impressive sight...

--Kon--

[Sikander]

There's too many things to see, and you'll eventually get frustrated trying to choose. Stay in your hotel room and watch tv.

[MattyBoy]

Walk every day until your feet hurt, then rest on the subway and walk again.
Places to walk through:
- Brooklyn Bridge (a quick crossing, but well worth it - perhaps the skyline is less impressive now)
- Alphabet City: Check out Ave A, near Tompkins Sq Park.
- Museums: Guggenheim (for the building if nothing else), The Met (for Medieval armor and the building), PS1 (in Long Island City) if there is an event on at the time, it draws a great crowd.
- Soho, Chinatown, Little Italy, Greenwich Village, etc; Maybe find some walks in your guidebook.
- Upper East: 5th, Park and/or Madison from low 80's down - this is for pampered-people-spotting, which becomes dull soon, so you just head to Central Park to recover.
- Midtown (e.g Park Ave, heading North from Grand Central) - the scale here is stunning.

For eating suggestions, don't ask us, ask Zagats.

Shop for cheap, good clothes at any H&M store that you stumble across. Eat the freshest bagels you'll find, even if you just stumble into the first bagel shop you see.

[MattyBoy]

...and if you want to see Times Square for the sake of ticking that off, just hit and run. If you must take a walk there, head for Rockefeller Center to check out the ice rink area and the Met Museum Shop (for excellent selection of gifts, etc).

[st_swithin]

Ride the subway all day long. You'll see the most interesting people.

Oh yeah, and GCS, Central Park, Soho, Greenwich, Chinatown, and the Guggenheim are all nice too.

[The Mad Monk]

The Museum of Natural History is my personal favorite.

[st_swithin]

I missed that one, and I sorely regret it.

[Panag]

hi ,

take a ferry ride to staten island , great for taking sky-line pics of manhattan

have a nice day

[st_swithin]

Didn't do that either. After seeing The Ring, I ain't getting on another ferry.

[GePap]

Hmm, what to see in NYC?

Lets start with museums:

Met, MOMA, two Guggenheims, American History Museum, Hayden Planeterium, Museum of TV and Radio, Brooklyn Museum, Queens Museum, Museum of the Moving Image, Museum of the City of New York, Jewish Museum, Museum of Design, Museo del Barrio, THe New York Public LIbrary, at least 40 more smaller ones.

Sites: ESB, Chrysler building. Central Park, Statue of LIberty, Ellis Island, The East River Bridges, Centra Park, Washington Square Park, Union Square Park, Bryant Park, Times Square, Lincoln Cnetr, Chinatown, Bronx Zoo, Central park Zoo, Brooklyn and New York Botanical Gardens, Jamaica bay bird sanctuary, Coney Island, The promanade, countless other things.

[Dis]

that's a lot of museums. I like some museums. I wish they would just combine them all into one gigantic museum. That way I can just stroll past the exhibits I don't like.

[Zkribbler]

Trump Tower

...And you have to see a Broadway play...buy the best seats you can in the theater. They'd don't cost that much more than the really crappy seats, and you'll enjoy the show so much more.