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New York, New York OFF THE BEATEN PATH Author: Barbara Hayo www.TrustedTours.com |
In this city of superlatives, off the beaten path generally means fine, interesting, sometimes unusual places living in the shadow of the stellar, globally recognized sites. While not as well known, these smaller, more focused venues are interesting and often not as crowded.
Venture to attractions in the other boroughs:
• Brooklyn Botanic Gardens – a magical place, especially in the spring.
• New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx – a dramatically beautiful, natural 250-acre park.
• Bronx Zoo – the largest metropolitan zoo in the world with replicated natural habitats.
Visit interesting museums with less “star power” :
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum – re-creations of the daily life of immigrants.
• Museo del Barrio in Spanish Harlem – works by talented young Latin American and Caribbean artists and more.
• NYC Fire Museum in SoHo – fire service memorabilia housed in a 1904 firehouse, includes real fire trucks and a moving remembrance of the hundreds of fire fighters who died in the World Trade Center.
• Neue Galerie – a mansion on 5th Avenue at 86th Street, itself a work of art once occupied by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt III, houses collections of 20th century German and Austrian art. Pause for a delicious Viennese lunch in the on-site Café Sabarsky.
• New Museum of Contemporary Art in Soho – edgy and provocative.
• Museum of Television and Radio in Midtown – a place to nostalgically watch and listen to TV and radio greats.
• Studio Museum in Harlem – a collection of notable 9th and 20th century African American Art and traditional African art and artifacts.
• The Paris Theater in Midtown – artsy films shown in a tiny one-screen theater.
• The Cloisters – on a cliff overlooking the Hudson River at the very northern tip of Manhattan, and a remote, a lovely change from the city hustle. Gardens, galleries of medieval art, medieval music concerts fill and surround the12th century medieval monastery, brought over from Europe in pieces and re-assembled.
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