Spend A week In New York; Relive It For Years
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If you are fortunate enough to have seven days in New York City, you will find this just enough time to see the most popular visitor attractions. Probably one of the first stops will be the Empire State Building and while it may be on every tourists list, that doesn’t mean it is not worth it, especially the view from the top.
However, it is the Rockefeller Center that will provide superior views (weather providing) from the top at around 820 feet tall. If you want to see The Statue of Liberty but are short on time then have the ferry drop you at Ellis Island (the former immigration center) where the view is great.
The Staten Island ferry can still be traveled on without cost and can offer excellent photo opportunities of the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty; dropping off at the terminal is the best place because it is where there are some good street artists.
No trip to New York would be complete now without a visit to where the World Trade Center Towers once stood not that long ago. It is true to say that the location does affect people emotionally and until you are there, it is hard to imagine just how much space was taken up by the Twin Towers.
For those who love to shop there is of course the famous Tiffany’s and Bindel plus some fantastic old discount warehouses worth a look down on the Lower East Side. Bloomingdales is another famous store (for the wealthy) to look around but don’t forget the original Macys.
An excellent tourist location is the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum which is likely to be closed until the end of 2008; this attraction is highly recommended and worth putting on your list of places to visit. There is a great deal there with the focus on the USS Intrepid, a Second World War aircraft carrier ; Concorde is also there and many other interesting vessels, including a submarine. The New York City Police Museum is worth an hour if you’re down that way; it’s free to enter but a five dollar donation is recommended to help with its upkeep; it contains a great deal of information about the World famous Police Department; you can buy souvenirs too.
Another museum is the Lower East Side Tenement Museum which focuses on the appalling conditions experienced by the immigrants back in 1864. If Central Park is on your list of places to see then there is another museum aptly named the City of New York Museum which has exhibitions exploring the city’s past, its present and the future. The museum is in a beautiful building which is free to enter but a nine dollar donation is normally given with plenty of souvenirs available.
For such a large vibrant city, seven days in New York should be viewed as minimum if most of the major attractions are to be seen comfortably and not as part of a ‘whistle stop’ tour.
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