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Jul21

One of New York City’s most famous landmarks

Published by Asya in Arts, Eating, Events, Hotels, North America, Restaurants, United States of America, Urban Tourism, Walking

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Grand Central Terminal (popularly called Grand Central) is a Terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is the largest train station in the world by number of platforms 44, with 67 tracks along them. They are on two levels, both below ground, with 41 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower. The monumental railway station was constructed in 1903-1913 for the New York and Harlem Railroad Company. It is a grand Beaux-Arts building which serves as a transportation hub connecting train, metro, car and pedestrian traffic in an efficient way. Grand Central Terminal is home to five fine restaurants, twenty casual restaurants, and about fifty unique specialty shops. The terminal hosts large public events in its 12,000 square foot Vanderbilt Hall.
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May29

Guggenheim Museum, NY

Published by Asya in Arts, Cultural, Monuments, Museums, North America, United States of America, Urban Tourism, Walking

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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is founded in 1937 and it is a modern art museum located on the Upper East Side in New York City. It is operated by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, and is often called simply The Guggenheim. It is one of the best museums in New York City. The main part of the building is a very unusual shape, and was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.


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Mar28

The Armory Show, New York

Published by misha in Arts, Events, North America, Photos, United States of America

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The Armory Show is accompanied by nine younger, smaller, less prestigious fairs.
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Oct10

New York University, Department Philosophy

Published by misha in Arts, Cultural, Events, History, North America

The committee of Phyilosophy Professors and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences co-operate with Steven Hall Architects to design the full interior renovation of a 1890 corner building at 5 Washington Palace for the unification of the NYU Department or Philosophy within the idea to organizes the new spaces around light and phenomenal properties of materials.
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Jun21

One exquisite art of ice

Published by Asya in Arts, North America, Relaxing, Skiing, United States of America

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Ice theatre (or theatre on ice) is a branch of figure skating which merges the technicalice theatre ny jumps and spins with unique choreography, ice dancing, pairs moves, synchronized skating, and theater in order to tell a story or act out an emotion or idea. It is a relatively new branch of figure skating, but it is also growing quickly. Ice Theatre of New York (ITNY) is a dance company committed to developing figure skating as a performing art. Founded in 1984 by Artistic Director, Moira North, ITNY is a non-competitive, artistic outlet for some of the top international figure skaters, with choreography commissions by innovative contemporary dance makers such as Jacqulyn Buglisi, Ann Carlson, David Dorfman, David Parsons, Joanna Mendl Shaw and more.


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Jun15

How many times have you dreamed of eating or drinking your weight in chocolate?

Published by Asya in Eating, North America, Romantic, Shopping, United States of America, Urban Tourism, Walking

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New York is rapidly becoming one of the most exciting cities of the world for high-quality, artisan chocolates. What better way to experience them then to take a unique tour of some of Manhattan’s finest chocolate shops and bars. Your gracious guide will talk about chocolate and its history and will shortly introduce you the various boutiques you will visit, after which you will step inside Charbonnel et Walker at Sax Fifth Avenue. There you will taste various fine chocolates that will change your palate’s sensibility forever. Do you like it white? Dark? Sweet? Semi-sweet? Bittersweet? Unsweetened? Milky? With caramel and tons of nuts? Melted on a velvety scoop of ice cream? Home made? Through a straw? No matter what your preference is for the devilish delight, the Chocolate Tour of New York is sure to leave you speechless…for good reason.

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