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1. Travel Tip:
Be Careful Where You Step in Rockefeller Park
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Actually, within the area along the stretch of the World Financial Center is an oasis known as Rockefeller Park. I love the wonderful vistas towards the Statue of Liberty and the...
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2. Travel Tip:
The Toy District has More Than Toys
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There are not too many things for free these days, but it will never cost a cent to visit the Forbes Magazine Galleries. I usually run there during my lunch hour and just like New...
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3. Travel Tip:
The Unknown Picasso
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When you head to Washington Square Park, you will be in New York University country. It is not a designated campus separated from the streets and life of the city but rather an integrated mix of...
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4. Travel Tip:
Art from the Beat Generation in Soho - Guggenheim Soho
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I have always admired the arts and old architecture. In Soho, I have both. I enjoy visiting Soho, nicknamed for the area “South of Houston Street” and which extends to Canal...
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United States >> New York (State) >> New York >> Guggenheim Soho
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5. Travel Tip:
A great peek into the history of the city
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It actually took me some research and several days to locate this museum. You would think that in a city so famous, a museum featuring the cultural and historical background of the place would be...
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United States >> New York (State) >> New York >> Museum of the City of New York
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6. Travel Tip:
Art in the subway - 50th Street Station
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Back to 50th Street Station, where I noticed an Alice in Wonderland themed mosaic underground. I've been used to hearing a number of buskers in the subway stations, but not always seeing art. The...
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United States >> New York (State) >> New York >> Midtown
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7. Travel Tip:
Take Your Time and changing perspective
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Olafur Eliasson is a Danish-Icelandic artist who has an exihibit at the MoMA entitled "Take Your Time". It ends at the end of June 08, so don't miss it! To sum up his work, he tries...
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8. Travel Tip:
Books, how I love them
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On the second floor of the MoMA is the gallery devoted to Prints and Illustrated Books. As an English major and a writer, you can imagine my joy at that particular part of the museum. One of the...
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9. Travel Tip:
MoMA and Monet
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One of my favorite painters is Claude Monet. I visited his house and garden in France. When I saw that there was a large display of some of Monet's waterlilies at the Museum of Modern Art, I knew...
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10. Travel Tip:
Museum of Modern Art Overview
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The Museum of Modern Art or the MoMA is just off of Fifth Avenue at 11 West 35th Street and is a part of the "museum mile". It was founded in 1929 and houses five floors of modern art with...
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