Upper East Side
Manhattan - Quick List - Sight Seeing |
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East
River Walk - 63rd St - past 110th St - Take a stroll along the
East River and get some nice views of the Queensboro Bridge &
Roosevelt Island and rest along the way on any of its many benches.
Along the way is John Jay Park and Carl Schurz Park at the end of
which is Gracie Mansion (home of our Mayor). click for more info |
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| Metropolitan
Museum of Art - 1000 5th Ave/80 - 84th Sts - Suggested Contribution
of $10 (pay what you can if you can't afford it) - An awesome collection
can be found at this great museum. click for more info |
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The
Frick Collection - 1 East 71st St - $10 Admission/less for seniors
and students - Go in and view its permanent collection of more than
1,100 works of art, ongoing exhibitions, programs, lectures, concerts
and more at this mansion, once the home of Henry Clay Frick. click for more info |
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Guggenheim
Museum - 1071 5th Ave/89th St - $12 Admission/less for students
and seniors - Within this architectural wonder are many forms of
art represented through Film/Video, Paintings, Photography, Sculpture
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Jewish
Museum - 5th Ave/92nd St - $8 Admission/less for students and
seniors - One of the world's largest of institutions devoted to exploring
Jewish culture. Within, is a permanent collection of more than 28,000
objects (Comprised of Paintings, Sculptures, Photographs, Archeological
Artifacts, Ceremonial Objects, Broadcast Media Materials, Works on
Paper and Numismatics) click for more info |
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum - 5th Ave/91st St - $8 Admission/less for students and seniors - the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary design. It's housed in the former mansion of Andrew Carnegie and is one of the Smithsonian's museums and a landmark. Free admission for members of the Smithsonian Institution. | |
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Central
Park - 59th - 110th St/5th Ave - Central Pk West - This park speaks
for itself. NYC's Green Oasis! A must for any out of towner to visit.
You could spend an entire afternoon walking through all its lawns,
paths, bridges and more...and yet, never see even half of what's there.
'hehe, almost like Disneyland, minus the rides and goofy costumes.
click for more info |
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| Asia Society
- Temporarily at 502 Park Avenue and expect to reopen their 725 Park
location in Autumn, 2001 - $4 admission/less for students and seniors
- Collections of art covering all of Asia's Societies. Other exhibitions
and programs are also available. click for more info |
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Museum
of The City of New York - 1220 5th \Ave/103rd St - $5 Admission/less
for students and seniors - Quite a bit of NYC history can be found
here. There are over 1.5 millions pieces comprised of paintings, prints,
photographs, costumes, toys, rare books, manuscripts, sculptures,
decorative arts objects, and other artifacts. click for more info |
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