Midtown Manhattan - Quick List - Sight Seeing |
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| Free and cheap |
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| NYC - 14th - 59th Streets - Click for a map of Midtown | ||||
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Grand
Central Terminal - 42nd St/Lexington Ave - Free - NYC's Great
Transportation Hub - Fully restored/renovated with a spit shine look
- plenty of retailers, eats within and year 'round events too! - Free
Tours are also available. click for more info |
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Sony
Wonder Technology Labs - 550 Madison Ave/55th St/Sony Building
- Free - Fun for young and adult kids - Take part in interactive exhibitions
and learn about how it all works behind the screen and the camera.
Workshops, screenings and other neat stuff available through reservations
- This site is located within the Atrium at the Sony Building where
you can enjoy your packed lunch at a seat/table or just simply sit
back and relax - Just across the street from the IBM Building Atrium/Rock
Garden. click to visit their site |
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St.
Patrick's Cathedral - Fifth Ave/50th - 51st Sts - Free - Largest
Roman Catholic cathedral in the United States. Tours available within. click for more info |
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Museum
of Television and Radio - 25 West 52 Street - $6 suggested donation
for Adults - Exhibits, screenings, education programs available here. click for more info |
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Morgan
Library - 29 East 36th Street - $8 suggested donation for Adults
- Great Exhibitions of Great Artists' works - You'll also find Drawings,
Manuscripts along with such activities as: lectures, concerts, films
and much more. click for more info |
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Times
Square - 40th to 52nd Sts around Brdwy, 7th & 8th Ave. - Free
to wonder about - "Crossroads of the World" - Come and see
all the lights, street performers, shows, theaters and stores. Quite
something else. For more than a 1,000 miles around, nothing comes
close. click for more info |
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Atrium at Trump Tower - 56th St/725 Fifth Ave - Free to wonder about - Wonderful Garden and waterfall within - Restaurant - 5-6 floors of Boutiques - Lots of Shine - Quite beautiful for about 10 minutes? - the boutiques aren't cheap but hey!...who says you can't window shop? - It's a great little pitstop - Walk on through to the other side of this luxury high rise to get to the Rock Garden at the IBM building. | |||
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IBM Atrium/Rock Garden - 57th St/Madison Ave - Another great pitstop to relax during your sight seeing, or on your lunch hour - Go in and enjoy the palm trees - Plenty of seats and tables to enjoy your own packed lunch within this really nice Atrium - Just across the street from the Sony Building Atrium and Wonder Tech Lab. | |||
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Chelsea
Piers Sports Complex - Off Hudson River - Betw 17th & 23rd
Streets - Events and activities year 'round supplement all the sports
events, activities and such available at this great complex. Come
'round and take a stroll. Might be a bit off the far end for some
of you. But if you're in a walkin' state of mind, you'll enjoy a
stroll at and around these Piers. |
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New York Public
Library - 42nd St/5th Ave - Free - Come and wonder about this
landmark where two great lions guard the entrance, nicknamed Patience
and Fortitude. Free exhibitions and daily tours will make your stopping
in worth it. If you've a like for architecture then you'll definitely
love the upper floor. This is the main site for the largest branch
system in the world. 'And just behind this structure is Bryant Park. click for more info |
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Bryant
Park - 42nd St/6th Ave - Free year 'round events make this beautiful
park a wonderful spot to sit, rest, read and enjoy the sun on the
lawn or on the tree shaded benches. Free Monday nite movies in the
summer are definitely something to keep an eye on. click for more info |
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| United
Nations & Park - 1st Ave/42nd to 48th Sts - Free to stroll
the Park and view the on-grounds artwork - $8 Admission for Adults
(and decreasing for Seniors/Kids) Tours available within. click for more info |
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Empire
State Building - 42nd St/Fifth Ave - $9 admission for Adults,
(decreasing for Seniors and others) for the 86th Floor Observatory
- Once the tallest building in the world - The Site of many films
- Where that Great Ape, King Kong, carried his beau to the top - A
Landmark known the world over. click for more info |
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Rockefeller
Center - Plenty of shops here - Skating rink open during the winter
season with the occasional skating Santa - The famous Christmas Tree
and holiday lighting - 'and of course, the Rockettes at Radio City
Music Hall. click for more info |
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Madame
Tussauds Wax Museum - 234 West 42nd St - $21.95 for Adults
and less for Seniors/Kids - Should you choose to pay this whopping
admission then you'll get to see likeness' of local city figures,
world leaders and famous people from around the world. |
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FAO Schwarz - 767 5th Ave/58th St - Go in and experience what the World's Famous Toy Store has to offer. Go in with children or without and be a kid again. | |||
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Museum
at (FIT) Fashion Institute of Technology - 7th Ave/27th St -
Free - "A museum dedicated to one of the world's most important
collections of costume and textiles...dedicated to the documentation
of fashion and style as manifested at all levels of society..."
- Its exhibitions inform and inspire thousands of visitors each
year. |
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Dia
Center for the Arts - 548 West 22nd Street - (Exhibitions, Lectures,
Readings in Contemporary Poetry, Education Program) - $6 admission
and less for students and seniors) click for more info |
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Other Museums in the Midtown area 14th - 59th Sts
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