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Silver Towers Playground/Tom Otterness Playground
Last week as I watched the streetscape speed by out the window of a taxi on my way to work, I happened to spot what looked like one of the most amazing play structures I had ever seen tucked into a small public park between two buildings on 42nd Street. A quick Google search revealed that ...
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Empire State Building
Aside from the Statue of Liberty, there is hardly a more recognizable New York landmark than the Empire State Building. Since its completion in 1931, at which point it was the tallest building in the world, its presence has dominated the New York skyline. I clearly remember visiting the observatory as a child on a ...
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Winnie-the-Pooh at the New York Public Library
For my daughter's second birthday earlier this year, my mother gave her a copy of Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear, written by Lindsay Mattick, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, and the winner of this year's Caldecott Medal (awarded annually in the US for the most distinguished picture book for children). Flipping ...
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MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
Bryant Park
Block after block, much of Midtown Manhattan has a uniform feel: acres of poured concrete sidewalks and asphalt roadways pulsing with foot and vehicle traffic, and walls of stone and glass rising up on all sides. It's such a pleasant surprise to come across Bryant Park then, an island of green in a sea of gray. Designed in ...
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BROOKLYN
East River Ferry
Before moving to Brooklyn we lived in Midtown Manhattan, far enough from both the Hudson and East Rivers flanking the sides of the island that sometimes long stretches of time passed without a glimpse of the water. The opposite is true of our life now in Brooklyn, where we can see the East River from ...
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MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
Top of the Rock
If you are looking for that take-your-breath-away New York City view, Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center is really as good as it gets. With three levels of wrap-around walking terraces set atop one of the most spectaular Art Deco buildings in the world -- it really is a must visit if you are ...
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