Far up the coast on the west side of Manhattan (some would say, “cloistered awayâ€) is the dramatic Cloisters. This extension of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the full description of this facility is in another entry), is in Fort Tryon Park with dram
Flipping – we’re not talking about gymnasts, we’re talking about real estate. As depicted on the HGTV show “Flip or Flop†(featuring the recently-divorced-but-still-flipping Tarek and Christina El Moussa), house flipping is an attractive pastime
The oldest church in Manhattan, St. Paul’s Chapel functioned originally as a “chapel of ease†for Episcopal parishioners who were not able to get to the main church at Trinity Church—a 0.3 mile (or 7 block) walk away. The chapel was built in 1766
One of the most important intersections in the city, Union Square—located at the confluence of Chelsea, the East Village, and the Flatiron District—is a witness to the history of the city.
At the foot of Lexington Avenue is Gramercy Park, formerly the site of a marsh (Gramercy is the anglicized version of a Dutch word meaning “Crooked Swampâ€). Gramercy and the adjoining park has been the center of a high-end residential area since its c
Between 14th and 34th Streets to the south and north and from Fifth Avenue and the Hudson River from east to west is Chelsea. Named by a British Royal Army officer after the UK’s military hospital in London, Chelsea was originally a residential area, la
The Hamptons. You don’t have to be from NYC to know all about the summer playground for the city’s elite. With a quick car or train trip east, city dwellers can be in a beachside paradise left only with the memories of the sweltering subway heat or st
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