30 November 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Bon appétit , New York City
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New York’s 21 Club was a Prohibition-era speakeasy © David Shankbone/cc-by-sa-3.0
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A speakeasy, also called a
beer flat or
blind pig or
blind tiger , was an illicit establishment that sold
alcoholic beverages . The term may also refer to a
retro style bar that replicates aspects of historical speakeasies.
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6 November 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Living, Working, Building , New York City , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) elevated
linear park ,
greenway , and
rail trail created on a former
New York Central Railroad spur on the
west side of
Manhattan in New York City. The High Line’s design is a collaboration between
James Corner Field Operations ,
Diller Scofidio + Renfro , and
Piet Oudolf . The abandoned spur has been redesigned as a “living system” drawing from multiple disciplines which include landscape architecture,
urban design , and
ecology . The High Line was inspired by the 4.7 km (2.9 mi) long
Coulée verte (tree-lined walkway), another
elevated park in
Paris completed in 1993.
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29 September 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Bon appétit , New York City
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Eggs Benedict with bacon © flickr.com – Alpha/cc-by-sa-2.0
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Eggs Benedict is a common
American breakfast or
brunch dish, consisting of two halves of an
English muffin , each topped with
Canadian bacon , a
poached egg , and
hollandaise sauce . It was popularized in
New York City .
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2 September 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Hotels , New York City
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The Mercer Hotel, located at the corner of
Mercer and
Prince Streets in
SoHo ,
Manhattan ,
New York City . It offers 73 guest rooms on six floors of a
Romanesque revival building. Opening in 1997, The Mercer is the sister hotel to
The Greenwich Hotel .
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1 August 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , House of the Month , New York City
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One Vanderbilt is a 73-story
supertall skyscraper at the corner of
42nd Street and
Vanderbilt Avenue in the
Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of
New York City . Designed by
Kohn Pedersen Fox for developer
SL Green Realty , the skyscraper opened in 2020. Its roof is 1,301 feet (397 m) high and its spire is 1,401 feet (427 m) above ground, making it the city’s
fourth-tallest building after
One World Trade Center ,
Central Park Tower , and
111 West 57th Street .
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22 June 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Mural on East Houston Street and Bowery © Nolita Studio LLC/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Nolita, sometimes written as NoLIta and deriving from “North of
Little Italy “, is a neighborhood in the
borough of
Manhattan in
New York City . Nolita is situated in
Lower Manhattan , bounded on the north by
Houston Street , on the east by the
Bowery , on the south roughly by
Broome Street , and on the west by
Lafayette Street . It lies east of
SoHo , south of
NoHo , west of the
Lower East Side , and north of
Little Italy and
Chinatown .
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1 June 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Berlin , French Riviera , Greater Los Angeles Area , Hamburg , London , Miami / South Florida , New York City , Paris / Île-de-France , San Francisco Bay Area
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2018 San Francisco Pride Parade down Market Street © Samuel Wantman/cc-by-sa-4.0
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LGBT Pride Month is a month, typically June, dedicated to celebration and commemoration of
lesbian ,
gay ,
bisexual , and
transgender (
LGBT )
pride . Pride Month began after the
Stonewall riots , a series of
gay liberation protests in 1969, and has since spread outside of the United States. Modern-day Pride Month both honors the movement for
LGBT rights and celebrates
LGBT culture .
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20 May 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Hotels , Paris / Île-de-France
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Pullman Paris Tour Eiffel © flickr.com – International Railway Summit/cc-by-sa-2.0
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Pullman Hotels and Resorts is a French multinational upscale hotel brand owned by
Accor . Pullman has 145 hotels and resorts in 42 countries spread across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle-East and Oceania.
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30 March 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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The Congregation Shearith Israel (
lit. : Congregation Remnant of Israel), often called
The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue , is an
Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 2 West
70th Street , at
Central Park West , on the
Upper West Side of
Manhattan in
New York City ,
New York , United States.
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