31 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City , Shopping
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Bergdorf Goodman Inc. is an American
luxury department store based in
New York City , founded in 1899 by Herman Bergdorf. As of 2024, it operates a
women’s store and a men’s store across the street from each other on
Fifth Avenue in
Midtown Manhattan . It is part of
Neiman Marcus which since 2024 has been owned by
Saks Global , the American division of the
Hudson’s Bay Company .
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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 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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14 July 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Bon appétit , New York City
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A bagel (
Polish : bajgiel;
Yiddish : beygl; also spelled beigel) is a
bread roll originating in the
Jewish communities of
Poland . Bagels are traditionally made from
yeasted wheat dough that is shaped by hand into a
torus or ring, briefly
boiled in water, and then baked. The result is a dense, chewy, doughy interior with a browned and sometimes crisp exterior.
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9 July 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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The
Five Towns is an informal grouping of
villages and
hamlets in
Nassau County , United States on the
South Shore of western
Long Island adjoining the border with
Queens County in New York City. Although there is no official Five Towns designation, “the basic five are Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Inwood.” Each of these “towns” has a consecutive stop on the
Far Rockaway Branch of the
Long Island Rail Road . All five communities are part of the
Town of Hempstead . Woodmere is the largest and most populous community in the Five Towns, while Inwood is the second largest community in the Five Towns.
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29 June 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Hastings-on-Hudson is a
village in
Westchester County located in the southwestern part of the
town of
Greenburgh in the state of
New York , United States. It’s a suburb of
New York City , located approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of midtown
Manhattan , and is served by a
stop on the
Metro-North Hudson Line . To the north of Hastings-on-Hudson is the village of
Dobbs Ferry , to the south, the city of
Yonkers , and to the east unincorporated parts of Greenburgh. As of the 2020 US Census, it had a population of 8,590. The town lies on
U.S. Route 9 , “Broadway” and the
Saw Mill River Parkway .
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