57th Street in Manhattan

27 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, New York City, Shopping Reading Time:  7 minutes

Ampico Building, now the Curtiss-Wright Building © flickr.com - Tony Hisgett/cc-by-2.0

Ampico Building, now the Curtiss-Wright Building © flickr.com – Tony Hisgett/cc-by-2.0

57th Street is a broad thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Manhattan, one of the major two-way, east-west streets in the borough’s grid. As with Manhattan’s other “crosstown” streets, it is divided into its east and west sections at Fifth Avenue. The street runs from a small park overlooking the East River in the east to the West Side Highway along the Hudson River in the west. 57th Street passes through the Midtown Manhattan neighborhoods of Sutton Place, Billionaire’s Row, and Hell’s Kitchen from east to west.   read more…

Israel Day Parade 2026 in New York City

31 May 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, New York City Reading Time:  6 minutes

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Israel Day on Fifth (formerly the Salute to Israel Parade and then the Celebrate Israel Parade) is an annual parade in support of Israel that takes place along Fifth Avenue in New York. The parade travels north on Fifth Avenue from 57th Street to 74th Street.   read more…

Central Synagogue in Manhattan

25 May 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, New York City Reading Time:  5 minutes

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Central Synagogue (formerly Congregation Ahawath Chesed Shaar Hashomayim; colloquially Central) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue at 652 Lexington Avenue, at the corner with 55th Street, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The current congregation was formed in 1898 through the merger of two 19th-century synagogues: Shaar Hashomayim and Ahawath Chesed. The synagogue building was constructed from 1870 to 1872 for Ahawath Chesed.   read more…

Selene in New York City

1 April 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, House of the Month, New York City Reading Time:  7 minutes

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Le Jardinier restaurant © Transpoman/cc-by-sa-4.0

Selene (formerly known as 100 East 53rd Street and 610 Lexington Avenue) is a residential skyscraper at the southwest corner of 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The 64-story tower, completed in 2019, was designed by Norman Foster. At 711 feet (217 m) tall, it is the 77th tallest building in New York.   read more…

Algonquin Hotel in Midtown Manhattan

5 January 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Hotels, New York City Reading Time:  7 minutes

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Blue Bar © flickr.com – Jazz Guy/cc-by-2.0

The Algonquin Hotel (officially The Algonquin Hotel Times Square, Autograph Collection) is a hotel at 59 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. The 181-room hotel, opened in 1902, was designed by architect Goldwin Starrett for the Puritan Realty Company. The hotel has hosted numerous literary and theatrical notables throughout its history, including members of the Algonquin Round Table club during the early 20th century. Its first owner-manager, Frank Case, established many of the hotel’s traditions, including an official hotel cat as well as discounts for struggling authors. The hotel is a New York City designated landmark and a member of Historic Hotels of America, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.   read more…

Park Row in Manhattan

4 December 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, New York City Reading Time:  8 minutes

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Park Row is a street located in the Financial District, Civic Center, and Chinatown neighborhoods of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The street runs east–west, sometimes called north–south because the western end bends to the south. At the north end of Park Row is the confluence of Bowery, East Broadway, St. James Place, Oliver Street, Mott Street, and Worth Street at Chatham Square. At the street’s south end, Broadway, Vesey Street, Barclay Street, and Ann Street intersect. The intersection includes a bus turnaround loop designated as Millennium Park. Park Row was once known as Chatham Street; it was renamed Park Row in 1886, a reference to the fact that it faces City Hall Park, the former New York Common.   read more…

Cartier Building in New York City

21 June 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, New York City, Shopping Reading Time:  5 minutes

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The Cartier Building, also 653 Fifth Avenue, is a commercial building on the southeast corner of 52nd Street and Fifth Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The building serves as the flagship store of Cartier in New York City. It consists of two conjoined residences completed in 1905: the Morton F. Plant residence at 651–653 Fifth Avenue, designed by Robert W. Gibson, and the Edward Holbrook residence at 4 East 52nd Street, designed by C. P. H. Gilbert.   read more…

Financial District in New York City

26 April 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, New York City Reading Time:  7 minutes

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© Hu Totya/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Financial District of Lower Manhattan, also known as FiDi, is a neighborhood located on the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by the West Side Highway on the west, Chambers Street and City Hall Park on the north, Brooklyn Bridge on the northeast, the East River to the southeast, and South Ferry and the Battery on the south.   read more…

Strawberry Fields in New York City

5 April 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, New York City Reading Time:  5 minutes

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Strawberry Fields is a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) landscaped section in New York City‘s Central Park, designed by the landscape architect Bruce Kelly, that is dedicated to the memory of former Beatles member John Lennon. It is named after the Beatles’ song “Strawberry Fields Forever“, written by Lennon. The song itself is named for the former Strawberry Field children’s home in Liverpool, England, located near Lennon’s childhood home.   read more…

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