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<h1>A New Yorker's guide to sightseeing.</h1>
<p>In 2002, some cousins came to visit us in New York City. They asked where
they should do some sightseeing. At the time, I couldn't think of an answer.
While I've lived and worked here for forty years, I rarely do the tourist thing.
After the cousins left, I started to make a list of the places that I should
have recommended to them. I included a few of the regular tourist destinations
that I thought were worth the time as well as some that I think are more
interesting. </p>
<p>This list is not a substitute for a a reliable guide like Frommer's, Fodor's,
Michelin, or the Rough Guide. You'll also need both a Manhattan bus map and a
NYC subway map, which you can get at the Times Square visitors' center or at the
token booth in many of the subway stations. If you're obsessed, get the <i>Blue
Guide New York</i> (Somerset Books) -- this is what New York City's licensed
tour guides study from. </p>
<h2>Landmarks</h2>
<p class="MsoNormal">These are all worthwhile: Statue of Liberty, United
Nations, Ellis Island, and the New York Stock Exchange. In winter, go to
Rockefeller Center to see the giant Christmas tree and the ice skating rink.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Edison</st1:place>
lab in NJ</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place>
<st1:PlaceName>
Empire</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>
State</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType>
Building</st1:PlaceType>
</st1:place>
(more interesting: <st1:place>
<st1:PlaceName>
Chrysler</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>
Building</st1:PlaceType>
</st1:place>
)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">St Patrick�s Cathedral (more interesting: St John the
Divine)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Poe cottage</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cloisters</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Grand Central � tour</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NYPL (some of the libraries have tours)</p>
<h2>Museums</h2>
<p>The big museums are all first-rate: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Guggenheim,
the Museum of Natural History, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art ("the
Met" -- but don't confuse it with the other "Met," the
Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center). Nowadays expect to pay a stiff entrance
fee, but it's worth it. For the kids, show them the whale at the Natural History
and the suits of armor at the Met.</p>
<dl>
<dt>The National Museum of the American Indian</dt>
<dd>George Gustav Heye accumulated the largest private collection of Native
American objects in the world. In 1922, he founded this museum which is now
part of the Smithsonian Institution.</dd>
</dl>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tenement Museum</p>
<dl>
<dd>
<p class="MsoNormal">Devoted to the immigrant history of New York City in
the 19th and early 20th centuries. You cannot stroll freely but must take
one of several tours. </dd>
</dl>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fraunces Tavern </p>
<dl>
<dd>
<p class="MsoNormal">Revolutionary War era museum. The Fraunces Tavern
restaurant is at the same address -- reservations are recommended.</dd>
</dl>
<p class="MsoNormal">Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum</p>
<dl>
<dd>
<p class="MsoNormal">A substantial, patriotic museum housed in a famous
World War II aircraft carrier. </dd>
</dl>
<h2>Tours</h2>
<p>There are hundreds of bus tours available from the <a href="http://www.grayline.com/Grayline/destinations/us/newyork.go">Gray
Line</a>, <a href="http://www.citysightsny.com/">City Sights</a>, <a href="http://www.coachusa.com/nycducks/?gclid=COvwvMf9-ZYCFRgqHgodWSyTYw">Ducks</a>
and others.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">circle line</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">gospel tour (Harlem Spirituals tour)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">kenny kramer tour</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Architectural walking tour (see AIA guide)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">General walking tour (see Michelin guide)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">City Hall, Tweed Courthouse and Gracie Mansion (http://www.nyc.gov/html/artcom/html/tours/tours.shtml)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<h2>Restaurants</h2>
<p>Zagat's is the standard guide to NYC dining; local foodies also hang out at
the <a href="http://chowhound.chow.com/">Chowhound</a> website.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mama Leone's is long gone, so where do you go for a festive
meal? There's Carmine's (Italian), Second Avenue Deli (kosher deli, open on
Saturdays), Churrascaria (Brazilian), and Mama Mexico (strolling Mariachi
musicians). When Hispanics on the West Side want to go out for a nice dinner,
they go to Flor de Mayo (Spanish-Chinese and the Chinese food is actually pretty
good). </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On the West Side, he neighborhood places I like include
Ollie's for Chinese and V&T for Italian.</p>
<h2>Entertainment</h2>
<p class="MsoNormal">Philharmonic</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Staten Island Yankees (bonus: you take the Staten Island
Ferry to get there) Jun-Aug</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gothan Girls Roler <st1:City>
<st1:place>
Derby</st1:place>
</st1:City>
(June-November)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tkts and Off-Broadway</p>
<h2>Ethnic neighborhoods</h2>
<dl>
<dt>Curry Hill or Little India</dt>
<dd>Lexington Avenue, between about 28th and 30th Streets. Indian and
Pakistani groceries, clothing stores, restaurants (I like Curry in a Hurry).
There is a more extensive Indian neighborhood in Jackson Heights, but I
haven't been there.</dd>
</dl>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chinatown</p>
<dl>
<dd>It's a whole city down there: banks, groceries, travel agents, newspapers
and many restaurants. </dd>
<dt>Sahadi's on <st1:Street>
<st1:address>
Atlantic Avenue</dt>
<dd>Middle Eastern groceries and prepared foods, part of a whole strip of
Middle Eastern stores and restaurants. Go around the corner to Rashid Music
Sales on Court Street to pick up some Arabic music CDs.</st1:address>
</st1:Street>
</o:p>
</dd>
</dl>
<h2>Other</h2>
<p>H&H Bagels (considered the gold standard of NYC bagels, but I prefer
Absolute Bagels on Broadway between 107 and 108th Streets -- the bagels are just
as good and much cheaper)</p>
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