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Times have changed since Red Hook housed the city's longshoremen. The docks now greet the Queen Mary 2 when it cruises into town, and the same locale is home to...more
see the Brooklyn guideLandscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted was reportedly more proud of this 585-acre idyll than anything else in his repertoire. He and partner Calvert Vaux...more
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It's hard to imagine Jackson Pollock mingling with the royalty-collecting creative set that has made the Hamptons its haunt in recent decades. Thanks to the...more
see the The Hamptons guideFounded by art collector and benefactor Samuel Longstreth Parrish in 1897, this museum's collection is centered around American paintings of the late 19th and...more
see the The Hamptons guideWhen the rents in SoHo zoomed, many smaller, idiosyncratic designers and shops moved to the area "North of Little Italy": Mulberry, Mott, and Elizabeth streets...more
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Touristy? Sure. Kinda cheesy? Check. But don't let that stop you from enjoying a perspective that's vastly underrated—seeing New York City from the water....more
see the New York City guideEstablished in 1891, the 250-acre New York Botanical Garden is an oasis for pavement-pounding city dwellers, just a 20-minute Metro North ride from Grand...more
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Towering over the Bowery like a beacon of all things shiny and forward-thinking, the New Museum is one of the city's most talked-about landmarks. Designed by...more
see the New York City guideBetween the Met and the Guggenheim sits the Neue Galerie, the most recent (2001) addition to Museum Mile. A former home of society grande dame Mrs. Cornelius...more
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The world's preeminent museum for modern art reopened in November 2004 on its original site in a new building designed by architect Yoshio Taniguchi. The new...more
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