If you could spend one day in NYC...
 

from about 10:30am until 8:00 pm, what would you try to fit into your schedule? And, no, staying longer is not an option.

A month is not enough, but I'll try and help. In what part of town will you be? What most interests you? What time of year?

Re: If you could spend one day in NYC...
 

Lady Liberty, Empire State Building, museums, wall street, and yankee stadium

And since the topic is called "If you could spend one day in NYC..." you would think that its not directed to people that live in NYC. People that live there would be there more than one day. Now if she has said new yorkers where should I go then you advice comment would be right only in that case.

This turned ugly in a hurry.

dzsaigirl - Are you asking a hypothetical question or for advice on what would be possible?

I asked because I am probably going there next Saturday, okay...I have never been. I am taking a bus from Providence. Now the conversation may commence.

Is it a round trip from the PA bus terminal? Is there anything else already scheduled?

Yes, it is. I do not have anything scheduled. I am going with a friend of mine and it is our last big outing before I move.

Is there anything that you really want to do? Like see a show, or visit a certain museum? This is important because if you are going to be in the city for just one day, you want to limit the area where you will be traveling. Its best to keep all of your activities within 2 or 3 neighborhoods, otherwise you'll spend hours of your time underground in the subway.

I know that I want to see Times Square and the Empire State Bldg., Statue of Liberty, WTC site, etc. I do not know how much is possible in one day.

Go see a museum. There are so many incredible, magnificent, important works of art in New York. Depending on your taste check out MOMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, etc. Also go to see a play if possible.

I'm bracing myself for criticism.

I'm am already going. A co-worker of mine who is from the bronx is setting up with his brother to take me and my sister on a tour of the stadium on the day of the red sox /yankees game while I am up there. Apperently season ticket holders get like one tour a month I think if they want to and since his family is season ticket holders they will take me. I already have my tickets to the game. It will be fun.

Lol but your from NYC so you can't be on crack and small minded.


Get on aim again sometime creamy cream.
:)

Brandon, can I come? :) :) :) :) :)

Come to what? I only got tickets for me and my sis if your talking about the game. Sorry :p

Done and done!

If you had more time I would suggest window shopping down 5th Ave or Madison. I'm a big fan of gawking at the $$$ stuff I can't afford. But then I go do my most favorite NYC thing...a good mani/pedi!!

I agree with Cream. Go see at least one exibit at a museum. And agreeing with Brandon, go see the Empire State Building. If it's a clear day you'll get a great up above it all view of all of the city. Nice photo op. too. :) But beware the lines!!!

If you're going to go somewhere with a line to get in, choose only 2 for the day. Not only does it save time but it will probably save your sanity as well. Lines blech.

A couple of jobs ago, I went to NYC often. We had a condo in Battery Park City and a facility just across from Battery Park.

(ETA: The COMPANY I worked for had the Condo -- I'm not that rich. I just realized that was pretty misleading. Sorry)

One time, I decided to just be dorky and take one of the Gray Lines sightseeing tours on the double decker busses. It was really fun. You can get off where you want and catch the next bus through. Remember, I had been to NY a lot -- but generally on business. Took the boat out to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty as well.

It's one way to see a fair amount of territory in a reasonably short time.

Having been there a lot, if I had a single day, I'd go see a show. Might even see Wicked again.

Enjoy.

Re: Re: If you could spend one day in NYC...
 

as well as time square, central park, wtc center, broadway and a good broadway play


Now this is all hyptotheical and could not be donwe in a day but those are the sites iw ant to see as well as Go to see David letterman and go to both good morning america and the today show

The PA bus terminal is at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue. Times Square starts at 42nd Street and 7th Avenue. That's a 5 minute walk. You'll want to walk around Times Square for maybe 20-30 minutes.

The Empire State Building is at 34th Street and 5th Avenue. That's about a 10 minute walk from Times Square. Buy tickets in advance.

By now you two will probably be starving. I'll have to think about a restaurant, and some of the New Yorkers may have an idea, but there are some decent ones on Madison Avenue in the 30s. Madison is one avenue east of 5th.

At this point, the WTC site is just an open pit. All of the ad hoc memorials, that many found moving, have been removed. It is in Lower Manhattan, which is pretty dead on weekends. The Statue of Liberty has been closed since 9-11, so that's pretty much out also. I would save those for a future trip, but you can still visit Lower Manhattan if you want.

If you want to visit Lower Manhattan, you'll take the 6 train to Brooklyn Bridge, walk past City Hall, and cross Broadway to get to St. Paul's church, which is across the street from the WTC site. They were heavily involved in the recovery, and I believe that they have a public exhibit about how they served during that time.

After St. Paul's, you'll walk west one block to the WTC site. Look west at the tallest building around, in the World Financial Center. The WTC was twice as tall. After a few minutes of looking at the pit, it will be time to move on.

On to the World Financial Center in Battery Park City. You want to get inside, because it is a nice, small mall. Also, there is the Winter Garden, part of the WFC, which is one of the finest public indoor spaces around. If you haven't had a bite to eat yet, either eat inside by the food court (real restaurants,) or outside next to North Cove.

Walk west through the Winter Garden, and you'll be outside at North Cove. This is probably the nicest marina in the city. Walk north through the park (along the Hudson River), and you should see the Irish Hunger Memorial. That'll take 5-10 minutes of your time, but its worth it. After you walk up the park, walk back south, around North Cove, and down the river. The Statue of Liberty should be in view most of the time that you are outside in Battery Park City.

As you walk down, you'll get to South Cove. Just south of that inlet is the Museum of Jewish Heritage. This is closed on Saturdays. Keep walking down, and you'll be forced to walk east. You'll be at Battery Park. This park contains a lot of war memorials, as well as Castle Clinton, the War of 1812 battery for which the park is named.

After this, you can walk to Wall Street, but the stock exchange is closed on Saturdays. There is Federal Hall, a former capital of the US, and where President Washington was inaugurated. New York was supposed to be this nation's capital, but Hamilton struck a deal with Jefferson to get rid of New York's Revolutionary War dept, and the price was moving the capital to D.C.

By now its probably 4-5:00. Shows are out, as well as museums, unless we bump the whole Lower Manhattan thing back a few hours. That way you can squeeze in 1 good small museum. I would go to the Frick Collection. That would mean taking the 6 train uptown, after the Empire State Building, to 68th Street, and walking to 5th Avenue, then up to the museum. That'll kill two hours of your time, but its a really good museum, and its in an amazing turn of the century mansion. While you're in that neighborhood, you can visit the Polo store at Madison and 72nd. Its also in a former mansion. After that, walk to Lexington Avenue, down to 68th Street, and take the 6 train to City Hall.

After you are done with Lower Manhattan, Take the 1 train up to 42nd Street, and walk back to the Bus Terminal.

Also, when you are dealing with numbered streets, 20 blocks = 1 mile. Numbered avenues from 5th Ave. on west are about 4 to a mile, and from Fifth Ave. east, about half as long.

If you have any more questions, yell.

That's good advice, Russ, and done without insulting any of us who don't live there, but may have some opinions as well.

One of my suggestions is more travel-based: taking the bus from Providence to NYC can take a little longer than the bus company says...I've spent 2-3 hours just in the Bronx on both ends because the traffic is so bad. If you can swing paying $30 extra, I would suggest the regional train, or for a little more, you can take the Acela Express, which is about 2 hours from Providence to NYC. It will allow you to maximize your time in the city, at least in the early hours of the day. I speak from the experience of getting in the city hours later than I was supposed to 'cause Bonanza just took so long. :mad:

That's a good idea, and the Acela is actually very nice. The sooner you get to Manhattan, the sooner you can get the Empire State Building (ESB) out of the way. The earlier you get to the ESB, the shorter the lines.

If you like books, you must go to The Strand, the best used bookstore anywhere! It's right on the corner of 12th Street and Broadway (take the 4,5,6,N, or R to Union Square, get out at the 14th Street Exit and go a couple blocks south) and it rocks.

I'd put the smackdown on the people who think they're better than everyone else because they're from New York. :p

We don't think we're better than everyone else. We KNOW we're better!! ;)

Dude you can't talk about where your from anymore ever since you moved to the middle of nowhere.

-Rudey

5th AVENUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What she said. :cool:

First off, NY is not just Manhattan Island! It is also a State even though some dont know that!:(

What DeltaAlum said! Ride a Bus to see what is around!

I did this in London, and The Tram in Viennia.

Get the lay of the land.

Go to Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, MSG, Radio City Music Hall, Top of the Empire State Building, Yankee Stadum.

There is much to see and never enough time!:(

Cabs, look out!:mad: Will give you a quick tour if you dont know where you are going! $$$$$$$!

Been to NYC a few times and would like to do my usual. Dick around lower manhattan and have lunch at a great deli. head up to 5th ave and Central Park South and hang out at the park across from Central park (right behind CBS studios) and people watch. Then head to a museum. Dinner at a cool neighborhood restauraunt.

BRING IT ON!!!!! ;) :p

Tomorrow is the big day!

Have fun in the Big Apple. :)

Let us know how it went. :)

Tomorrow is the Puerto Rican Day Parade if you are interested.

I saw the Puerto Rican Day fetivities as we rode into town. There were tons of cops too.

I am SO tired...and when I finally got home a little past midnight and crawled into bed, my ears were ringing like they do when I leave a club...that's how loud everything was! And that's after nearly four hours of riding back to Providence!

There is not much that you can do in only one day in NYC. Especially since it was really crowded yesterday. The weather was absolutely gorgeous. I guess everyone else thought it would be a good idea to go out and about as well.

We got to the Port Authority and walked over to Madame Tussaud's. It was really cool. They had a wax statue of Ronald Regan out in front for people to take pics with and they had laid flowers and stuff there. We went in and paid the 25 or so bucks to see the whole thing and it was really neat. The eyes look SO REAL. Of course, I got pics of me with different people, and that was fun. For life size likenesses, I was surprised at how short some of those people are.

So this took a while, especially since they had this extra Van Helsing haunted house thingy.

Then we walked around Times Square for a little bit and went to Toys R Us. I bought a ton of candy there...just what I need!

Then we walked around and looked at stuff until we got to the Empire State Building. We did the "Sky Ride" which is totally stupid. It is one of those virtual reality rides where you move around a little, but the screen makes you think you are flying around the city. From there, we got into an "express" line for the observation deck (supposedly faster to get up there if you also do this skyride thing). It took for freaking EVER. It was extremely crowded up there. It was kind of hard to get to a position where you could see stuff or take pictures. I sent an email to my friends from this email kiosk that is up there, which is cheesy, but cool.

**side note
-I would like to take a moment to mention that, by this time, I had been hit on by guys several times and I had caught many many guys looking me over. It was really strange. Maybe I was just being more aware of my surroundings, so I noticed it more than usual. Also, I saw many MANY hot guys there.-
**end of side note

After this, we were looking for somewhere to eat and go to the bathroom, but after we went to the bathroom, my friend and I lost our appetite. The bathrooms were really nasty.

Then we went down to the WTC site for a while. It is unbelievable that they have made so much progress there. When I was there, there were armed guards hanging around, so it felt safe. There is one building there that looks like they just started working on it. The facade is extremely damaged, windows still blown out, etc. Then the other buildings are either fixed or have at least the frame rebuilt. Can you believe it has almost been 3 years?

By this time, we had still not eaten anything and I was about to die of hunger. I really didn't want to go to a chain place, but Chevy's was right there and I was in a state of weakness, so we went. The other option was Burger King...

Then we took the subway so that we could try to see St. Patrick's Cathedral, but there was a graduation going on, so it was closed to the public. That sucked. Then we walked back to Times Square and looked at stuff again and headed back to the Port Authority to buy snacks for the road and get in line for the bus.

In conclusion, I think I needed about 5 days to really see what I wanted to see. I think that NYC is pretty cool, but it seems like the kind of place that is nice to visit, but would be strange to live in. I like the freedom of being able to drive my car around and park it in front of the place where I will be shopping. I also don't think I could deal with the noise. I might go crazy. However, you can't ever get bored there because there are innumerable possibilities for things to do.

My best friend is going to be starting her residency there, so I am sure that I will be back several times in the future for visits.

Whew, time for a nap!