Great Venues To Visit...

Whitney Museum of American Art: Designed by Marcel Breuer, the Whitney Museum's current building opened in 1966. Jacqueline Kennedy attended the building on opening day.

Whitney Museum of American Art: Edward Hopper's proximity to the Queensboro Bridge led to the painting of the same title, created in 1913.

Whitney Museum of American Art: Painter Edward Hopper's main studio is still partly intact. The building is now owned by New York University.

Whitney Museum of American Art: Whitney Museum founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney established the Whitney Studio Club in 1918 as a meeting space where young artists could create and exhibit their work and socialize. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

Whitney Museum of American Art: This is the site of the Whitney Museum's future building in the Meatpacking District. The Whitney will break ground on the Renzo Piano-designed building in May 2011. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

Whitney Museum of American Art: This was the first location of the Whitney Museum of American Art. It founded in 1930 after Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's collection of 500+ works by American artists were rejected by the Met. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

Whitney Museum of American Art: Whitney Museum founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney moved here in 1907. At the time, the street also housed artists Daniel Chester French, Charles Hawthorne, and Ernest Lawson, among others.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: See Central Park and the Manhattan skyline from a bird's-eye view by taking a walk on Big Bambú. (Kamomi, Design)

The New Yorker: An indie park, an anti-campus. Chelsea boys, JDaters, and pretty women, dressed in rompers, promenade in front of people-watchers, perched like fashion editors on wooden benches. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: “Many of the midday strollers in the park are office workers; they have the subdued mood of prison inmates released into the yard for their daily hour of sunshine and exercise.” —Victor Chen, 1974 อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: “In the bank at Rockefeller Plaza where he went to cash a check, the long-haired guard asked in a whisper if he could touch Mr. Zuckerman’s coat.” —Philip Roth, “Smart Money.” อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: Home to a free summer music festival since 1953, where music “usually heard in the sanctity (some might say imprisonment) of small concert halls” mixes with the elements, as described in 1987. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: “At the moment of marching across Penn Station, there seemed to be mighty few travellers who would take sides for or against her.” —John O’Hara, “Drawing Room B” อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: 4/1/13 - Michael Schulman profiles the funniest singer-comedian you may have never heard of, Tim Minchin, songwriter for Matilda: The Musical: อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: See Central Park on the cover of the April 1, 2013 issue of The New Yorker, plus a slideshow of Art Deco covers from the 1920s: อ่านเพิ่มเติม

City of New York: Did you know JFK covers 4,930 acres, including 880 acres in the Central Terminal Area and the airport has more than 30 miles of roadway?

City of New York: Did you know that the Empire State Building was originally intended to be only 80 stories high, not 103?

City of New York: Did you know? The Manhattan Bridge was the first suspension bridge built on deflection theory. It opened to traffic on December 31, 1909. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

City of New York: Did you know? In 1687, Leffert Pietersen, one of the earliest European settlers in Brooklyn, built the original homestead on 58 acres that is now Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

The New Yorker: Sarah Larson attends "Manilow on Broadway" (1/30/13): "Manilow is music, of course, and he writes the songs. Another sing-along, an explosion of confetti over our heads, and then home..." อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: A two-wall mural offers descriptions and illustrations of various cuts of meat and horumon (literally, “discarded goods,” or offal), with notes on their vitamin content and supposed health benefits. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: 4/1/2013 - Vince Aletti on Bill Brandt, who is the subject of "a brilliant retrospective" at MOMA: อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: The women look like they may be jewelry designers and are overheard pronouncing Kenya “Keen-ya”; the men are almost universally floppy-haired and insist on wearing their plaid scarves through dinner. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: The front of the vest-pocket space—a hybrid bodega, lunch counter, and raw bar—is stocked with groceries. In the back, a mere two dozen seats at the bar and around one communal table. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: "David Chang [tried] to create a new breed of Asian-American comfort food, but... the formula doesn't work." - Lizzie Widdicombe reviews Pig and Khao อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: Are people paying to see calamity? Theatregoers suffer a case of Spider-Man Schadenfreude, as injured actors spur ticket sales for the new Broadway musical. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: Be sure to catch the concert of remounted 'New Dance Group'-- founded in NY in 1932-- dances, incl. works by Anna Sokolow, Sophie Maslow, and others. Performance on 2/1/2013. Joan Acocella has more: อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: "The food, creative yet controlled, is unusually delicious. Seafood fares particularly well..." -Hannah Goldfield, in the 2/4/2013 issue. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: “In their first departure from Italian food, the Frankies have reincarnated the Clinton Street location as a Basque-inflicted Spanish cognate.” อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: The place began life as an evening tenant at the Dumbo General Store, but the atmosphere in its new location on the Bowery is meant to evoke the sophistication of contemporary Mexico. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: “My history is a Hudson River history,” said Albert Butzel in a 1997 Talk piece about his battle against highway expansion and for the park’s creation. It only took him twenty years. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

The New Yorker: “This is loaded with subtle shit,” Apple store architect Peter Q. Bohlin explained of his new building in a May, 2010 Talk of the Town piece. อ่านเพิ่มเติม

NYU: Take the trip to the top! The view is spectacular - see it for yourself!

NYU: The World Trade Center will be 1,776 ft tall and stands in tribute of 9/11

NYU: Have one last workout or attend one last athletic event before graduation day!

NYU: There’s always something to do on Staten Island! Stop by and take a ferry ride to check out one of their exhibits or events!

NYU: Home to the World’s Fair in 1964, stop by and check out the Unisphere!

City of New York: Coney Island was explored by Henry Hudson in 1609; he landed on Manhattan the next day.

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(RED): Happy holidays and safe travels from (RED). Here's our travel tip: pack an (APPLE)RED iPod Nano and some (PENGUIN)RED books for the trip! Enjoy.

(RED): Happy holidays and safe travels from (RED). Here's our travel tip: pack an (APPLE)RED iPod Nano and some (PENGUIN)RED books for the trip! Enjoy.

ESPN: This tennis club is 118 years old. It is also home to one of the most recognizable players in tennis, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

iFanboy: Check out the sweet original art on display in one of New York's best comic book stores.

BET: This is the project and childhood home of rapper Jay-Z! Also see BET's list of 25 Influential Hip Hop Samples: http://bet.us/BHM