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5 New York City Apartments We All Know and Love. Another post by a guest writer, please let me know how you like this one.

5 New York City Apartments We All Know and Love

My girlfriend is a big fan of at least two of these TV shows, so she enjoyed reading this post. Hope you will too. -Eric Ah, New York. A city of glitz, glam, spacious apartments, well-coordinated wall art, and apparently no IKEA whatsoever. Riiiight. Carrie Bradshaw’s Apartment: Sex and the City Carrie’s well-known stoop alongside her shabby-chic kitchen and bedroom from Sex and the City. Fictional location: 245 E 73rd Street, between Park and MadisonActual location: 66 Perry Street, between Bleeker and 4th East 73rd street actually looks something like this: Top Ten Seinfeld Locations In NYC. New York City's most famous purveyor of soup, made famous after he inspired Jerry Seinfeld's "Soup Nazi" character on the popular TV show, reopened his original Manhattan stall yesterday on West 56th near 8th Ave.

Top Ten Seinfeld Locations In NYC

Top Ten Seinfeld Locations In NYC. Top Ten Seinfeld Locations In NYC. Visit NYC Seinfeld Locations – Tom's Restaurant, Kramer's Reality Tour. May 14 marks the 15th anniversary of the Seinfeld finale, the moment we bid adieu to one of the greatest sitcoms ever and, we'd argue, the New Yorkiest show of all time.

Visit NYC Seinfeld Locations – Tom's Restaurant, Kramer's Reality Tour

'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' Mapped: Walking the Beat with Benson and Stabler. NBC released its fall prime-time line-up this month.

'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' Mapped: Walking the Beat with Benson and Stabler

While the season's hottest new offerings may be Olympic games coverage or the return of "Sunday Night Football," new episodes of "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" are also guaranteed to deliver high ratings. The first season of "SVU" — which follows New York City Police Department detectives who investigate sexually based crimes — aired in September 1999.

New York Luggage Storage Lockers. » A Guide for Street Performers City Lore. 1.Purpose of this Guide | 2.Some History | 3.Your Rights & Responsibilities | 4.Court Decisions in your Favor | 5.The Transit Police | 6.Transit Police Fact Check | 7.Station Managers | 8.Music Under New York | 9.Legal Assistance | 10.

» A Guide for Street Performers City Lore

If You Get A Summons | 11. Performing on the Streets and in the Parks | 12.Our Views | 13. Etiquette | 14. Street Performing Across the United States | 15. Hotel Chelsea. The building has been a designated New York City landmark since 1966,[5] and on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977.[1][6] Description and history[edit] Built between 1883 and 1885 and opened for initial occupation in 1884,[5][7] the twelve-story red-brick building that is now the Hotel Chelsea was one of the city's first private apartment cooperatives.[2] It was designed by Phiip Hubert[8] of the firm of Hubert, Pirsson & Company in a style that has been described variously as Queen Anne Revival and Victorian Gothic.[7] Among its distinctive features are the delicate, flower-ornamented iron balconies on its facade, which were constructed by J.B. and J.M Cornell[5][7] and its grand staircase, which extends upward twelve floors.

Hotel Chelsea

Generally, this staircase is only accessible to registered guests, although the hotel does offer monthly tours to others. Walking Off the Big Apple: 25 Radical Things to Do in Greenwich Village. Flipping through Greenwich Village: A Photographic Guide by Edmund T.

Walking Off the Big Apple: 25 Radical Things to Do in Greenwich Village

Delaney and Charles Lockwood with photographs by George Roos, a second, revised edition published in 1976, it’s easy to compare the black and white images with the look of today’s neighborhood and see how much the Village has changed. A long shot photograph of Washington Square taken up high from an apartment north of the park, and with the looming two towers of the World Trade Center off to the distant south in the background, reveals a different landscape than what we would encounter today. On the north side of the park, an empty lot and two small buildings have since given way to NYU’s Kimmel Center and a new NYU Center for Academic and Spiritual Center Life.

The Judson Memorial Church is still there, but buildings housing the law school have replaced adjacent older buildings. Why You Should Visit Greenwich Village, New York City. So yes, dear wide-eyed out-of-towner, you've finally made it to the Big Apple.

Why You Should Visit Greenwich Village, New York City

Your jam-packed itinerary included taking in Phantom of the Opera, scaling the heights of the Empire State Building, strolling through Central Park, gazing at Lady Liberty's majestic figure, and if you're lucky enough, snaring a table at Nobu. However, after days of trudging through the concrete jungle of Manhattan with all those huge corporate buildings looking down upon yourself, a refreshing change would be a subway ride down to one of New York City's most interesting and historic neighborhoods, Greenwich Village. Greenwich Village possesses a reputation as a hangout of writers, artists, and other non-establishment types.

The best place to hang out and people-watch is definitely Washington Square Park. This eight-acre park's main focal point is the landmark Washington Arch, whose design was modeled after the famous Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.