When you think of Manhattan buildings, you think skyscrapers. Not absolutely true, but NYC does have more than its fair share of tall, tall buildings. The furthest south of all the skyscrapers is the fifty story One New York Plaza building. It was built on reclaimed land in 1969 and I haven’t the foggiest idea [...]
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The Statue of Liberty (sorta) at One New York Plaza
July 11, 2008Fraunces Tavern
July 9, 2008On the Fourth of July, I ankled past Frances Tavern; a museum and restaurant located on Pearl Street way down south in Manhattan. Technically, it calls itself “The Museum of Colonial & Revolutionary History”. But I have to admit the idea of a combo restaurant-museum is pretty cool. I was there too early to try [...]
Castle Clinton in Battery Park
July 7, 2008Way down at the southern tip of Manhattan is a little fort that was built in ’bout 1811 to keep out those pesky Brits. It’s called “Castle Clinton“, apparently named after the former governor of New York. As odd as it may seem, it used to be the sole inhabitant of a small island off [...]
A Battery Park Ankle
October 15, 2007Battery Park is southern Manhattan. That is, it’s south of everything else in Manhattan. You can say it has several parts: the wooded and pathway-rich park, a section of monuments including the battery itself, and the waterfront. I don’t know quite how large it is, but it’s a very cozy park with relatively little noise [...]
CultureFest 2007 in Battery Park
October 14, 2007Just a quick post on Saturday’s wandering down to Battery Park. I’ll be posting more on that area soon, but Battery Park is at the absolute southern tip of Manhattan. The “Battery” is actually the site of an old fort that protected Manhattan from enemy navies, should they want to invade (and, on occasion, they [...]
