Here's a short list of places and attractions.
Brooklyn bridge - My wife's great grandfather was an engineer wo worked on the bridge. It's a cultural icon and only a few blocks away from:
Chinatown (probably a
busman's holiday for you
Little Italy - Fantastic food and other stuff
Grand Central Terminal food, history, tours, architecture, throngs, and chaos.
Macy's at Herald Square - Actually it will be insane right before Christmas, but
Herald Square park is nice, if small. There is a great clock there with two bronze blacksmiths hitting a bell with their hammers every hour. It was
recently restored
And, apparently, there is an owl statue on the side of the clock whose eyes glow after dark.
Empire State Bldg - They sell tickets to go up top. It's pretty cool to look at afterdark, from a distance. They
light it all up with different color schemes.
American Museum of Natural History - Dinosaurs, Dioramas, cool stuff. You probably have better fossils in China.
Check out
The Shake Shack for classic American burgers, fries, and milk shakes. It's right across the street from the museum. Actually they are all over the city.
Metropolitan Museum of Art - You could spend a lifetime in here.
The Cloisters From Wikipedia:
Quote:
The Cloisters is a museum located in Fort Tryon Park in the Washington Heights section of Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, used to exhibit the museum's extensive collection of art, architecture and artifacts from Medieval Europe.
The Cloisters is situated on a hill overlooking the Hudson River, and incorporates parts from five European abbeys which were disassembled and shipped to New York City, where, between 1934 and 1939, they were reconstructed and integrated together with new buildings in the medieval style designed by Charles Collens. The area around the buildings was landscaped with gardens planted according to horticultural information obtained from medieval manuscripts and artifacts, and the structure includes multiple medieval-style cloistered herb gardens.
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New York Public Library - Iconic Stone lions out front and an amazing beautiful library inside. On Fifth Avenue and 42nd st.
Scott's Pizza Tours -
www.scottspizzatours.com This guy loves pizza and eats it every day. He leads tours on foot or by bus around NY and the five boroughs and tells you everything you could possibly know about pizza. And you get to eat pizza. It's fun. Tours sell out quickly, book now.
The Film Forum - The Maltese Falcon is playing on the night of the 22nd. Check the schedule:
http://filmforum.org/coming_soon
Central park - Take a carriage ride or a stroll. It's a huge park.