40 NYC Outdoor Art Installations Not to Miss in June 2018
Summer 2018 is in full swing and this may be the most comprehensive month of outdoor art installations launching we’ve seen in New York City ever.
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20 Must Visit Places in Washington Heights, NYC: An Untapped Cities Guide
“Upstate” Manhattan has a decided residential feel, and it also contains many gems for any lover of things NYC like the oldest house in Manhattan and much more.
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10 Places You Can See Manhattan Schist Up Close in NYC
Much of Manhattan’s natural landscape is flattened but there are still places to take in the Manhattan schist, natural bedrock formations above and below ground
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A Glimpse Inside Fort Tryon Cottage, Remnant of a Millionaire’s Vanished Estate in Washington Heights
Once a year, Fort Tryon Cottage, a remnant of a Gilded Age estate open to the public for Open House New York weekend. During the year, it’s an HQ for NYC Parks.
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Top 10 Places to Catch Fall Foliage in and Around NYC
Autumn is in full swing and while fall foliage isn’t as readily observable in the city, there are plenty of places nearby to experience the beauty of Fall.
More13 Outdoor Art Installations in NYC Not to Miss in September 2016
13 outdoor art installations not to miss in September 2016 from large sculptures in parks to glass pigeons on lamp posts, and taking a rest in XXX Times Square
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The Top 10 Secrets of NYC’s Fort Tryon Park
Fort Tryon Park offers New Yorkers a large variety of activities and amenities all year round. Here are 10 secrets of one of Manhattan’s highest parks.
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The NYC Cow That Designed C.K.G. Billings’ $250,000 Driveway in Fort Tryon Park
When C.K.G. Billings constructed a $250,000 driveway for his mansion, Fort Tryon Hall, perched 250 feet above the Hudson River, he got some help from a cow.
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6 Lost Mansions of the Upper West Side and Upper Manhattan
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Like everywhere else in Manhattan, the Upper West Side and Manhattan began as bucolic farmland, settled with farmhouses and later large mansions away from the commercial fray downtown. Grand mansions were built from the Revolutionary era through the Gilded Age, by a variety of characters ranging from robber barons …
MoreVintage NYC Photography: C.K.G. Billings’ Mansion in Fort Tryon Park
See vintage photos Fort Tryon Hall, CKG Billings’ $2 million Gilded Age estate whose remains are visible in Fort Tryon Park today. The driveway alone cost $250,000.
MoreThe Remains of Fort Tryon Park’s Turn of the Century Mansion Near the Cloisters
See the remains of the Cornelius K.G. Billings mansion in NYC’s Fort Tryon Park, a Rockefeller-owned estate that burned down in 1925 in upper Manhattan
MoreNYC’s Micro Neighborhoods: Little Dominican Republic in Washington Heights, Manhattan
With its abundance in Dominican locales and attractions, Washington Heights proves to be New York City’s very own Little Dominican Republic.
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