MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITIONS
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Central Park West @79th Street
NYC 10024-5192
Tel: 212.769.5100
www.amnh.org
COOPER-HEWITT
The collection covers designs of all kinds from ancient times to present day, including decorative art, furniture, jewelry, architectural elements, industrial and product design, textiles and wall coverings.
2 East 91st Street
New York, NY 10128
Tel: (212) 849-8300
www.cooperhewitt.org
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
LEE UFAN: MARKING INFINITY
June 24–September 28, 2011
The first U.S. retrospective of the artist, philosopher, and poet Lee Ufan, charting the artist’s creation of a visual, conceptual, and theoretical language that has expanded the possibilities for sculpture and painting. Each artwork mediates a dynamic encounter between the viewer, object, and site that opens up “a realm of infinity where one can continuously bring one’s self back to nothingness.”
1071 Fifth Avenue@89th St
NYC 10128
www.guggenheim.org
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty,
May 4–July 31, 2011
The exhibition celebrates the late McQueen's extraordinary contributions to fashion, who challenged and expanded fashion beyond utility to a conceptual expression of culture, politics, and identity. The exhibition features 100 ensembles and 70 accessories, drawn primarily from the Alexander McQueen Archive in London, with some pieces from the Givenchy Archive in Paris as well as private collections, signature designs including the bumster trouser, the kimono jacket, and the three-point "origami" frock coat.
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
tel: 212.535.7710
www.metmuseum.org
The Cloisters
The branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe is made up of original stonework from medieval French cloisters. The collection is comprised of approximately five thousand works of art dating from about the ninth to the fifteenth century-and includes the seven ‘Unicorn Tapestries”, a series fifteenth-century masterpieces of wool and silk from the Netherlands.
Subway: A to 190th Street; M4 bus to Fort Tyron Park/The Cloisters.
tel: 212.923.3700
www.metmuseum.org
MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN
A Bit of Clay on the Skin: New Ceramic Jewelry
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - Sunday, September 4, 2011
This exhibition explores the manifold appeal of ceramics, especially porcelain, in jewelry and showcases the versatility and allure of the medium, which can be modeled or cast, used alone or with metal, wood, and stone, and vary in color and texture. The exhibition showcases the scope and ingenuity of the more than one hundred works on view and features the work of 18 cutting-edge jewelry artists.
2 Columbus Circle
tel: 212.299.7713
www.madmuseum.org
THE MUSEUM AT FIT
Sporting Life
Fashion & Textile History Gallery
May 25 - November 5, 2011
Sporting Life explores the relationship between active sportswear and fashion over the past 150 years. Featuring more than 100 garments, accessories, and textiles from the Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition discusses changes in silhouette, construction, and technology that have improved the performance and aesthetic of active sportswear. In addition, active sportswear garments are juxtaposed with the fashionable ready-to-wear garments they have inspired. The exhibition features fashion by designers such as Claire McCardell, Norma Kamali, Stephen Sprouse, and Isabel Toledo.
Fashion Institute of Technology
Seventh Avenue at 27 Street
www.fitnyc.edu
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Contemporary art and pieces by working artists and an incredible collection of modern masterpieces.
West 53rd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues
www.moma.org
RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
A comprehensive collection of art from the Himalayas and surrounding regions including Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia and Bhutan, consisting of paintings, sculptures and textiles.
The Shop @ RMA
A thoughtful selection of merchandise, an outstanding variety of handcrafted jewelry, books, handwoven textiles, postcards, posters and prints.
The Café @ RMA
Offering seasonal specialties inspired by the Himalayas, including daily rice bowls with savory toppings, handmade traditional momo dumplings and fresh baked samosas.
150 West 17th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues)
tel: 212.620.5000
www.rmanyc.org
Tenement Museum
Tells the stories of 97 Orchard Street. Built on Manhattan's Lower East Side in 1863, this tenement apartment building was home to nearly 7000 working class immigrants. They faced challenges we understand today: making a new life, working for a better future, starting a family with limited means.
108 Orchard St
NYC 10002
Tel: 212.387.0341
(by appointment only)
tenement.org
The Galleries of West Chelsea
A vibrant gallery scene between 20th & 28th St.
www.WestChelseaArts.com
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
An extensive collection of modern and contemporary American art.
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street
New York, NY 10021
Tel: (212) 570-3600
Email:
www.whitney.org
For Theater Tickets:
www.broadway.com
SHOPS AND BOUTIQUES
ABC Carpet & Home
A legendary two-building emporium, the ultimate home-fashions-and-furnishings department store.
881/888 Broadway (@19th St)
tel: 212.473.3000
www.abchome.com
Aedes de Venustas
A perfumery with Acqua di Biella, Acqua di Colonia from Santa Maria Novella and other rare fragrances. The entire range is unisex, but its Eau de Parfum Aedes de Venustas is a masculine favorite. There are also candles by Diptyque, Mizensir from Geneva and Cire Trudon.
9 Christopher Street (between 6th and 7th aves)
tel: 212.206.8674.
Agas & Tamar
Elegant and contemporary jewlery and design drawing inspiration from ancient coins, metals or natural gem stones.
250 Mott Street
NYC
tel: 212.941.7979
www.agasandtamar.com
Anthropologie
Clothing, jewelry and objects for the home that inspire the imagination.
Chelsea Market, 75 9th Avenue
16th St. and Fifth Ave.
50 Rockefeller Center
375 West Broadway-Soho
www.anthropologie.com
Domus Unaffected Living
An eclectic showcase of quality crafts from around the world that help improve the living conditions of depressed populations by selling, or helping them to develop, commercially viable items they produce. A story for everything in the store.
413 West 44th Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues)
tel: 212.581.8099
www.domusnewyork.com
Eataly
The largest artisanal Italian food and wine marketplace in the world with Italian delicacies and wine, a culinary educational center, and a diverse slate of boutique eateries.
200 Fifth Ave. (at 23rd Street)
NYC 10010
tel: 212.229.2560
www.eataly.com
FAO Schwartz
The oldest toy store in the United States.
767 Fifth Ave.
NYC
tel: 212.644.9400
www.fao.com
The Flatiron District
A historic neighborhood with a profusion of restaurants, a dynamic retail environment with fashion, beauty and home furnishing stores.
www.discoverflatiron.org
Lilth
This collection from Parisian designer Lily Barreth implements art and fashion into a variety of romantic shapes, distinctive fabrics and captivating volumes.
227 Mulberry Street (between Prince & Spring Streets)
tel: 212.925.0080
www.lilith.fr
Limelight Marketplace
A festival of shops dedicated to providing today’s savvy consumer with the most current offerings in the worlds of art, music, furniture, fashion, food, technology and more. Located in the landmark 19th-century church that once housed the Limelight nightclub.
656 Avenue of the Americas
NYC 10011
tel: 212.359.5600
limelightmarketplace.com
Lion Brand Yarn Studio
A unique offering of the Lion Brand yarns and luxury fibers, knitting needles, crochet hooks and accessories. The studio offers knitting and crochet classes and hosts special events.
34 West 15th Street
tel: 212.243.9070
www.lionbrandyarnstudio.com
Lolita Jaca Saint Barth
Kimonos in various prints, Lolita dresses, English embroideries or elegant satin silk dresses. A romantic collection with a juvenile freshness.
246 Mott Street
tel: 212.343.0105
www.lolitajaca.com
Mauboussin
American flagship store for the 180 year-old French jewelry firm, known as the ‘jeweler of colors’. The shop also has a café offering chocolate delicacies.
714 Madison Avenue (@ 63rd Street)
tel: 212.752.4300
www.mauboussin.com
MPD-Meatpacking District Initiative
Fashion designers, graphic designers, writers, architects and photographers have created this destination with luxury boutiques and salons. Restaurants and nightlife create an up-all-night vibe.
For further information and a list of businesses visit:
www.meatpacking-district.com
Opening Ceremony
A multifaceted environment comprised of retail spaces, showroom and gallery that establishes a new international creative forum, bringing together emerging American talent with both young and established designers and artists from abroad. Opening Ceremony recreates a shopping excursion based on four different perspectives--established designer (designers that best exemplify the country), emerging designer, one of a kind vintage pieces and select items from the open-air markets.
35 Howard Street-Soho (between Broadway and Lafayette)
tel: 212.219.2688
www.openingceremony.us
Pearl River
A treasure trove in Chinatown, the ultimate gift source, specializing in quality Chinese goods of all sorts, including housewares and furniture, fabric, clothing and accessories.
477 Broadway (between Grand & Broome)
tel: 212.431.4770
www.pearlriver.com
Rizzoli Books
An unsurpassed source for superb books on visual topics, foreign language books and periodicals, and an eclectic assortment of music, located in a historic townhouse on West 57th Street. The setting is filled with nooks and crannies with an entire room devoted to architecture books and a fashion book nook.
31 West 57th Street (between 5th and 6th ave.)
www.rizzoliusa.com
Shoe
A shoe boutique in Nolita that features the brand Cydwoq, makers of hand-crafted shoes, bags and belts of distinctive design and incredible function-made in the USA of the finest vegetable-tanned leather.
247 Mulberry Street (@Prince St)
tel: 212.925.1735
www.bagandshoe.com
Union Square Farmers' Market
Union Square West and North
NYC 10001
Tel: 212.788.7476
unionsquarenyc.org
Uniqlo
From t-shirts and sweaters to denim, outerwear and trend items, clothes are made according to exacting Japanese standards and come in an astonishing variety of colors and styles.
546 Broadway
NYC
tel: 917.237.8800
www.uniqlo.com
INTERESTING WALKS AND PLACES TO VISIT
Big Onion Walking Tours
Expeditions thru ethnic neighborhoods like Chinatown and Little Italy, walks thru celebrated artistic communities such as Greenwich Village and Soho, thru the oldest parts of the city from the Seaport to Harlem and more…
Tel: 212.439.1090
www.bigonion.com
“The Block Beautiful…”
A collection of lovely row houses on 19th Street between Third Avenue and Irving Place, mainly stuccoed buildings that were remodeled early in the 20th century by Frederick J. Sterner. The block was an informal colony for artists and writers in the 1920s and 1930s, such as author Ida Tarbell, painter Cecilia Beaux, and the sculptor Zolnay, music critic and novelist Carl Van Vechten, painters George Bellows and Robert Chanler.
The Brooklyn Botanical Garden
BBG is a tranquil, 52-acre urban oasis featuring more than 11,000 different kinds of plants from around the world. The Garden is made up of many exquisite and historic specialty gardens, including the Japanese-Hill-and-Pond-Garden, the Children's Garden, the Native Flora Garden, the Cranford Rose Garden, the Alice Recknagel Ireys Fragrance Garden, and the Steinhardt Conservatory. www.bbg.org
Chelsea Highline
Inspired by the Promenade Plantee in Paris, a stretch of elevated viaducts converted into a planted pedestrian walkway, Chelsea Highline is an elevated transport system (post-Depression) along 10th Avenue. The first section of this unique public space 30 feet above the ground runs from Gansevoort Street, in the Meatpacking District, to West 20th Street, and is full of naturalistic plantings, terraces and sitting areas. www.thehighline.org
McSorley's Old Ale House
Established in 1854, NYC’s oldest continuously operated saloon: a gathering place, a watering hole, the subject of art and literature and even a Supreme Court controversy.
15 East 7th St.
NYC 10003.
www.mcsorleysnewyork.com
75 ½ Bedford Street-the narrowest house in the city
Built in 1873 as a carriage house for the Isaacs-Hendricks House next door (built in 1799 and the oldest house in the Village). 75 ½ Bedford St. was once home to John Barrymore and poet Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Between Commerce and Morton Streets-#1 subway to Christopher Street
Washington Mews
A quaint cobblestone street between University Place and Fifth Avenue to the north of Washington Square Park, and home to NYU’s La Maison Francaise.
SPAS
Athena Spa
Dry saunas, steam saunas and hwangto igloo-made from special soil from Korea to purify and cleanse
32 East 31st Street (between Park and Madison Avenues)
tel: 212.683.4484
www.athenaspany31.com
La Casa Day Spa
Healing powers of the 5 earthly elements are used to draw toxins out of the body.
41 East 20st Street (between Park Ave. South and Broadway)
tel: 212.673.CASA
www.lacasaspa.com
Kamwo Herb and Tea Shop
The largest authentic Chinese herbal medicinal store on the east coast.
211 Grand Street (between Mott and Elizabeth Streets)
tel: 212.966.6370
www.kamwo.com
COFFEE SHOPS & TEA HOUSES
Bosie Tea Parlor
Modeled after a French teahouse, this spot boasts 80-plus varieties of L'Âge De Thé infusions.
10 Morton St. (near Bleecker St)
NYC 10014
tel: 212-352-9900
Joe The Art of Coffee
405 West 23rd St.
NYC
tel: 212 206 0669
www.joetheartofcoffee.com
Cafe Grumpy
224 West 20th Street
NYC
(212) 255-5511
cafegrumpy.com
Tea & Sympathy
a quintessential corner of England. Menu includes bangers ‘n mash, shepherd’s pie, welsh rarebit, roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, treacle pudding or rhubarb and custard.
108-110 Greenwich Ave.
NYC 10011
tel: (212) 807-8329
teaandsympathynewyork.com
RESTAURANTS
Aquavit
Scandinavian cuisine
65 E 55th St (Park & Madison)
NYC 10022
Tel: 212.593.0287
aquavit.org
Babbo (Mario Batali)
fresh seasonal produce, Italian cheeses, meat, game and seafood
110 Waverly Pl. (Washington Square)
NYC 10011
Tel: 212.777.0303
babbonyc.com
Back Forty
Relaxed American bistro-emphasis on locally grown vegetables and farmstead products
190 Avenue B (@ 12th Street)
NYC 10009
tel: 212.388.1990
www.backfortynyc.com
Balthazar
Traditional bistro
80 Spring St
NYC10012
tel: 212.965.1785
balthazarny.com
Bar Pitti
Tuscan cuisine-sidewalk café-moderately priced (cash only)
268 Avenue of the Americas (between Houston & Bleecker Streets))
NYC 10014
tel: 212.982.3300
Birreria (on the roof of Eataly)
the beer garden in the sky features beers crafted in collaboration between Dogfish Head, Birra Baladin and Birra del Borgo. Menu includes deeply flavorful mushroom entrees, three preparations of pork shoulder paired with house made pickled vegetables and sauerkraut, house made sausages and grilled meats.
200 Fifth Ave. (at 23rd Street)
NYC 10010
tel: 212.229.2560
www.eataly.com
BLOSSOM
Innovative Gourmet Organic Vegan cuisine
187 Ninth Avenue (21st & 22nd St)
NYC 10011
tel: 212.627.1144
www.blossomnyc.com
Blue Hill
Seasonal American cuisine featuring the bounty of the Hudson Valley
75 Washington Pl
NYC 10011
Tel: 212.539.1776
bluehillnyc.com
Blue Smoke
Regional barbeque styles from across the country, with a jazz club located downstairs.
116 E 27th St
NYC
Tel: 212.447.7733
bluesmoke.com
Blue Water Grill
Seafood
31 Union Sq W
NYC10003
Tel: 212.675.9500
brguestrestaurants.com
Boqueria Flatiron
Inspired by the Boqueria market in Barcelona. Presents cuisine, such as tapas, media raciones and raciones from Cataluna and other Spanish regions.
53 W 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
tel: 212.255.4160
Boqueria Soho
171 Spring Street
NYC
tel: 212.343.4255
www.boquerianyc.com
Braai
South African BBQ Bar & Grill, also serving a selection of South African wines.
329 West 51st Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues)
NYC
Tel: 212.315.3315
www.braainyc.com
Buddakan
Modern Asian cuisine
75 9th Avenue (@16th St)
NYC
tel: 212. 989.6699
NYC 10001
www.buddakannyc.com
The Café@RMA
Seasonal specialities inspired by the Himalayas
Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street
New York, NY 10011
tel: 212.620.5000
www.rmanyc.org
Cafeteria
Nostalgically familiar American cuisine with a twist. Open 24/7
119 Seventh Avenue (corner of 17th Street)
NYC 10011
tel: 212.414.1717
www.cafeteriagroup.com
Chelsea Market
Food concourse in the meatpacking district of Manhattan.
75 9th Avenue (between 15th & 16th Streets)
NYC 10011
www.chelseamarket.com
Churrascaria Plataforma
Brazilian Grill specializing in rodizio
316 W. 49th St
NYC 10036
Tel: 212.245.0505
churrascariaplataforma.com
Cipriani Downtown
Italian-outdoor dining
376 West Broadway
NYC 10012
tel: 212.343.0999
www.cipriani.com
Tenth Avenue Cookshop
American cuisine
156 10th Ave. (20th St.)
NYC 10011
-1. Tel: 212-924-4440
-1. www.cookshopny.com
Craft
A unique marriage of the finest ingredients, haute cuisine and family style service.
43 E 19th St
NYC 10003
Tel: 212.780.0880
www.craftrestaurant.com
Cuba Café
Latin American cuisine, Latin music and Mojito Happy Hour.
200 Eighth Avenue (between 20th and 21st)
NYC
tel: 212.633.1570
www.chelseadining.com