Last year, I traveled to New York City for an extended weekend. It was an opportunity to visit a friend I hadn't seen in years and finally explore a city I'd previously only experienced through its airports.
Each day was a different theme, either intentionally or by serendipity: Museum Day, Family History Day, Solemn Remembrance Day. Because it was New York City, every day was Delicious Food Day.
My favorite was Historic Building Day.
There are few cities in the US - and arguably the world - that contain so many iconic images and places. From the arts to politics to transportation to architecture, simply walking through the city is like walking through a giant cultural museum.
We'd already spent some time wandering the West Village, sitting in Washington Square Park under the shadow of the Empire State Building.
We'd walked across the Brooklyn Bridge at night, with the Manhattan skyline beckoning us as we came ever closer.
But Historic Building Day was a tour of some of the best gems to find in the city, both for the sheer beauty of the architecture as well as for the cultural mystique that they hold.
Each day was a different theme, either intentionally or by serendipity: Museum Day, Family History Day, Solemn Remembrance Day. Because it was New York City, every day was Delicious Food Day.
My favorite was Historic Building Day.
There are few cities in the US - and arguably the world - that contain so many iconic images and places. From the arts to politics to transportation to architecture, simply walking through the city is like walking through a giant cultural museum.
We'd already spent some time wandering the West Village, sitting in Washington Square Park under the shadow of the Empire State Building.
We'd walked across the Brooklyn Bridge at night, with the Manhattan skyline beckoning us as we came ever closer.
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| New York Public Library |
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| St. Patrick's Cathedral |
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| Grand Central Station |
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| Flags of the United Nations |
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| Rockefeller Center |
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| Audrey Hepburn's hangout |
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| Solow Building |
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| Lincoln Center |
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