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21 Club
Once a glamorous speakeasy, today '21' is one of the most celebrated restaurants in New York City. In addition to its two restaurants, the Bar Room and 'Upstairs', this four-story townhouse features ten private dining rooms, including the legendary Prohibition-era Wine Cellar.
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Why: If walls could speak, this would be the place to sit very still and listen, preferably at the favorite tables of Humphrey Bogart, Robert Benchley or Richard Nixon.
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New York can claim to be the greatest show on earth. Discerning visitors will find that at almost all New York venues booking the best seats will get you into the middle of that show - so dress up, get going, and enjoy your walk-on part.
From magnificent operas to vibrant jazz to street-smart rap, the New York music scene is enthralling - and huge. One venue stands out as being the biggest in town: the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side. A stylish collection of halls, it hosts, amongst others: the Metropolitan Opera - known as The Met - where you may thrill to the sounds of works ranging from the baroque to the intensely modern; and some of the best musicians and conductors of classical music in the world, at the Avery Fisher Hall. Away from the Lincoln Center itself, jazz legends play at the Rose Theater and the associated, intimate confines of Dizzy Club Coca Cola, as well at other top jazz clubs. Classical music plays the starring role at the Carnegie Hall, which may boast the classiest auditorium and schedule in town. At the other end of the musical spectrum, high tempo dance music is a strong feature in the city's nightlife.
Theater is another New York standout - perhaps the standout. Broadway's Theater District has the biggest name of any theatrical area in the world, with shows ranging from high-minded plays to light musicals, weighty political dramas to razor sharp comedies: almost all are produced with a panache and professionalism that make them world-beaters. Read listings magazines or speak with your hotel concierge to find out which is the rave of the moment. Off-Broadway refers to the huge range of productions that play elsewhere in Manhattan, from Greenwich Village to Harlem. Many are of just as high quality as a Broadway production, yet more innovative. And one can find equally compelling work performed in the outer boroughs like Brooklyn.
Bars and cafes allow New Yorkers to give vent to one of their favourite activities: talking. Luxury hotels boast some of the best in town: for decade upon decade the Waldorf Astoria and The Mark have hosted special tea parties; nowadays the Four Seasons hotel bar receives plaudits as a centre of sophisticated late night action; the Ritz Carlton Battery Park offers visitors a view of the Statue of Liberty along with their Martinis. A hotel like the Soho House runs a bar as a private club, but allows access to hotel guests. Away from the hotels New York has a plethora of bars ranging from the historic - in Grand Central station for example - to the stylishly moderne. Friends, your hotel concierge or a listings magazine can give you more information on which bar might best suit your taste.
With millions of people all crowded together in a small space, the metropolis offers a great opportunity for sports clubs to gain a crowd of spectators - and the crowds make an enthralling atmosphere for those who go to see some of America's top sportsmen in action. Baseball is played by the famous Yankees, at Yankee stadium, and the Mets, at Shea Stadium; football (of the American kind, gridiron) by the Giants and the Jets at Giants stadium; ice hockey by the Rangers at Madison Square Gardens; and
soccer by the Metrostars at Giants.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center, New York 10023
Tel: +1 212 721 5600
The Metropolitan Opera &Avery Fisher Hall
Lincoln Center, New York 10023
Tel: +1 212 362 6000
Rose Theater and the Dizzy Club Coca Cola
Time Warner Center, 60th Street Broadway, New York
Tel: +1 212 721 5600
Carnegie Hall
881 Seventh Avenue, New York, 10019
Tel: +1 212 247 7800
New York Theater District (Broadway)
Centred around Times Square, Midtown Manhattan, New York
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
301 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022-6897
Tel: +1 212 355 3500
The Mark Hotel
Madison Avenue at East 77th Street, New York, NY 10021
Tel: +1 212 744 4300
Four Seasons Hotel
57 East 57th Street, New York
Tel: +1 212 758 5700
Ritz Carlton Battery Park Hotel
2 West Street, New York, NY 10004
Tel: +1 212 344 08000
Soho House Hotel
29-35 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10014
Tel: +1 212 627 9800
Grand Central Station
42nd Street and Park Avenue, New York
Tel: +1 212 953 0409
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
161st Street and River Avenue
The Bronx, NY 10451
Tel: +1 718 293 4300
New York Mets
Shea Stadium, 123-01 Roosevelt Avenue
Flushing, Queens NY 11368
Tel: +1 718 507-TIXX
New York Giants
Meadowlands Sports Complex
East Rutherford, New Jersey 07073
Tel: +1 201 935 8222
New York Jets
Meadowlands Sports Complex
East Rutherford, New Jersey 07073
Tel: +1 516 560 8200
New York Metrostars
Meadowlands Sports Complex
East Rutherford, New Jersey 07073
Tel: +1 516 560 8200
New York Rangers
Madison Square Garden Box Office
7th Avenue and 32nd Street, New York
Tel: +1 212 465-MSG1 (6741)
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