Older visitors and tourists alike think that the good, old New York is dead and gone. Not true. New York is still very much alive. What's dead and gone is their youth. I love New York and I think New York is more creatively alive than ever. Every single person looks at New York through a million different pairs of eyes. The New York they think is dead and gone is still very much bustling with high-energy. Everything changes when the night falls. The city operates 24/7. According to a New Yorker, Jesse Pearson, the city, can take all your giddy ambitions and hopes and reflect them back to you in a city full of lights, thumps up, and pats on the back.
About 40 million foreign and American tourists visit New York City each year. Major destinations include the Empire State Building, the US Open, the world class concerts at the Garden, Statue of Liberty, Broadway theatre productions, scores of museums such as the El Museo del Barrio, Washington Square Park, the Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden, luxury shopping along Fifth and Madison Avenues, and events such as the Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village, the Tribeca Film Festival, and free performances in Central Park at Summerstage. Many of the city's ethnic enclaves, such as Jackson Heights, Flushing, and Brighton Beach are major shopping destinations for first and second generation Americans up and down the East Coast. Tourists come to 42nd street to watch Lion King, Mama Mia, Hairspray, AIDA, Avenue Q, and one of America's greatest voices - Tamyra Gray is currently playing Mimi in Rent - how do we measure moments so dear? How can New York be dead and gone?
Then there is West Village - the best neighborhood in the world - tucked away on the tree-lined blocks of this historic neighborhood are nearly limitless food options, offering everything from affordable comfort food to ultra-romantic date destinations.
Yes, there are times when New York City screams for attention - power failing, steam pipe bursting, transformer exploding, building burning, security color code changing...the list goes on. No matter what, the city feels just the same. People'd gladly die for this city. And that's what so great about New York. When the chips are down, when the streets become an audible and visual torture, when skies are gray, when the cold wind blows or when the heat melt our nail polish - when all is just too much to take - that's when I love New York the most, when it feels like that. Cos that's the real New York.
About 40 million foreign and American tourists visit New York City each year. Major destinations include the Empire State Building, the US Open, the world class concerts at the Garden, Statue of Liberty, Broadway theatre productions, scores of museums such as the El Museo del Barrio, Washington Square Park, the Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden, luxury shopping along Fifth and Madison Avenues, and events such as the Halloween Parade in Greenwich Village, the Tribeca Film Festival, and free performances in Central Park at Summerstage. Many of the city's ethnic enclaves, such as Jackson Heights, Flushing, and Brighton Beach are major shopping destinations for first and second generation Americans up and down the East Coast. Tourists come to 42nd street to watch Lion King, Mama Mia, Hairspray, AIDA, Avenue Q, and one of America's greatest voices - Tamyra Gray is currently playing Mimi in Rent - how do we measure moments so dear? How can New York be dead and gone?
Then there is West Village - the best neighborhood in the world - tucked away on the tree-lined blocks of this historic neighborhood are nearly limitless food options, offering everything from affordable comfort food to ultra-romantic date destinations.
Yes, there are times when New York City screams for attention - power failing, steam pipe bursting, transformer exploding, building burning, security color code changing...the list goes on. No matter what, the city feels just the same. People'd gladly die for this city. And that's what so great about New York. When the chips are down, when the streets become an audible and visual torture, when skies are gray, when the cold wind blows or when the heat melt our nail polish - when all is just too much to take - that's when I love New York the most, when it feels like that. Cos that's the real New York.
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