Going to New York - Need Some Advice Please

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 23:03:31 +0100, "lin" wrote:

I'd recommend the Novotel, it's a nice modern 3 star hotel with spacious
rooms. If I remember correctly it's on 7th and 52nd St. See also
www.novotel.com

I don't recommend that neighborhood. It's part of the Midtown area
that's crushed with other tourists.

Michael

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On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 23:03:31 +0100, "lin" wrote:

I'd recommend the Novotel, it's a nice modern 3 star hotel with spacious
rooms. If I remember correctly it's on 7th and 52nd St. See also
www.novotel.com

I don't recommend that neighborhood. It's part of the Midtown area
that's crushed with other tourists.

Michael

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"Lin":
rooms. If I remember correctly it's on 7th and 52nd St.

"Michael":
I don't recommend that neighborhood. It's part of the Midtown area
that's crushed with other tourists.

"Nobody goes there any more -- it's too crowded."
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Do not meddle in the affairs of undefined behavior,
| for it is subtle and quick to anger.

"
Do you really think masses of slow-moving tourists around Times Square
equate to excitement?

Michael

Midtown is much more than Times Square -- The area between 56th street and
42nd, and Lexington Avenue and Eigth Avenue, constitute a wide variety of
activity. The action is there.
And, even for the New Yorker, Times Square is an occasional necessary kick
of adrenalin and tacky.
Don't knock tourist sites.Tourists are attracted to the famous places worth
seeing. Crowded at times ( Times) but worth it. No one goes to Venice and
stays on the mainland because the center is packed with tourists.
rjf

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:18:12 GMT, Rita
wrote:



Please describe the "action" in the area you outlined above.
True, the Times Square area contains many theaters, there is MOMA
on 53rd, Bryant Park at 42nd and Sixth but somehow I don't think
this is what you have in mind. Tell us about the "action" so we can
look for it next time we are there.

You can't see it, Rita, because it is all around you, and you are part
of it. Tourists come to New York from all sorts of places, many of
which don't have people walking on the street. In many towns if one
is spotted it doesn't take long for a police car to stop and ask what
they are doing, and that includes L.A. Thousands of people walking on
the sidewalks is an eye popping phenomenon unless you come from NY!
For many, the only place they walk in numbers is in a mall and that's
why they always reflexively ask where the nearest mall is - so they
can get there bearings.

Brian

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 09:14:42 GMT, Pan wrote:

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 10:06:12 -0500, "Bob Fusillo"
wrote:

[snip]
Ambience? Let's face it -- New York "ambience " is big city bustle. The
Times Square area -- say from 42nd to 56th, is the center of it all. The
comparative 'Neighborhoodiness" of the Village, et al, is what residents
like. But you are visiting the city for its excitement, not laid-backness, I
assume.

Do you really think masses of slow-moving tourists around Times Square
equate to excitement?


I much prefer upper Broadway with its masses of baby carriages, people
with walkers and dogs on ten foot leashes stretched across the
sidewalk. Now that's excitement!

Brian

Thousands of people walking on the sidewalks
is an eye popping phenomenon unless you come
from NY!


Whenever I visit a large city, one of my favorite activities
is to take a stroll at 10 or 11 in the evening just to be
amazed at the number of people still out and the level of
activity. (I'm careful to stay in safe areas, of course.)

By contrast, in my midwestern town almost everything
closes up around 8 or 9pm and the city sidewalks become
virtually empty until the next morning.

Jim

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On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 00:55:07 GMT, Rita
wrote:



In the Times Square area, those walking about are most probably
one's fellow tourists. They can look at and marvel at each other!

A good point, but that only applies to Times Square. And when we've
been there to catch a movie (the AMC on 42 St is great on a Sunday
afternoon) it's obvious to me that there are a lot of New Yorkers in
the mix.

The fact is that there is something to attract a crowd even late at
night. That doesn't happen in most communities.

Brian

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 20:34:51 GMT, Brian Wickham
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 09:14:42 GMT, Pan wrote:

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 10:06:12 -0500, "Bob Fusillo"
wrote:

[snip]
Ambience? Let's face it -- New York "ambience " is big city bustle. The
Times Square area -- say from 42nd to 56th, is the center of it all. The
comparative 'Neighborhoodiness" of the Village, et al, is what residents
like. But you are visiting the city for its excitement, not laid-backness, I
assume.

Do you really think masses of slow-moving tourists around Times Square
equate to excitement?


I much prefer upper Broadway with its masses of baby carriages, people
with walkers and dogs on ten foot leashes stretched across the
sidewalk. Now that's excitement!

Those aren't the only two alternatives, Brian.

Michael

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On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:44:57 -0000, (Mark Brader) wrote:

"Lin":
rooms. If I remember correctly it's on 7th and 52nd St.

"Michael":
I don't recommend that neighborhood. It's part of the Midtown area
that's crushed with other tourists.

"Nobody goes there any more -- it's too crowded."

Au contraire, _ONLY_ tourists go there. If your idea of visiting a
place is to stay in the area where you won't find out anything about
how New Yorkers live, go ahead and stay in that area; no skin off my
teeth.

Michael

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