EmpireStateBuilding posts

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (19 days ago)
Oct 20th, 2009 at 12:30PM: Manhattan has a lot of great parks – but a handful tends to hog all the attention. Central Park is what it is; there's just now way to compare it to anything else. Bryant Park has live performances and exhibitions (not to mention a starring role in Fashion Week) and is only a block from Times Square. And, there are others that would come to mind before you work your way down the list to one ...

by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (2 months ago)
Aug 17th, 2009 at 9:30AM: Skyscrapers and towers in The United States may have been overtaken in height by ambitious cities like Dubai, but the country is still home to some of the most awesome views you'll find anywhere in the world. Think you know your stuff? Take the quiz (posted after the jump) and prove it! Five towers, five photos - its up to you to guess where the photo was taken. ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
Jul 22nd, 2009 at 4:00PM: Manhattan's rarely cheap. So, even if you can get a kickass flight, you're still stuck lamenting the hotel rates and dinner prices – not to mention spending a fortune on cabs. The Kimberly Hotel is about to make this easier. If you're looking to get your kids to the top of the Empire State Building before school starts, you still have time to squeeze in a trip this summer with a nice ...

by Jeremy Kressmann (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
Jun 24th, 2009 at 1:00PM: With so many drinking options in New York, it's easy to get dizzy with all the choices. Here at Undiscovered New York, we've covered some of the Big Apple's many drinking dens before. But there's something particularly special about drinking in New York in Summer. Nothing better epitomizes those balmy nights than holding a chilled highball glass or beer in hand, watching as a fiery orange dusk ...

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
Jan 8th, 2009 at 5:00PM: There are two types of attraction in New York. The surface stuff – like a visit to the Empire State Building and a walk through Times Square – show up in just about every guidebook you can imagine. Dig a little deeper, and you'll find the array of experiences that appeal to both locals and visitors, the destinations and events that often escape notice. The cigar dinners at tobacconist ...

by Jeremy Kressmann (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
Jan 7th, 2009 at 12:00PM: Like many other large cities, you might already know that New York has a large and continuously growing Chinatown. Yet in a city that is home to more than 100 distinct immigrant groups, it's also home to a surprisingly diverse assortment of residents from homes across the Asian continent. One strip of authentic Asian culture that tends to get overshadowed by Chinatown is Koreatown, its ...

by Grant Martin (RSS feed) (10 months ago)
Dec 30th, 2008 at 8:00PM: With my voyage to New York early tomorrow morning comes a wealth of baggage -- more than I'm packing in the overhead compartment. A new year. A new beginning. Loss, fear, a look into my heart, passions and life. In my many travel experiences, I have never been let down by the City, somehow always warm, moving and willing to swallow my worries, loves and hates among its streets, alleys and ...

by Jeremy Kressmann (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Jul 7th, 2008 at 11:00AM: Do you remember reading about the Hindenburg disaster in history class? You know, that giant blimp that burst into flames in New Jersey in 1936 1937, killing all most of the passengers onboard? For the fledgling blimp tourism industry of the 1930's, that was pretty much the end of the line. However, according to recent news, the blimp is experiencing a resurgence as a trendy new vehicle for the ...

by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Sep 25th, 2007 at 11:15AM: We've posted about a few of the tallest buildings in the world. The latest, Mexico's Torre Bicentenerio is still in the planning stage. In New York City, the place where skyscrapers first defined the magnificence of a city's architectural skyline, The Skyscraper Museum is where to find out details about Manhattan's skyscraper history, as well as the tallest wonders of other countries.
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by Jamie Rhein (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Sep 14th, 2007 at 2:17PM: Dubai's tallest building, the Burj Dubai has finally reached the height of being the tallest one in the world, and it's not finished. Now it stands at 1,831.5 feet tall (555 meters), just a bit taller than the CN Tower in Toronto (1,824.9) which was the largest free standing structure. The once tallest building, the Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, lost it's first place standing in July. Oh, well. In ...