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a new york state oF mind Welcome to the city that never sleeps—and never ceases to amaze, inspire and exhilarate. Having selected one of the finest hotels for your stay, you are about to experience what we believe is the greatest metropolis in the world.

A global center of finance, fashion, media, communications, film, television and the arts, New York City is the world’s most cosmopolitan and influential metropolis. Whether you’re a firsttime or seasoned visitor, the sheer amount of things to do in this bustling city is an almost limitless well of sights, restaurants, attractions and more, historic, new and reinvented.

Please allow this edition of Where GuestBook® New York to acquaint you with our city’s infinite pleasures. For starters, some of the world’s finest shopping awaits: top designers’ flagship stores on Madison and Fifth avenues, as well as in the Meatpacking District and SoHo; trendy boutiques in Greenwich Village and on the Lower East Side; and dazzling baubles in the Diamond District and at world-class jewelry stores all over town.

Theater fans can marvel at the amazing performances on Broadway, where 40 historic playhouses on the Great

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White Way present classic and contemporary dramas, revivals, comedies and musicals, often featuring talented newcomers and superstars of stage and screen. To the north, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the world’s leading cultural complex, entertains with a year-round schedule of classical music, ballet, theater, opera and jazz in more than 40 spectacular concert halls and public spaces on and off its revitalized campus. Culture and art reign supreme at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), The Frick Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, Museum of Arts and Design, the Rubin Museum of Art and on “Museum Mile,” a 23-block stretch of Fifth Avenue studded with nine world-renowned institutions, including the Museum of the City of New York, Jewish Museum, Neue Galerie, El Museo del Barrio, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Academy Museum &

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School of Fine Arts. On the Upper West Side, the American Museum of Natural History (which also houses the Rose Center for Earth and Space) is one of the largest and most important scientific and research institutions in the world. And this year, the Whitney Museum of American Art is moving from its Madison Ave. location to a dazzling new buildng Downtown. Situated between the High Line WHERE GUEST B OOK n EW yORK

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letter from the editor and the Hudson River on the West Side, the new museum includes some 60,000 square feet of exhibition space for its indoor and outdoor galleries.

Art and antiques collectors will enjoy the many galleries throughout the city—with the highest concentrations in Chelsea, SoHo, TriBeCa and, more recently, the Lower East Side—showcasing everything from ancient to avant-garde art, as well as shops offering museum-quality antiques. Of course, you’ll have to make time to see our array of landmarks, such as the Statue of Liberty, Central Park, Empire State Building, Grand Central Terminal, South Street Seaport, Top of the Rock, Times Square and the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

Recognized as one of the foremost culinary capitals on the planet, New York City is home to a vast selection of restaurants, both casual and refined, contemporary and international cuisines ranging from Afghani to Vietnamese, Nordic to Australian. For a taste closer to home, New York City steak and seafood houses are legendary, and many chefs are sourcing farm-to-table ingredients. When you only have time for a quick bite, do as the locals do and enjoy a slice of pizza, a pastrami sandwich on rye at a nearby deli (we have them by the truckloads!) or a gourmet treat from any of the trendy food trucks parked around town.

After dinner and a show, put on your dancing shoes and get ready to dance away the night.

Or just sit back and let the entertainment continue. Nightclubs, lounges, jazz and comedy clubs feature top headliners and tomorrow’s brightest stars.

For help navigating Manhattan and its four sister boroughs (the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island) start by speaking with the hotel concierge, who can offer information. In fact, all members of the hotel staff—from the bellmen to the general manager—are committed to ensuring that your visit to New York City is as rewarding and fulfilling as your stay at their hotel.

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nEW yORk ESSEncE 26 first look Iconic sights that demand a place on every visitor’s itinerary.

48 brooklyn confidential

72 haunted houses

The Nude: a timeless fascination for artists and their audiences.

by pamela mitchell

by alana shilling-janoff

Lincoln Center Theater’s poster designer discusses his craft. by james mcmullan

The Big Apple’s innovative fitness adventures and therapeutic spa treatments. by joni sweet

78 body of art

The borough has become a new cultural and style mecca.

56 the artist

96 weightless wellness

Where theatrical ghosts bask in the limelight. by gregory bossler

84 star grazing

102 liVing legends An artist’s first NYC museum show is no small thing. by terry trucco

108 breaking the mold

Some New York City restaurants are so coveted by Hollywood, they should have their own agents.

Architects redefine NYC’s skyline for the 21st century, reaching for the stars, but with their feet firmly planted on the ground. by francis lewis

by troy segal

60 tableside show Tableside presentations that are worthy of a Tony Award. by regina schrambling

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88 spirits forward The specialty bar, from vodka to sake. by robert haynes-peterson

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These urban archetypes show that fashion is more than a hobby.

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Star Grazing, page 84 Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Troy Segal considers herself an adopted native of NYC, or, rather, all the little cities that exist within it. She’s lived in the same 19th-century neighborhood for 25 years, often indulging in her dual love of vintage films and dining out. A lifelong writer/voracious reader, she often finds it easier to express herself on the page, where thoughts come across more clearly.

Or, if they don’t, can at least be rewritten.

The Wright Stuff, page 94 A fan of the “long-suffering” New York Mets, Cannon feels the thrill of baseball in his experience of this electric city: “Walking, working or living in New York is like being at bat in a full stadium with the game on the line.” He even draws parallels between the game and his own life. “Baseball is a drama that reflects real life: You play on a team, but every couple innings you get to show what you can do individually.”

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Brooklyn Confidential, page 48 At age 15, photographer Le embarked on a solo journey to New York in search of a safe haven to practice his craft. “In Vietnam, people didn’t appreciate art. They had the mentality that you have to be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer to make your family proud.” Inspired by “beauty and darkness,” his work has appeared in magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam and Sheer.

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Spirits Forward, page 88 Haynes-Peterson, who’s been covering wine, spirits and cocktails for almost 10 years, appreciates a stiff drink. Certified by the American Sommelier Association and the San Francisco Wine School, he’s contributed to Wine Enthusiast, Time Out New York and AskMen.com.

Don’t take him for a lush, though. He attests that the “best hangover cure is not to get too ‘happy’ the night before.” If that fails, however, “Gatorade, Excedrin and more sleep.”

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Body of Art, page 78 “If a city could materialize in art, New York would be a collage, a work of controlled chaos that simultaneously inspires and confounds its viewer,” says Shilling-Janoff, who holds a Ph.D. from Princeton in literature and art history. She looked at the art of the human form for her piece, finding compelling work everywhere she turned: “Every museum, every gallery has something to offer.”

Brooklyn Confidential, page 48; The It Crowd, page 66 Stylist Katsanis started interning for fashion magazines while studying at FIT. These days, her own work has appeared in Elle, Vogue and Glamour magazines. Katsanis can’t point to just one remarkable time in her career, since “every day is memorable because I am lucky enough to do what I love.” For inspiration, she takes to the city streets in search of new looks.

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The Artist, page 56 Theater buffs revere McMullan’s posters for Lincoln Center Theater (discussed here), while kids find joy in his pictures illustrating the words of his wife, Kate, in books such as I Stink! In his memoir, Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood (Algonquin, 2014), McMullan tells how Chinese scrolls first turned him on to art.

Living Legends, page 102 International traveler and founder of Overnight New York, a website featuring reviews of NYC hotels, Trucco is inspired by the creative pulse of this city: “New York is a work of art. It’s the ultimate performance piece, a spectacular group installation that plays before our eyes daily. Art is magic, and so is this great city.”

Haunted Houses, page 72 Editor of Teaching Theatre magazine—and childhood Ouija board dabbler—Bossler was right at home exploring NYC’s theatrical ghosts: “Haunted houses appeal to both our intellectual and emotional natures. Nearly everyone wonders what happens when we die, and a good scare releases powerful hormones that give us a natural high.”

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Tableside Show, page 60 “I never set out to be a food writer,” says Schrambling.

But life often takes an unplanned course. After honing her chef skills at the New York Restaurant School, freelancing at various publications and eventually rising to deputy editor of The New York Times dining section, she certainly became one. She recommends Flushing, Queens, for Chinese, Murray Hill for Indian and the Village for creative cooking. Lately, she writes for Edible Manhattan, Eater.com and her own website, Gastropoda.com.

Tasbleside Show, page 60 Photographer Jagoe shoots for Food & Wine and Travel + Leisure, among other titles, but his beginings in the field were humble: “I started taking pictures while roaming the backwoods coal mines of Westen Kentucky.” For him, work is passion: “Friends ask whether I want to put my camera down and ‘live in the moment.’ But putting down the camera would take me out of the moment even more. I’d just be thinking about not shooting.”

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The It Crowd, page 66 Native to Costa Rica, illustrator Sanabria has been drawing since childhood, pulling inspiration from Gustav Klimt and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. “They used feminine figures as a strong presence in their art, and there is something powerful and delicate in their portrayals.” She’s contributed to NYLON and You &Your Wedding and studied graphic design and painting at the University of Costa Rica.

Spirits Forward, page 88 Photographer Fecks has an intense relationship with his camera: “I don’t think I’ll ever get over the fact that it has only one eye, while I have two. We’re constantly at war. Yet, like the best possible spouses, we never go to bed angry.” While capturing cocktails for our bar feature, he considered it “a gesture of respect and reverence to taste the mixologists’ creations.”

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Brooklyn Confidential, page 48 Lifestyle and culinary editor Mitchell, has been working in book and magazine publishing for more than 30 years—serving at Food & Wine, Departures, Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food, Saveur and Every Day With Rachel Ray. It comes as no surprise that this graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education and editor of and contributor to recipe books loves to cook.

The It Crowd, page 66 “New York is an expressive and unruly city,” says Associate Editor Frierson, “and the sartorial choices of its inhabitants reflect this energy.” He explored fashion archetypes for his story, fusing caricature with fiction, but wants to remind the reader “that there’s no such thing as a typical New Yorker. More than anywhere else, this metropolis encourages individuality.” His style advice? “Wear what you like, and wear it shamelessly.”

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Weightless Wellness, page 96 The antigravity feats included in her feature turned Associate Editor Sweet’s perception of NYC upside down—literally.

“I’ll never forget seeing One World Trade Center flipped as I flew the trapeze.” Always one for adventure, she has rafted down the Ganges, hiked the jungles of Borneo and splashed around Lake Toba, Earth’s largest volcanic lake, only to land in the most thrilling city in the world.

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“You’ve got so many people passing through here, so many cultures … merging into the central community of New York City. This is the hub of America.”— Dhani Jones, former New York Giants linebacker “The hub of America,” with its flashing neon signs and dizzying digital displays, hosts some 500,000 people daily, from street performers to theatergoers scurrying to and from a Broadway show. To accommodate the masses, NYC has taken a tip from the car-free zones in European capitals with its own pedestrian mall by rerouting traffic on Broadway between W. 42nd and W. 47th streets. W. 41st to W. 53rd sts., btw Sixth & Eighth aves.

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“I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man’s word should be as good as his bond; that character—not wealth or power or position— is of supreme worth.”—John D. Rockefeller Jr., business magnate The above quote is from Rockefeller’s 10-point philosphy of life, part of a speech broadcast in 1941 on behalf of the National War Fund. And if anyone knew the sacredness of a promise, it was Rockefeller. Vowing to create an enormous complex of Art Deco-style buildings in Midtown, Rockefeller persevered as its sole financier for nine years starting in 1930, despite the havoc wrought by the stock market crash in 1929. Today, just as it did in the 1930s, the bronze statue of Prometheus shimmers overlooking the sunken plaza at 30 Rock. Fifth to Sixth aves., btw W. 48th & W. 51 sts., 212.332.6868

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“To pass through Grand Central Terminal, one of New York’s exalted public spaces, is an ennobling experience, a gift.”—Michael Kimmelman, writer Some 750,000 visitors a day pass through Grand Central Terminal, a railroad station and the largest facility of its kind in the world. The resplendent space includes the four-faced brass-and-opal clock designed by Henry Edward Bedford; a marble-and-brass pagoda with a “secret door” that conceals a spiral staircase leading to the lower-level information booth; and an astronomical ceiling with some of the constellations reversed, just adding more character and color to a celestial ceiling built in the middle of Manhattan.

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“I was living on 47th St. between 10th and 11th aves. I had gotten my first Broadway show, but I was tired of constantly hearing ambulances and police cars. One day, I took the A train uptown and got off at 181st St. When I stepped out, all I heard was birds chirping. I thought, where am I? What is this place? Then I walked further and discovered the Cloisters. I found a magnificent garden at the entrance … I was in heaven.”—J. Robert Spencer, actor A branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cloisters is devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. Located in Fort Tryon Park, the museum consists of a deliberate combination of ecclesiastical and secular spaces arranged in chronological order. 99 Margaret Corbin Dr., 212.923.3700

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“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”—Emma Lazarus, poet One of the most enduring icons of freedom and opportunity, the 151-foot Statue of Liberty, created by sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and standing in New York Harbor, is steeped in symbolism. Broken shackles around her feet signify independence and unrestrained forward movement, while her torch represents enlightenment. The seven rays of her crown stand for the seven seas and seven continents, and Lady Liberty herself has long served as a beacon of hope for the countless immigrants and visitors she has welcomed to New York City since 1886. 201.604.2800

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“To think that a once scrawny boy from Austria could grow up to become governor of the state of California and stand here in Madison Square Garden to speak on behalf of the president of the United States: That is an immigrant’s dream. It is the American Dream.”—Arnold Schwarzenegger, former governor of California.

Iconic Madison Square Garden had a humble beginning: Its first incarnation was a grimy, drafty building on 26th St. and Madison Ave., opened by William Vanderbilt in 1879 as a venue for sporting events, in particular, boxing. Today, the complex has its own cable television network, plays host to the Knicks and Rangers home games, and in February, the 2015 NBA All-Star Game.

Numerous superstars perform in the 18,000-seat arena throughout the year as well, which was recently refurbished after a three-year, $1 billion renovation.

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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“He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.”—Mary Howitt, poet Located near the Flatbush and Park Slope neighborhoods, the 52-acre garden includes several extraordinay “gardens within the Garden,” such as the Shakespeare Garden and the Japanese Hill and Pond Garden; the Steinhardt Conservatory, which houses the C. V. Starr Bonsai Museum; a white castiron and glass aquatic plant house; and an art gallery. Hills, ponds, waterfalls, cherry trees, a fragrance garden with braille information signs, pools filled with lilies and koi, wet and dry meadows, and wooden bridges are just a handful of the delightful natural sights at this majestic public garden, over 100 years old. 990 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, 718.623.7200

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National September 11 Memorial & Museum

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“Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America.

These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. America was targeted for attack because we are the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.”— President George W. Bush, Sept. 11, 2001 The September 11 Memorial, built in the footprints of the World Trade Center Towers, opened in 2011, with the museum opening three years later. Both structures are a heartwrenching reminder of the most vicious attack on America in the history of the nation. 180 Greenwich St., btw Liberty & Fulton sts., 212.312.8800

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“I first fell in love with the High Line from the street. I loved the structure, the rivets, but then when I walked up there, there was a mile and a half of wildflowers running right through the city. That’s what I really fell in love with: the combination of this wild landscape on top of this industrial structure in the middle of the city.”—Robert Hammond, co-founder of The High Line.

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Which means, if you aren’t staying here, hang it up—nothing beats Brooklyn.

For 30 years, I’ve been having a love affair with the borough I proudly call home. These days, I’m not alone.

Brooklyn, now known for its hipster-cool vibe and landmark brownstone houses, actually has tour buses cruising some of the neighborhoods. What a change from when I moved here and it was almost impossible to find a taxi willing to take me home from Manhattan. Today, sections of NYC’s largest borough have blossomed into some of the most sought-after neighborhoods.

DUMBO/Brooklyn Heights Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, across the East River, and take in one of the most glorious 360° views of New York City. Then step foot onto Brooklyn soil, landing in DUMBO (acronym for “Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”). Wandering through canyons of defunct factories, traversing cobblestoned streets and feeling the breeze off the waterfront, it’s easy to imagine when Brooklyn was a major shipping hub. But industrial DUMBO has now given way to an enclave of artistindustry. The buildings are mostly converted into creative work spaces and lofts, with the avant-garde theater St. Ann’s Warehouse (29 Jay St., 718.254.8779) and a slew of impressive restaurants and shops like 48

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In Brooklyn Heights, some 600 patrician 19th-century town houses and mansions line its elegant, leafy streets.

Here, in New York’s first suburb, steam ferries once shuttled commuters to Wall Street, and Plymouth Church (75 Hicks St., 718.624.4743) played a role in the Underground Railroad. Today, the neighborhood offers upscale dining at Bevacco (60 Henry St., 718.624.1444) and shopping at Goose Barnacle (91 Atlantic Ave., 718.855.2694), a mix of art gallery and men’s clothing store. End of day, take a stroll along the Promenade, where the Statue of Liberty is bathed in the sunset’s golden glow.

Downtown Brooklyn/Fort Greene The grande dame of the neighborhood, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, or BAM (30 Lafayette Ave., 718.636.4100), is the oldest performing arts center in America. For a long time, it was the only game in town to give Broadway a run for its money, but now Downtown—or DOBRO—is a hotbed for sophisticated performing arts. Mark Morris Dance Group (3 Lafayette Ave., 718.624.8400), a premier modern dance troupe, is here. Around the corner, Shakespeare meets New Wave at Theater for a New Audience (262 Ashland Pl., 866.811.4111) and BRIC Arts Media House (647 Fulton St., 718.683.5600) presents contemporary multimedia events. This flourishing art scene is also the backyard playground for a quieter neighborhood, Fort

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Greene. In this residential haven, all roads lead to chestnut-tree-lined Fort Greene Park. Corner cafés and restaurants, such as The General Greene (229 DeKalb Ave., 718.222.1510), celebrate locavore ingredients.

The Greenlight Bookstore (686 Fulton St., 718.246.0200) hosts readings. Weekends get busy with the Brooklyn Flea (brooklynflea.com) and its 150 local vendors. And then, on the farthest edge of the hood is Barclays Center, home of the Nets and perhaps the 2016 Democratic Convention, if Mayor Bill de Blasio has his way.

Park Slope/Gowanus In Park Slope, busy shopping streets have a small-town feel and a sophisticated vibe. Its two main drags, Fifth Ave. and Seventh Ave., are lined with one-of-a-kind stores like clothier and jewelry designer Diana Kane’s eponymous boutique (229 Fifth Ave., 781.638.6520), and upscale restaurants, such as al di la Trattoria (248 Fifth Ave., 718.783.4565) serving northern Italian fare.

Nightlife pulsates with the sounds of jazz and world music at Barbès (376 Ninth St., 347.422.0248).

The crown jewel of the Slope is Prospect Park, nearly 600 acres of pastoral oasis rivaling Central Park. At the bottom of the Slope sits Gowanus, defined by its superfund-designated canal undergoing a decade-long cleanup. The edgy domain of artists and enterprising entrepreneurs is home to some of the borough’s most unparalleled entertainment, like The Bell House (149 Seventh St., 718.643.6510), a 1920s warehouse converted into a music and events venue, or the Morbid Anatomy Museum (424A Third Ave., 718.702.5937), a collection of all things related to death.

Red Hook With its idyllic sunsets, tugboats pushing freighters and resurrected brick factories turned into lofts, Red Hook seems a world away from the rest of Brooklyn. Which in many ways it is, considering the public transportation limitations. But the neighborhood’s allure is its isolation.

Here, the cobblestoned streets are home to bakers (Baked, 359 Van Brunt St., 718.222.0345), distillers (Van Brunt Stillhouse, 6 Bay St., 718.852.6405) and Brooklyn artisans (Pier Glass, 499 Van Brunt St., 718.237.2073). And though plans for expensive condos are flying in the face of residents, this part of Brooklyn maintains a sense of romantic remoteness.

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Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Pkwy., 718.638.5000) and monumental Art Deco Brooklyn Public Library (10 Grand Army Plz., 718.230.2100). Prospect Heights is also an historically diverse neighborhood: first Italian, Jewish, Irish and Greek immigrants, and then Hasidic Jewish and Caribbean residents. Along Vanderbilt and Washington avenues, artisans perfect their craft, whether it’s Empire Mayonnaise condiments (564 Vanderbilt Ave., 718.636.2069) or Brooklyn Flavors bath and body products (820 Washington Ave., 718.854.7486). Restored brownstones seem at odds with what sits at the edge of Prospect Park: architect Richard Meier’s 15-story glass-box apartment building.

Williamsburg/Greenpoint/Bushwick

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There’s no denying Hipsturbia, the triplet-neighborhood outpost of Brooklyn popularized in HBO’s Girls, has a huge appeal. Here, the main drags are Bedford Avenue and Grand Street, with quirky shops and secondhand stores offering variations on the Williamsburg twentysomething look, like the rumpled menswear at Hollander & Lexer (103 Metropolitan Ave., 718.797.9117).

It’s also a foodie’s paradise—after all, this is the birthplace of Smorgasburg (smorgasburg.com), the premier open-air market of artisanal Brooklyn food vendors.

And there is a vibrant music scene, from big-name acts to local bands who gig at the Music Hall of Williamsburg (66 N. Sixth St., 718.486.5400). Extensive McCarren Park, with its public pool/skating rink is shared with just-ahead-of-the-curve Greenpoint, where restaurants and music venues are popping up along the waterfront. With its treasured Manhattan views, change is coming quickly to this piece of Brooklyn—there are plans for a mini-city of residential towers. Blocks away is the upscale Ramona (113 Franklin St., 347.227.8164), where mixologists concoct the latest in craft cocktails. A few stops out on the L will land you in Bushwick, the rough-and-tumble little brother to the previous two ’hoods. A thriving art scene is apparent (fantastical graffiti murals dot an otherwise gritty, industrial landscape), especially so during Bushwick Open Studios (artsin bushwick.org), an early-summer arts and cultural festival. The latest transformation of the gentrification wave, Bushwick’s newly acquired status is proof of how quickly things can change in this evolving borough.

Brooklyn is constantly reinventing itself. Building on its history of being one of the most important industrial centers of the nation, it is revolutionizing the spirit of commerce with a design-driven culture and entrepreneurial gentrifiers sharing their dream of a new urban life. Call it hip. Call it visionary. I call it home.

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“MY IDEA WAS TO TAKE something that evoked the ideal South Pacific world. So, I looked at the paintings of Gauguin and took elements from about three of his paintings and made my own little Gauguin watercolor.

Then, I painted in the figures of the Americans in what I hoped would come across as a slightly brutal style (left). Using these two layers, I hoped to suggest that the Americans were, in some way, imposing themselves on the native culture. This was a more interesting idea to me than to simply include the palm tree, [main character] Nellie Forbush and the sailors, which my first sketch (above) did. I guess you might call that a pleasant, if predictthe artist as editor: mcmullan’s poster art able idea, but it was something I had to get for south pacific, 2008, out of my system. My process will often evolved from the initial include, from my point of view, many blind concept (above), which alleys. Lincoln Center only ever saw my he rejected, to the final final art, and they bought it.” image (left).

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“I ONLY HAD 20 MINUTES to photograph Christopher Plummer for the King Lear poster. We were in this bleak rehearsal room in Midtown, with a plastic table, plastic chairs and crooked venetian blinds. No atmosphere whatsoever. And no costumes. Usually, I want to do a full figure. But because of the lack of costumes and the bleak room, I said to Plummer, ‘Why don’t you sit at this table and simply consider the map in front of you as part of the process of deciding which of Lear’s daughters is going to get which part of his kingdom.’ Plummer’s a wonderful actor. He basically used his hands, throwing them against himself and down at the table. The 20 minutes were up before I knew it. The photographs were so expressive, but not a great deal to work with. The change came when I began to think: Lear’s a king. He would be in regal robes. I played with this imagined deep red robe and these calligraphic lines that enlarged his shoulders and made him bigger and more impressive. It’s one of my simpler posters, and it depends entirely on the expressiveness of the face and hands and whatever I did with the robe and the color.”

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TableSide Show To paraphrase shakespeare, all new york’s a sTage, and nowhere is This more evidenT Than in our resTauranTs, where Tableside presenTaTions are worThy of a Tony award. by regina schrambling phoTography by rush Jagoe NO CITY IN THE COUNTRY treats restaurants as theater more than New York—the municipal motto might as well be: “Would you like some flair with that?” Some chefs have always put the drama in dinner, but lately more and more are offering added attractions, right at your table.

Eleven Madison Park (11 Madison Ave., 212.889.0905) is easily the local leader in blending dinner and a show.

The dining room is one of the grandest in Manhattan, with huge windows, towering floral displays and dramatic art, and a dazzling setting for the platoon of servers who deliver dishes in choreographed style. Executive Chef Daniel Humm is renowned for not just his sensational flavor combinations highlighting local ingredients, but also his over-the-top presentations. Dishes are months in development and change with the seasons. Recently, the restaurant offered a deli course as part of its $225 prix fixe (12-16 courses) dinner. Inspired by the classic NYC delicatessen, it includes a housemade beef pastrami, presented in a custom chaffing dish and paired with such elements as leeks, fingerling potatoes and celery. Eleven Madison offers drinks on wheels, too: Manhattans are mixed to order tableside, and a Champagne cart rolls among tables to tempt diners with bottles rather than a list.

A looser, jazzier floor show can be experienced just a few blocks away at Basta Pasta (37 W. 17th St., 212.366.0888), where the $18 spaghetti con prosciutto e Parmigiano has been an amazingly long-running hit for this offshoot of a Tokyo restaurant, opened nearly a quarter-century ago. Servers wheel a half-wheel of ParmigianoReggiano tableside and quickly swirl in the strands of hot spaghetti so that the cheese melts to make a semblance of sauce. Slices of prosciutto and fresh basil are laid on top as the bowl is presented.

Pasta is also a production at small-screen celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich’s Felidia (243 E. 58th St., 212.758.1479).

Servers, clad in suits and ties in the formal dining room, heat the pear-and-pecorino ravioli or pappardelle over a gas burner at your table, then assemble the accoutreOppOsite page: This is noT your faTher’s barbecue: ments (crushed black pepper, or moulard duck and mushrooms). Chicken or duck aT gaonnuri, pork belly also takes the stage: Boned and roasted, it’s presented at the table to be sliced on a siTs on The grill, while serving cart and teamed with vegetables and sauce. Some desserts are also presented sides include yellow with panache, like the fig carpaccio finished with a chunk carved off a honeycomb. pumpkin salad, fermenTWhen it comes to greens, the award for the most dramatic Caesar salad in town ed spicy squid, mungbean has to go to Carbone (181 Thompson St., 212.254.3000). Lesser restaurants merely Jelly, fermenTed cabtry to upgrade the green cliché by substituting kale for romaine, but this swanky bage and more.

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Italian tosses it old-school, with waiters in maroon tuxes drizzling and whisking endless ingredients. It’s $21, but it comes with everything but a Playbill.

Actual cooking in the dining room happens at Gaonnuri (1250 Broadway, 39th fl., 212.971.9045).

Order the Korean barbecue, and you won’t know where to look: at the grill in the center of the table, where your meat is tended to by the cook, or out the windows at the eye-popping views of the Hudson River and the Empire State Building. Marinated short ribs can be grilled over the gas flame, as can steak, chicken or even eel. Each protein comes with two salads as well as pickled bok choy, cucumbers and daikon radish, for $28 to $35 at dinner. There’s no experience like having a server literally light your table.

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The prime rib presented at Porter House New York (Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle, 4th fl., 212.823.9500) arrives already cooked, but fastidiously primed. The beef, which must be ordered 72 hours in advance for a party of four to eight, is aged 120 days, and those who indulge are treated to a show: The roast rolls up on a cart and is carved as diners watch. The meat itself is paired with au jus, popovers, mushrooms, onion rings, homemade fries or pommes Anna.

David Bouley considers the cart a big element of the show. His restaurant, Bouley (163 Duane St., 212.964.2525), has long been famous for its bread chariot, driven to your butter dish with different loaves and rolls offered to complement different dishes

(saffron-hazelnut with bouillabaisse, for instance). But now he has one more cart dispensing cheese—nearly three dozen choices—and yet another for drinks, herbal infusions paired with sorbets.

Those who think of tofu as the other white stuff have yet to see the presentation at Morimoto (88 10th Ave., 212.989.8883), where you can get soybean curd made to order right at your table. The restaurant itself is one grand stage, but this particular dish is a revelation. Servers bring the liquefied soybeans and a fermenting agent in a beautiful dish and come back not long afterward to uncover a silky sensation.

No doubt, the presentation will have the next table leaning over to applaud your choice.

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A focus on fresh seafood is matched with a well-developed wine list. Kellari, which is Greek for cellar, is a recipient of the Wine Spectator Excellence Award, and offers 250 wines by the bottle, many of them Greek. In fact, with over 100 Greek wines on hand, Kellari offers its guests the largest collection of Greek wine in New York City. Kellari also specializes in private dining. A recipient of Manhattan's Finest Private Dining Award, the restaurants have beautiful private and semi-private rooms and an event-planning staff that is dedicated to helping its patrons celebrate life's important moments in style.

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The fashion blogger thrives in this city for a singular reason: New Yorkers dress like no other group— boldly and without inhibition. She keeps up thanks to a closet that’s bigger than her kitchenette (she has more clothing than cutlery anyway). Camera always in hand, she scans Downtown sidewalks for cuttingedge style trends. A click-flash, and she posts the look on the Web. But even here the blogger comes across the occasional faux pas. “That blouse is so last season,” she whispers to a friend, as they step out of the West Village’s Whynot Coffee & Wine.

She’s on her way to the Museum at FIT before dinner with the girls at Indochine, their spot of choice for celeb sightings. McNally Jackson Books, with its boutique printing press and selection, is where she monitors the indie print publishing beat. Oh, and if you haven’t already heard, she’s kind of a big deal on Tumblr.

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MAGAZINE EDITOR Living is an aesthetic exercise for the magazine editor, and like the manuscripts she scans for flow and clarity, her life has to be well-edited and interest-arousing. She is a tastemaker. So much to do and so little time.

Coffee first thing is a must, and she likes it strong like the Swedes brew it at FIKA (though she won’t tell her nutritionist about her hazelnut-chocolate-ball habit). In a blur, she’s off to editorial meetings in Flatiron, a preview at the Gagosian Gallery, an Alist interview at Cipriani Downtown, a quick lunch at the French hideaway Chat Noir and then just in time for an exhibit opening at the Anna Wintour Costume Center. And it’s only 2 p.m. She lives fast, but wouldn’t trade stolen moments in the New York Public Library perusing stacks of printed tomes for the world.

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The talent scout had little more than a bundle of dreams when he started out as an artist, spitting lyrics on sidewalks and subway platforms, playing gigs at SoHo club S.O.B.’s, scouring the Whitney Museum of American Art for inspiration. Then an agency picked him up, he penned a few hit songs (after honing his verse skills at the Poets House) and now he’s a hunter for the next musical up-and-comer. He perches at the Ace Hotel’s lobby bar—a favorite of traveling bands and music insiders—looking out for leads.

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SOCIETY MATRON “Hello, darling,” slips from the socialite’s painted lips before they pucker for an air-kiss. She’s always greeting someone, be it a girlfriend for afternoon tea at The Pierre (a sacred ritual) or some political bigwig eyeing her pocketbook at a fund-raising gala. People love to envy her position, telling her how nice it must be not to work, but they don’t know what it’s like to chair a citywide charity, mediate three Upper East Side book clubs and host the mayor for lunch every third Sunday. Navigating the social waters is no garden stroll. Speaking of, did she ever stop by Yuta Powell’s town house for that floral jacket she sent in for tailoring? Who knows? She’s got a date with a dirty martini at Bar Pleiades—she loves the spot for its Chanel-inspired decor. And who doesn’t simply adore Chanel?

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WEALTH MANAGER This money man may be a member of the good ole boys club, but that doesn’t mean his wardrobe smells of mothballs. One doesn’t need lots of cash to look good—but it sure helps. And since the banker’s fortune trumps the GDP of several small nations (but who’s counting, other than the team of three accountants he personally employs?), he spares no expense. The Museum of American Finance, in the heart of FiDi, helps him appreciate his profession’s place in history. He feels right at home sipping cocktails in a former bank vault at Trinity Place or puffing cigars at Lexington Bar & Books. But his true serenity is found during concerts at Carnegie Hall, where the ebb and flow of the orchestras echo the ups and downs of the stock market.

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The club kid’s day starts when the sun goes down, the purple haze of dusk heralding the wild night to come. He lives to party and doesn’t stop until it’s sunup. Experience has taught him that kombucha (fermented tea) makes the best hangover cure, and after a few classes at Kombucha Brooklyn, he’s brewing the stuff on his own. He jumps the line at dance factory Output in Williamsburg, with Grace Jones’ “Nightclubbing” playing on repeat in his head. If he does make it out during the day, he likes to swing by The Holographic Center of Art for the mindbending visuals. But back into the night he always goes, sauntering up to the bar at the Standard’s Le Bain purring, “Make mine a gin rickey.”

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There has also never been a shortage of apparitions backstage. In fact, the superstition behind the ghost light—the single bulb lit after all the other lights are turned off and placed center stage with the curtain raised—is to allow each theater’s spirits a chance to perform their own phantasmal productions after hours, in hopes of appeasing them from disturbing the production being performed during regular hours.

Skeptics will ask if the “ghost stories” that follow are true. Let the facts speak for themselves; the rest may require a willingness to suspend disbelief. But, regardless, they make for great entertainment.

Among the first legitimate theaters in Midtown was the Theatre Republic, now called the New Victory. Built in 1900, this anchor of the revitalized 42nd Street still hosts one of its biggest stars, actress Caroline Dudley, better known as Mrs. Leslie Carter. After a scandalous divorce, Carter parlayed her notoriety into a successful stage career, which she is evidently loathe to abandon.

Colleen Davis, the New Victory’s production coordinator, has had several run-ins with the attentionseeking Mrs. Carter, including one notable incident in the wardrobe room. Davis saw a large plastic bin shoot straight off the shelf, flip in midair and land upsidedown on its lid. She is quick to note, though, that Mrs. Carter, who departed this life in 1937, may mess with the production team but never with the production itself. The show always goes on at the New Victory.

Not so at the Roxy Theatre, whose demolition in 1960 at Seventh Ave. and W. 50th St. was an inspiration for Stephen Sondheim’s ghostly 1971 musical Follies.

Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel, the flamboyant impresario who built the lavish show palace, also helped open Radio City Music Hall in 1932, where he oversaw every aspect of the Art Deco venue until he died four years later. But once a showman, always a showman.

Tour guides attest that Rothafel’s ghost, attired in top hat and tails, occasionally attends opening nights, strolling down aisle D to his favorite seat in the first row of the third mezzanine before disappearing.

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ONCE A DIVA … MRS. LESLIE CARTER (RIGHT), A TURNOF-THE-LASTCENTURY STAR SO INCANDESCENT SHE WAS KNOWN AS THE AMERICAN SARAH BERNHARDT, MAKES MISCHIEF AT THE NEW VICTORY (BELOW).

A scathing theater critic for The New Yorker, Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) ruled the Algonquin Hotel’s lounge on W. 44th St. as a conversationalist and charter member of the ultimate lunch bunch, the Algonquin Round Table. When the hard-drinking wit attempted suicide in her suite upstairs, her status as a future ghost was all but assured. That, and the fact that her cremains languished in a file cabinet in a New York law firm for 15 years before being interred in Baltimore. Gary Budge, former general manager of the Algonquin, went on record as saying he believed Parker’s unquiet spirit lived on after death, citing an incident when said spirit expressed her dislike of the hotel’s redecoration by sending a framed image of herself crashing to the floor.

Off-Broadway’s experimental theaters have their own cast of wraiths. One pioneer in Greenwich Village was the Provincetown Playhouse, the longtime residence of an unidentified ghost who chilled the air as he traveled the stairs to and from the basement dressing rooms. Farther west, in the elbow of Commerce Street, a few Provincetown alumni founded the Cherry Lane Theatre, home to two anonymous phantasms, one of

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whom has been spied quietly maintaining his vigil from the top of the lobby staircase, while the other keeps watch in the hallway near the dressing rooms. Their faces are always hidden, says Tom Ogden, parlor magician and prolific writer on the supernatural.

Nearby, on Hudson St. at W. 11th St., the White Horse Tavern is where you can not only get a stiff drink, but also have an encounter with a great literary stiff. The bar became a favorite hangout for Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, whose “play for voices,” Under Milk Wood, premiered in May 1953 at the 92nd Street Y. In the fall of that year, Thomas was back in the city on a reading tour. After downing a rumored 18 whiskey shots at the White Horse, he died on Nov. 9 at age 39.

The pub’s back room is something of a shrine to the poet. There, you can raise a toast to the man who is often sighted at his favorite corner table and who seems to have taken his own advice to heart and, like other local ghosts, did “not go gentle into that good night.”

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THE NUDE: A TIMELESS FASCINATION FOR ARTISTS AND THEIR AUDIENCES.

BY ALANA SHILLING-JANOFF THE HUMAN BODY has been the most fundamental of artistic subjects, inspiring drawings and sculptures even before humans could build dwellings. How the human form is represented has even chronicled cultures that predate the written word. The Paleolithic “Venus of Willendorf” is a limestone sculpture, little more than 4 inches high. Despite being aeons old, the body of that “Venus” reports something of note, telling us that over 25,000 years ago, fecundity was so important that it inspired artists to represent the human body symbolically rather than realistically. Across 78

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New York City, galleries and museums are home to some of the most intriguing forms of the nude. Some were made over two millennia ago, while others have been created by artists practicing today.

“Aphrodite,” a bronze statuette dating back to the second century, on view at Ariadne Galleries (11 E. 76th St., 212.772.3388), is a perfect example of just how profoundly Greek models influenced Roman art.

As early as 600 B.C.E., Greek artists captured an idealized version of the human form in marble sculptures.

For the ancient Greeks, an idealized body was a visual statement about Greek mastery over the world through reason, order and control.

When the Romans conquered the Greek city-states, they found themselves ‘conquered’ by Greek culture.

Although it was fashioned by a Roman artist, the body of “Aphrodite” is composed according to Greek principles. A veritable history of ancient Greek sculptors’ process of perfecting the human form—and the Romans’ attempts to duplicate it—can be found spread

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across 27 galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Ave., 212.535.7710).

The principles of classical Greek and Roman sculpture profoundly influenced artists for centuries to come. French sculptor and painter Aristide Maillol (1861–1944) was one such artist. His “River” is currently on view as part of the Museum of Modern Art’s The Modern Monument sculpture garden exhibit (11 W. 53rd St., 212.708.9400). The work depicts a female figure lying prone, her torso contorted, her arms grasping for something invisible to the viewer. “The River”

marked a dramatic departure from Maillol’s usual interest in sculpting versions of the human body that evoked stillness. The sculpture is a commentary on war, with the twisting body made to symbolize chaos, violence—even death.

The ancient Greek’s conception of the ideal inspires contemporary artists as well. “Andrea,” a sculpture by California native Randy Cooper (b. 1942), can be experienced firsthand at Eden Fine Art (437 Madison Ave., 212.888.0177). It gives the classical ideals of beauty an update. Though the bustline of Cooper’s muse may be more ample than that of classical counterparts, the debt to the ancient paradigms for proportions is clear. Yet Cooper’s sculpture announces its modernity in material, too. “Andrea” is made of wire screen. “Andrea” is one of Cooper’s “shadow sculptures,” and projects a shadow when lit that translates the body into a distinct, luminous form.

Other contemporary artists enchant audiences not by imitating ancient traditions but by rejecting them.

Colombian artist Fernando Botero (b. 1932) is famous for his whimsical figures of inflated proportions. Any visitor to The Shops at Columbus Circle (10 Columbus Circle, btw W. 58th & W. 60th sts.) can encounter Botero’s work upon entering the complex. There, two 12-foot-tall bronze statues, “Adam” and “Eve,” preside over the lobby like merry bronzed behemoths.

Sometimes the departure from realistic representation becomes a way of communicating more serious emotions. “Shadow in the Spotlight,” a 33-inch bronze sculpture of a man by Chinese artist Wei Xiao Ming (b. 1957), is one example of how distortion of the body communicates a complex interior reality in art.

Xiao Ming’s work, which is on view at the Showplace Antique Center + Design Center (40 W. 25th St., 212.633-6063), stretches upward, his elongated arms raised in defeat, or perhaps self-protection. Xiao Ming has employed an intentionally distorted body to immortalize personal, ephemeral feelings.

In the early 20th century, the nude photographs of William Mortensen (1897–1965) aroused controversy and opposition as much for their erotic charge as for the style in which Mortensen depicted his subjects. The hallmark of Mortensen’s photographs, which can be seen at the Stephen Romano Gallery (111 Front St., Suite 208, 646.709.4725), was the tendency to hand color and introduce shading into his prints. But the artist also used the human body as a means to imbue his works with a melodramatic quality. In “The Mark of the Borgia,” two nude figures are chained to a stake.

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underscored by their nakedness. It is the artful posing of shockingly nude bodies that lends the work its aura of theatricality.

Though the nude body appears frequently in Western art, nudity is a rarity elsewhere. For instance, bodies are nearly always clothed in traditional Japanese art, even in erotic drawings. And that tradition remained unbroken until the mid-19th century, when Japan’s isolation from the West ended. By the early 20th century, select

Japanese artists were looking for a way to retain their stylistic traditions, yet also update them in light of contemporary techniques. Looking for a way to make old traditions new, those artists included idealized women, but depicted the subjects as nudes, as did Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (1896–1948) in “Styles of Contemporary Make-up: No. 5, Glossy Black Hair” (1931). Kiyoshi’s work, along with others such as Ishikawa Toraji’s “Ten Types of Female Nudes: Springtime of Life,” can be found at Scholten Japanese Art (145 W. 58th St., Ste. 6D, 212.585.0474).

The decision to represent the human body as either nude or clothed is still a way of signaling innovation.

Some artists respond to the conventional nude form in a way that is precisely the opposite of those early 20th-century Japanese artists, who found inspiration by representing bodies that would have been clothed as naked. Today, subjects may be nude, but their bodies are deliberately hidden from view. One instance of this is Douglas Hofmann’s digital print entitled “Bird of Paradise,” on view at the Martin Lawrence Galleries (457 W. Broadway, 212.995.8865). Hofmann’s subject is ironically draped in a brightly colored coverlet that is explicitly Eastern in design.

The unclothed body can also create compelling ambiguities—as it does in the work of photographer Jeff Bark (b. 1963), who is represented by Hasted Kraeutler (537 W. 24th St., 212.627.0006). Bark’s “Goldenboy” exemplifies how the human body can inject uncertainty into a photographer’s composition. The work depicts a young man lounging on a beach chair. Though the photograph only shows the head and part of the torso of the figure, the tanned, perfect physique of the young man focuses a series of cultural ideals—leisure, beauty, youth. Still, the rest of the composition undermines the fantasy that the body weaves so easily. The chair on which the man lounges rests against cement blocks, while in the background a discarded windowpane is visible. In Bark’s hands, the body becomes the myth that the rest of the composition struggles to dispel.

When the ancient Greeks perfected proportions, they were no less inventive than Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was when he shocked the world with nudes rendered in jagged forms and broken shapes. Picasso’s bodies presented a new way of seeing reality, one that rebelled against simple appearances. The human body does not change, yet it manages to be a source of infinite invention. In art, it tells us endless stories about ourselves.

And those stories can be heard everywhere—in galleries, in museums and across centuries.

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FADE IN: A long shot of a bustling New York City deli. The camera pans across tables of people, coming to rest on a man and woman facing each other.

In between bites of sandwiches and slaw, they begin to argue about sex, until—to prove her point about females “faking it”—the woman simulates stages of increasingly intense passion. The man blushes. Other

diners gape. And as our heroine’s gasps subside, another female patron informs the waiter, “I’ll have what she’s having.”

This is, of course, the famous scene from When Harry Met Sally (1989). And it made famous the restaurant in which it was set and shot: Katz’s Delicatessen (205 E. Houston St., 212.254.2246), an actual (since 1888) Lower East Side purveyor of pastrami and other Jewish culinary classics. But Katz’s is only one of many city restaurants that have been featured in films, embellishing the dining experience with a touch of movie glamour.

Using an actual, often recognizable New York venue adds authenticity to a movie trying to depict a particular city milieu. Just about any film dealing with the theater almost inevitably has a scene set in Sardi’s (234 W. 44th St., 212.221.8440), the Times Square hangout for generations of showbiz professionals. Having a regular table of Sardi’s is a mark of having made it, as David Frost (Michael Sheen) points out in Frost/Nixon (2008). Opened in 1927, the eatery won theater folk’s loyalty by being one of the first to serve food into the wee hours. In The Country Girl (1954), it’s where play director William Holden takes his insecure star (Bing Crosby) and star’s hostile wife (Grace Kelly) to dinner after a late-running rehearsal; over outsize menus, Kelly and Holden square off as the restaurant’s famed celebrity caricature portraits smirk down from the walls.

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Those caricatures, Sardi’s most recognizable feature, are another symbol of show-business success. In The King of Comedy (1982), a wannabe comic (Robert De Niro) imagines dining with his talk-show idol (Jerry Lewis) at Sardi’s. And when Kermit the Frog needs to generate some buzz about his new Broadway show in The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), where does he go? Sardi’s, of course.

If Sardi’s instantly connotes the entertainment industry, ‘21’ (21 W. 52nd St., 212.582.7200) embodies a more general world of movers and shakers, and nothing suggests “you’re playing with the power brokers now” like a scene set in this speakeasy-turned-restaurant—such as the one in the classic film Sweet Smell of Success (1957). A desperate press agent (Tony Curtis) approaches the table of columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) where Lancaster simultaneously patronizes Curtis, greets celebrities, scribbles notes, interviews— and oh-so-subtly threatens—a U.S. Senator.

A similar scene occurs in Wall Street (1987), establishing the power, seductiveness and silky menace of corporate raider Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas).

Though it’s exactly 30 years after Success, and the movie is now in color, ‘21’ looks almost the same, as an opening shot of the restaurant’s Bar Room makes clear—even down to the iron bells alongside the booth where Gekko holds court and barks orders to

the young stockbroker, Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen), he’s invited to lunch. Like the naive Fox, the film audience is impressed with the rapid-talking Renaissance man Gekko seems to be, an expert in just about everything, from what to order (“Have the steak tartare; it’s not on the menu, but Louis will make it for you”) to how to dress. Just one quick moment—a joke Gekko makes about insider trading and the way he appraises Fox’s reaction to it—foreshadows the corrupt world he represents and will lead the young man into. (But he’s wrong about the steak tartare—nowadays, it is on the ‘21’ menu.)

‘21’ isn’t the only place where captains of industry dine. The term “power lunch” was reputedly coined in reference to The Four Seasons (99 E. 52nd St., 212.754.9494), so where else would high-flying hedge fund manager Robert Miller (Richard Gere) choose to seal the deal to sell his company in Arbitrage (2012)?

The scene opens with the maître d’ (a cameo by restaurant co-owner Julian Niccolini), leading Miller to the table, a prime spot in the Philip Johnson/Mies van der Rohe-designed Pool Room, where his party of colleagues awaits.

Although the use of some restaurants benefits the movies they appear in, other movies benefit the restaurants—turning a locals’ venue into a memorable spot. That happened to the aforementioned Katz’s

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“Just about any film dealing with [Broadway] theater almost inevitably has a scene set in Sardi’s, the Times Square hangout for generations of showbiz professionals. Having a regular table at Sardi‘s is a mark of having made it.”

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Delicatessen, which has hung a sign above the actual table used in the scene, reading “Where Harry Met Sally … Hope You Have What She Had!” While its Asian fusion fare was already popular with NYC foodies, Buddakan (75 Ninth Ave., 212.989.6699) got a boost as a backdrop in the first Sex and the City film (2008)—the venue for the rehearsal dinner for Carrie and Mr. Big. As the camera lingers over the opulent interior, it captures the couple at the top of the restaurant’s dramatic staircase, then offering an overhead view of the banquet table in the central hall. Beneath the glitter, though, trouble is brewing: A male guest, who keeps referring to Big’s past amours, and Carrie’s friend Miranda, who blurts out some bitter comments, combine to give Big a case of the prewedding jitters—with fatal consequences for the Big Day. It’s a typical example of the Sex and the City mantra: For New Yorkers, (and for Hollywood), the most emotional, personal moments often occur in a restaurant.

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e’ve got restaurants around the city serving only macaroni and cheese or peanut butter and jelly, so it makes sense specialty bars focusing on one kind of spirit exist. Superfans of bourbon, whiskey or gin can often find more expressions of their favorite spirit under one roof than they ever dreamed existed.

Whiskey RiveR So-called “brown spirits” have enjoyed a massive resurgence in popularity in the past few years as patrons have rediscovered pre-Prohibition cocktails and high-end “investment grade” whiskeys.

“A decade ago, no one came to my tastings; only old golfers,” says Heather Greene, whiskey sommelier at The Flatiron Room (37 W. 26th St., 212.725.3860) and former brand ambassador for Glenfiddich. “Today, my monthly whiskey classes are sold out.” The twoyear-old, dimly lit, two-story venue—punctuated by a dramatic red velvet curtain behind a small stage featuring nightly jazz—is home to almost 750 whiskey expres-

sions (along with American cuisine from Chef Susan Burdian). The extensive menu is organized by region, and also includes a substantial selection of whiskeybased cocktails. There are also seven flights, ranging from a sampler of six bourbons to a “Dream Flight,” featuring six notable single malts like the Glenrothes 42-year and the Balvenie 40-year.

While Flatiron is in no way fussy, the more relaxed American Whiskey (247 W. 30th St., 212.967.1070) surprises: Five flat screens behind a 50-foot-long main bar and stuffed bison heads hanging on the opposite wall won’t clue you in immediately to the 250-deep whiskey menu. There, you’ll find an emphasis on bourbon, rye and other American whiskeys. On the menu, spirits are organized by character, like “Light & Floral” (Eagle Rare 10-year-old) or “Hot & Spicy” (Four Roses Small Batch), and served as either one- or two-ounce pours.

Once you’ve whet your palate, move on to Barley & Grain (421 Amsterdam Ave., 646.360.3231), where you’ll enjoy more than 36 different single malts and

choose from over 250 whiskeys at american whiskey (OPPOSITE PAGE). gin palace’s chaim dauermann (AbOvE, lEfT) mixes cocktails with housemade tonics and botanicals (AbOvE).

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48 American whiskeys along with a whiskey-themed steak-and-burger menu. Leave Rochelle Out of It (205 Chrystie St., 212.673.2400)—named for the owners’ ex-girlfriend—is serious about its list of 100-plus whiskeys, including trend-forward Japanese labels. In Astoria, Queens, you’ll find the barbecue, craft brew and whiskey mecca The Strand Smokehouse (25-27 Broadway, 718.440.3231). In addition to the usual suspects, you’ll also find bourbons and ryes continuing to age in barrels above the bar, ready to be tapped.

Gin and Juice Gin has long been an overlooked spirit, but no more. At Gin Palace (95 Ave. A, 212.614.6818), the black vinyl-padded banquettes and Art Decothemed back-bar mirror are retro, but the gin program is not. Listing over 70 products hailing from France (Citadelle), Brooklyn (Greenhook) and San Francisco (Junipero) means an endless combination of botanical influences in your cocktail, from full-on juniper to floral grape notes. A tap pours carbonated gin and tonics, featuring one of four housemade tonics.

Walk past an unassuming pastry counter to the unmarked door, and find yourself entering the seductive speakeasy Bathtub Gin (132 Ninth Ave., 646.559.1671). Illicitly dark, with a pressed copper ceiling and a claw-foot tub, this spot features an array of classic cocktails, live music, tasty menu items and over 30 different gins, including the hard-to-find Nolet’s Reserve Dry Gin ($44 for a one-ounce pour), dubbed “the Ultimate Sipping Gin.”

try ariana soho’s indulgent caviar martini, which features beluga gold vodka and a frozen caviar lollipop.

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Russian Revolution While most vodka-heavy bars focus on quirky candy flavors and giant party drinks, the contemporary Russian-themed restaurant Ariana SoHo (138-140 W. Houston St., 646.678.4334) takes its clear spirits seriously. The 2,000-square-foot restaurant merges gold curtains and glittering chandeliers with hunting-lodge-inspired wood floors, a gas fireplace and sturdy chairs. To complement culinary choices like lobster stuffed with cabbage or a country pâté with cranberry-rye crostini, a seasonally updated vodka cocktail menu offers sweet and savory options, such as the refreshing petite (vodka, green grapes, elderflower liqueur, hibiscus elixir, lime juice and soda), or the caviar martini featuring Beluga Gold vodka and a frozen caviar “lollipop” ($56). Ariana’s Craft Vodka Bar features around 30 vodkas, including innovative labels distilled from honey, beets and quinoa.

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opening of the ornate 25-seat salon Rarities, inside the New York Palace (455 Madison Ave., 800.697.2522), your hunt just got easier. The reservations-only hideout features rare cognacs, Champagnes, whiskeys, tequilas and more, some dating back to the 1850s. Ease into a leather club chair and enjoy an 1875 Barbeito Madeira ($200 a glass) or a 1912 Hannisville Rye (stashed during Prohibition, $175 for a two-ounce pour) from the constantly updated menu.

Seeking more vintage digestifs? Pouring Ribbons (225 Ave. B, 917.656.6788) carries around 17 expressions of herbaceous French Chartreuse.

at morimoto (ABOVE), select from over 20 different sakes as well as a signature collection. sink into a leather chair at rarities and enjoy a glass of vintage madeira (ABOVE, right).

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And So on Agave aficionados might consider La Biblioteca, inside the Latin-Asian fusion restaurant Zengo (622 Third Ave., 212.808.8110), where “tequila librarian” Stephanie Weber can walk you through the bar’s 400 agave-based spirits. Or, try Mayahuel (304 E. 6th St., 212.253.5888), where the staff guides you through a list emphasizing over 40 hard-to-find mezcals along with dozens of tequilas and tasting flights.

Sake, now seemingly ubiquitous, is so much more than a replacement for cheap beer at sushi joints.

Sake fans ought not to miss the curated selections at

Morimoto (88 10th Ave., 212.989.8883). You’ll find over 20 different sakes, and you can select from the signature Morimoto Sake Collection: junmai, ginjo and daiginjo options brewed at the 400-year-old Fukumitsuya Brewery.

Morimoto isn’t the only fine dining establishment in town paying attention to its sake menu. Sakagura (211 E. 43rd St., 212.953.7253) boasts over 200 sakes and shochus (sake is brewed, shochu distilled). EN Japanese Brasserie (435 Hudson St., 212.647.9196) offers tasting flights from some of the most respected sake breweries in Japan. And Decibel (240 E. 9th St., 212.979.2733) carries nearly 100 different sakes and shochus, paired with dumplings and other small bites.

The list of specialty bars continues to the obscure.

At the Intercontinental Barclay Bar & Grill (111 E. 48th St., 212.755.5900), you’ll discover the city’s only Calvados bar. And while interest in absinthe may have cooled a bit, Maison Premiere in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (298 Bedford Ave., 347.335.0446), celebrates the Belle Époque allure of the “green fairy.” With 22 labels from Europe and the U.S., and an absintheinflected cocktail menu, the New Orleans-themed oyster den will be inspiring artists for years to come.

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DAVID WRIGHT, THE FACE OF THE NEW YORK METS, KNOWS HOW TO PLAY BALL.

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oo many modern athletes give us plenty of reasons to dislike them: runaway egos, trash talking, disregard for fans—not to mention the various misdemeanors frequently splashed across the tabloids.

Then there’s David Wright. With his All-Star skills and self-effacing demeanor, the New York Mets’ third baseman and team captain is a throwback to an earlier age when such qualities were the rule rather than the exception. And with Wright having celebrated his 10th anniversary with the National League team during the 2014 season, it’s hard to believe such a player can exist in the nation’s media capital without a trace of scandal or boorish behavior.

We probably shouldn’t be surprised, because being a Met is the only job Wright has ever wanted. “This is the team that I grew up rooting for,” says the 6-foot-tall 205-pounder. The feeling was mutual—the Mets made him the 38th overall pick in the 2001 amateur draft. “I was drafted by this team as an 18-year-old,” he recalls.

“So, I have a special attachment to this organization and to this city that I think few baseball players have, especially with free agency and trades now.”

Wright has solidified that connection not only on the field (being voted onto seven All-Star teams), but also with his off-field charity work. In 2005, he established the David Wright Foundation to aid children in need in New York City and Norfolk, Virginia. The New Jersey Sports Writers gave him their Sports Humanitarian Award in 2008, and he donated $250,000 to Sandy Relief efforts after the devastating 2012 hurricane. And, over the last four years, he has raised more than $600,000 for the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk. Is it any wonder, then, that his nickname around Major League Baseball is Captain America?

He attributes his success to a strong family upbringing and a tireless work ethic. He was born David Allen Wright on Dec. 20, 1982, in Norfolk, the eldest of four boys of Elisa and Rhon Wright. The family lived in the suburb of Chesapeake, where David starred at Hickory High School and was named Virginia All-State Player of the Year in 2001.

But he was no pampered sports prodigy. “My dad is a recently retired police officer in Virginia,” he explains. “My mom works in the school system. So, I think discipline was on the front burner for me and my brothers growing up. If I didn’t make the grades, I didn’t play baseball!

Up until I signed my first contract—in fact, even after I made it to the big leagues—my dad was saying, ‘Hey, look, you can’t put all your eggs in this one basket.’

That’s why when I signed I got my college paid for, in case I ever decided to go to college.”

Obviously, he’s never had to make that choice. He’s the Mets’ all-time leader in hits, runs and RBIs. To top it off, in March 2013, he was named only the fourth captain in team history.

With New York’s other baseball icon, Yankees captain Derek Jeter, hanging it up after the 2014 season, Wright will undoubtedly inherit the mantle of Mr. Baseball in New York. “There’s only gonna be one

Derek Jeter,” Wright insists. “There’s no next Derek Jeter, there’s only one of those.”

For that matter, there’s only one David Wright—and he’s fully committed to the city. He married model Molly Beers in December 2013, and maintains a home in Lower Manhattan. And though he has signed a contract to wear the city’s name on his uniform through the 2020 season, he admits that being a New York sports hero is a mixed blessing.“You have to understand that you’re going to be under a microscope, good and bad.

You play well in New York and you’re on a winning team, there’s nothing like it. When you’re not playing so well and the team’s not winning, that scrutiny is going to be at the other end of the spectrum. But for me, this is where I’ve always wanted to be.”

DAVID WRIGHT, IN ACTION (OPPOSITE PAGE) AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR FANS (ABOVE).

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DID YOU KNOW that a 150-pound person on Earth weighs just 25 pounds on the moon? There’s no doubt that gravity keeps us weighted down, impacting our ability to look and feel our best. But this year, wellness goes Space Age, with weightless activities dominating NYC spas and workout spaces. Antigravity experiences, like flotation chambers and trapeze classes, help health seekers float and fly their way to superb health.

Through boundary-pushing exercises and restorative spa treatments, we can ease the weight on our shoulders, look and feel better than ever before and maybe even shed a few pounds along the way.

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Float away Anyone who’s gone diving or snorkeling can attest to the healing properties of water. The buoyancy gives a rare opportunity to feel completely weightless, totally relaxed as you float through the sea. Guests can splash their way to better health at a number of NYC facilities, such as Spa Castle (131-10 11th Ave., College Point, Queens, 718.939.6300). The massive center in Queens brings hydrotherapy—a family of reparative bathing treatments popular in Korea—to the spa with an entire floor of healing pools. Hot water jets

stationed in the heated pools target pressure points in the body, an experience which the spa claims increases “circulation and digestion, while soothing any muscle aches, strengthening the immune system and even facilitating weight loss.” Health assertions aside, the hydrotherapy jets are practically a pool party for grown-ups in search of bliss. Guests can also enjoy hydrotherapy foot spas and body massage jets, along with the steaming Hinoki Bath (a traditional Japanese tub made from fragrant pinewood), peaceful “deep mountain” waterfalls and Sauna Valley—a mystical floor of eight gorgeous saunas with distinctive qualities, including frigid temperatures, color therapy, gold-plated interiors and infrared lights. The recently opened Spa Castle Premier (115 E. 57th St., 8th fl., 212.750.8800) promises a similar experience in its exclusive Manhattan location.

While Spa Castle nods to European and Asian spa traditions, Aire Ancient Baths (88 Franklin St., 212.274.3777) carries on the legacy of the Greeks, Romans and Ottomans with water-induced relaxation.

The dramatically lit TriBeCa space with rustic brick walls specializes in a 90-minute thermal bath treatment, offered in several chambers, including hot-, warm- and cold-water pools, a 102-degree aromatherapy steam

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a list of health benefits from the weightless treatment, including rejuvenating effects on the brain equivalent to five hours of sleep and detoxification of the body akin to a three-day fast.

Fly high a 60-minute session oF underwater cycling at aqua studio can burn uP to 800 calories.

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Not only pigeons and planes fly in New York City. The Big Apple hosts a slew of fitness classes that have star athletes and couch potatoes alike defying the laws of gravity, including flying at Trapeze School New York

(Apr.-Oct.: Pier 40 at Hudson River Park; Jul.-Sept.: South Street Seaport at Pier 16; Oct.-Apr.: Circus Warehouse, 53-21 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City, Queens. new york.trapezeschool.com). Few things are more empowering than soaring upside down against the stunning backdrop of One World Trade Center and the Lower Manhattan skyline while gripping a heavy metal bar with your knees—sounds impossible, but the school’s encouraging trainers help students of any age and skill level find success during a two-hour introductory class. Advanced trapeze classes, along with lessons on aerial hoops, acrobatic balancing and trampolines, offer additional weightless experiences, while building strength, stamina and confidence. Perhaps there’s something to be said for running away and joining the circus …

Once used for training World War II pilots and early astronauts from America and the Soviet Union, trampolines are now the ultimate way to revel in moments of flight. Bounce on over to JumpLife (404 Broadway, 2nd fl., 212.966.2604) for a low-impact, high-intensity workout that’s as good for your body as it is fun. The gym hosts 45- to 60-minute rebound, dance and cardio classes that have students jumping on individual trampolines for a full-body workout. The nightclublike atmosphere, complete with disco balls, flashing lights and upbeat music, makes this the healthiest party in the city.

Yoga fans often say the ritualized stretching and breathing exercises of the cult-followed activity keep them grounded, so what happens when the practice goes aerial? Floating, fluid movements increase balance and core strength without compressing the spine or joints. There is also a sense of achievement at trying—and eventually mastering—the poses while wrapped in a soft fabric suspended from the ceiling. Visitors can take an aerial yoga class or flying fitness lesson with Christopher Harrison, the producer of more than 400 entertainment productions, at his AntiGravity Lab (265 W. 37th St., Ste. 1100, 212.279.0790), where each yoga session starts with a levitating meditation and ends with a floating sivasana. Similarly, OM Factory (265 W. 37th St., 17th fl., 212.616.8662; 873 Broadway, Ste. 202,

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room, propeller jet water streams and a saltwater bath with a density equivalent to that of the Dead Sea. Just as members of Rome’s upper class did in the fifth century B.C., guests at Aire rotate between the luxe tubs several times for a buoyant experience that induces peace of mind and other restorative benefits.

Floating through water can also be a salutary escape from busy life and travel. La Casa Day Spa (41 E. 20th St., 212.673.2272) invites those in need of such respite to 60-minute sessions in its flotation chamber. Guests experience a pleasant melting sensation as they float atop skin-temperature salt water, which minimizes sensory distractions to induce total relaxation. Could better health really just be a float away? La Casa touts

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212.353.3500) combines classical asanas (poses) with elements of aerial acrobatics in its aerial yoga classes for kids and adults. OM Factory also offers multilevel aerial circus classes, leaving the high-flying students little reason to ever step back on the ground.

Free YourselF Because gravity holds us down, it can put pressure on fragile human joints during rigorous activity. But this type of resistance can be eased by taking an underwater cycling class at Aqua Studio (78 Franklin St., 212.966.6784). This isn’t your ordinary cycling class—

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the reduced-gravity environment, which helps protect bones, muscles and joints, makes for an energizing workout that’s proven to boost cardiovascular endurance, reduce stress and improve flexibility. The workout burns up to 800 calories per hour, leaving cyclers sweating and feeling almost as weightless after the class as they did in the pool.

Disease or injury often puts even the most dedicated athlete out of commission, but a new piece of equipment that uses NASA-developed technology can help rehabilitate the body. The AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill “unweights” the body by using “advanced

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differential air-pressure technology to generate a powerful lifting force.â&#x20AC;? Users step onto the sophisticated treadmill and zip into an airtight chamber, which is then pressurized and custom-calibrated by body weight to enable injured, overweight or aging athletes to jog without pain. Athletes say the sensation is akin to running on a cloud and a number of local physical therapists and health centers, such as Paspa Physical Therapy (131 W. 35th St., 12th fl., 212.967.5337), Finish Line Physical Therapy (119 W. 23rd St., Ste. 304, 212.486.8573) and Complete

features customized aromatherapy and sound settings, along with a simulated sunrise to end the snooze.

By reducing gravity, not only can you heal your body from the inside out, you can also reduce the toll it takes on skin over the years. The microcurrent facial (previously called the antigravity face-lift facial) at Ling Spa (12 E. 16th St., 212.989.8833; 105 W. 77th St., 212.877.2883) places two metal rods on the skin to tighten and lift using the power of microcurrents, reducing the appearance of wrinkles.

Similarly, one of the most popular services at The

Wellness (30 E. 60th St., Ste. 302, 917.580.6344), are offering sessions on the AlterG to both current patients in rehabilitation programs and anyone else interested in trying it.

Equipment that reduces gravity can also improve sleep patterns and rejuvenate the body. Catch up to 40 minutes of shut-eye in the therapy system at Yelo Spa (5 E. 57th St., 12th fl., 212.245.8235). Guests rest in an antigravity chair that keeps the legs elevated above the heart during the session, which results in a weightless sensation. The YeloCab nap also

Secret Garden Spa (702 Forest Ave., Staten Island, 718.815.5900) is the antigravity face-lift. The 60-minute treatment is intended to improve the appearance of sagging skin and dull complexions using electrical stimulation technology.

Once upon a time, only astronauts braved an environment in which gravity no longer held people back. But with improved science and technology that eliminate this natural force, can ordinary people now float and fly their way to better health? This is New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;anything is possible.

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Dr. Jan Linhart has been practicing the art and science of dentistry for over 30 years in midtown Manhattan. With International patients coming into New York from around the world, many of whom are accompanied by an entourage of family or friends, Dr. Linhart was inspired to create the Continental Suite, a 750-square foot treatment suite outfi tted with State-of-the-Art equipment, a luxurious seating area and other amenities within his spacious offi ce. The offi ce provides a wide range of dental services as well as 24-hour emergency service!

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AN ARTIST’S FIRST NYC MUSEUM SHOW IS NO SMALL THING. BY TERRY TRUCCO

OPPOSITE PAGE: SWOON’S SUBMERGED MOTHERLANDS, AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM IN 2014. ABOVE: DOUG AND MIKE STARN’S BIG BAMBÚ; YOU CAN’T, YOU DON‘T AND YOU WON’T STOP, THEIR 2010 MET SHOW.

LOS ANGELES ARTIST OWEN KYDD never managed a trip to New York to see his work in What Is a Photograph?, a 2014 group exhibition at the International Center of Photography. But the show’s reverberations reached him strong and clear a coast away. The Los Angeles Times wrote approvingly of his “durational photographs,” as his still scenes enlivened with subtle movement are known. The New York Times called them “magical.” And Kydd, who had never shown his work before in a New York City museum, discovered what it is like to have 32,000 visitors take it in. “I was surprised at all the feedback and by how the show was immediately accessed by the press,” he says. “But that’s New York.”

Call it the art world equivalent of an actor making a Broadway debut. As befits a cultural capital, New York is jam-packed with world-class museums, the kind that lure international curators, critics, artists and collectors to their doors. A nod from a New York museum can jump-start a WHERE G UEST B OOK N EW YORK

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How different it was for a young artist when a museum came calling in 1971. Dona Nelson was just 23 years old when she was tapped for Ten Young Artists: Theodoran Awards at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. She was living in a spartan SoHo loft and hung out with artists. “A curator would come visit, and someone would say, ‘You should check out so-and-so’s work.’ That’s how I ended up in the show,” says Nelson, whose recent two-sided paintings were the talk of the 2014 Whitney Biennial. Looking back on a successful career, Nelson—cited recently by The New York Times as “one of the best artists working today”—has no regrets that her first museum show resulted in little more than memories and a catalog.

“As a painter, you want to develop a form in such a way that you can keep evolving,” she says.

A first show at a New York City museum can come at any stage in an artist’s career, as photographer Albert Watson knows. Renowned for his inventive fashion, celebrity and art images—many near-iconic, like his stark black-and-white portrait of Steve Jobs —he’s been the subject of solo shows in prominent European museums and has images in permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Britain’s National Portrait Gallery, among others.

But his arresting portraits of Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson and LL Cool J in Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present at the

Photo: “knife (j.g.),” courtesy nicelle beauchene gallery

above: owen kydd’s “knife (j.g.)” creates a sense of movement in PhotograPhy. oPPoSITe PaGe: njideka akunyili’s “wedding Portrait” blends acrylic with marble dust.

career, introduce an artist to fresh audiences or show off an artist’s creations in a spectacular setting.

Kydd, for example, is no stranger to museum shows, having had a solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2009. But showing his work in a museum here proved special. He explains: “As an artist you try to engage with the history of your medium, and New York is so important in the history of photography as an art.” Showing at ICP felt almost like a benediction for the Vancouver-born artist, who pushes photography’s static boundaries in works like “Knife (JG),” which looks like a store window still life until you notice hints of moving traffic reflected in its surface.

Njideka Akunyili was 29 years old when the Studio Museum in Harlem staged Primary Sources in 2012, her first almost-solo museum exhibition there (just three artists showed work). The show came with her year as an artist-in-residence at the museum. Her vibrant portraits on paper combine painting, drawing and image transfers, and mix elements of Nigerian and American culture. “Having a show at the Studio Museum was the ultimate coming-out party for me at that stage in my career because so many people saw the work,” she says. Opening day brought 3,000 visitors. Curators from international museums stopped by. An art gallery in Luxembourg gave her a show.

And three museums snapped up her work, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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Photos: “(matthew barney),” Photo by mario diacono gallery, boston/the maramotti colletion, reggio, emilia, italy; “march hare” and “red and green noses,”

above: with “(matthew barney),” barry x ball created a melting head sculPture of artist/filmmaker barney, chiseled in onyx and Pierced by a gold-Plated rod susPended from victorian rosettes. opposite page: dona nelson’s “march hare” (top) and her “red and green noses” (bottom) are both doublesided Pieces using acrylic on canvas.

Brooklyn Museum in 2009 marked his debut on New York City museum walls. “That’s just the way it went,” says the 72-year-old, Scotland-born photographer. He relished viewing his images, originally taken for Rolling Stone magazine, in the Brooklyn’s grand-scale setting—“that’s a big difference between a museum and an art gallery,” he says.

The Brooklyn Museum also provided a New York museum first for Caledonia Curry, aka Swoon, a Brooklyn-based street artist who began her career wheat-pasting her woodcuts onto industrial buildings.

Make that two firsts. Her New York City museum debut came in 2006 with Brooklyn Museum Installation, an elaborate construction that riffed on Coney Island and blended printmaking, portraiture and wood cutouts.

Eight years later, Submerged Motherlands, her first New York solo museum show, gobbled up an entire

rotunda with a monumental, apocalyptically tinged landscape that included a 70-foot fabric tree with a constructed environment at its base displaying boats and foliage (climate change is a theme). Curry says collaborating with the museum allowed her to imagine work she could never otherwise bring to life. The Brooklyn Museum also clicks with the Florida native’s art world philosophy. “It brings in people from all walks of life, all kinds of people who wouldn’t visit the traditional museum setting.”

It takes conviction for an artist to devote an entire year to just one work of art. But that’s what sculptor Barry X Ball did in 2003. The result, “(Matthew Barney)”—a melting portrait head of the rugged Cremaster artist/filmmaker chiseled in Mexican onyx and pierced by a gold-plated rod suspended from handcarved Victorian rosettes—engulfed a room at MoMA PS1, the Museum of Modern Art’s contemporary art space, in 2004. “I like the concept of trying to sum up the world in one piece,” says the California native, whose work is collected by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. The solo show— Ball’s first at a New York City museum—heralded a midcareer sea change for the New York-based artist.

After two decades of fashioning cerebral, geometric constructions in metal, composites and wood, Ball shifted his focus to the realm of portrait sculpture and exotic materials like lapis and Pakistani onyx. Ball’s game-changing show came about when a MoMA PS1 curator, who knew his work, saw “(Matthew Barney)” installed in a Boston art gallery. And life after the exhibition? “I started to show more and work with more contemporary galleries,” says Ball.

Artists Doug Starn and Mike Starn went straight to the top for their first solo show at a New York City museum. Big Bambú: You Can’t, You Don’t and You Won’t Stop, their mammoth, wave-shaped installation pieced from 6,800 bamboo poles, commandeered the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and wowed 600,000 visitors, who delighted in its evolution as the artists and their team of rock climbers labored on it during its six-month stay. The 2010 exhibition grew out of a visit by two Met curators to the brothers’ Beacon, New York, studio, birthplace of “Big Bambú 1.0,” a massive bamboo structure growing nonstop to evoke the energy and complexity of a living organism.

The Met exhibition paved the way for Big Bambú installations at museums in Rome, Jerusalem and Setouchi, Japan.

As these artists know, the first time is different for everyone. But rarely is it not memorable.

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architects redefine Manhattan’s skyline for the 21st century, reaching for the stars, but with their feet firMly planted on the ground. by francis lewis

THE 21ST CENTURY IS WELL INTO ITS SECOND DECADE. So, is New York’s celebrated architecture—which in the 20th century produced such landmarks as the Empire State, Chrysler and Seagram buildings, to name three—still in the vanguard and on the cutting edge? How exactly do the city’s new buildings stack up?

With the completion of One World Trade Center in 2014, one could say it’s skyscraper business as usual. At 1,776 feet, from base to top of antenna, the office building, adjacent to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan, is currently the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. “Currently” is the operative word, because several projects are in pursuit of its crown, including the proposed tower at 225 W. 57th St. in Midtown, which, if completed as planned in 2018, will ascend 1,775 feet to become the world’s tallest residential building. Obviously, height still matters in this vertical city.

But other factors are in play, too. Major international architects—starchitects, in today’s parlance—are putting their stamp on the skyline, changing it in ways that more often than not bring lofty ambitions down to earth. A concern for the environment is paramount, and green initiatives abound. Transparency is another keyword in contemporary design.

The shock of the new in New York architecture can be felt where it matters most to locals: in buildings where they live, work and go to be educated and enlightened.

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In the age of social networking, where information, ideas and emotions are conveyed over the Internet, 41 Cooper Square, the ultramodern academic building for The Cooper Union, the 150-year-old educational center for the study of art, architecture and engineering, embraces an old-fashioned concept: the primacy of human interaction.

To this end, Morphosis Architects has created a structure in which inperson contact between students is simply unavoidable. A skylit piazza (above) rises through the building's nine stories. Main elevators do not stop at every floor, thereby encouraging students to use the grand staircase, continuing discussions en route or initiating dialogues in the many lobbies and meeting places that open onto the atrium. Seventyfive percent of the interior is lit by natural daylight that enters not only from above, but also through the exterior's perforated stainless steel skin (left), whose panels help cool in summer and insulate in winter.

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It is inconceivable that an international architect of Zaha Hadid's standing—she is the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize and, in 2012, she was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire—should only now be represented by a project in New York. But what a debut her futuristic—and sexy—11-story, 40-unit condominium at 520 W, 28th St., adjacent to and overlooking the High Line in West Chelsea, promises to be. Sinuous and sculptural, with broad bands of windows and wide-open terraces, the curvaceous residential building is as bold and outspoken as its Baghdad-born, London-educated creator.

But New Yorkers will have to be patient: In late summer 2014, the site was a work in progress, with earthmovers preparing the ground for a foundation that had yet to be poured. Watching the building take shape will surely be a spectator sport for those walking the High Line for years to come.

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photos: hearst tower (exterior detail), nigel young/foster + partners; hearst tower (ceiling detail), chuck choi

architect norman foster's hearst tower at 300 w. 57th st. brilliantly reconciles past and present. its pedestal consists of the six-story, caststone facade of the original headquarters of hearst corporation, the media and information giant. rising from this landmarked art deco base, designed by Joseph urban and completed in 1928, is foster's sleekly modern 46-story glass-and-steel building, which opened in 2006 and contains the offices of publications such as Cosmopolitan and O, The Oprah Magazine. the structure's faceted, honeycomb exterior immediately catches the eye. there are no vertical steel beams on the outside, making this unique among north american skyscrapers.

Mindful of the environment, the hearst tower is totally green. ninety percent of its structural steel is made of recycled materials, while 100 percent of its wet food waste is composted. rainwater, too, is recycled. collected on the roof and filtered, it continually feeds the dramatic three-story waterfall in the atrium.

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uptown, downtown, east side and west, new york is a collection of neighborhoods that thrive on art, shopping, dining and culture. by liam corell, illustrations by lisanne gagnon

CENTRAL PARK SOUTH A diverse group of musical luminaries have lived along this desirable piece of real estate at the southernmost edge of Central Park, from Liza Minnelli to Luciano Pavarotti to Lady Gaga.

At Central Park’s southeast entrance near Fifth Avenue, horse-drawn carriages can be hired for leisurely excursions in and around the park. At the western corner of Central Park South is Columbus Circle, marked by an imposing Beaux Arts fountain/monument honoring the 15th-century Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, and the Time Warner Center, home of The Shops at Columbus Circle and several of the city’s most exclusive restaurants.

York office of tech giant Google occupies an entire city block between Eighth and Ninth avenues, while stylish, casual restaurants and bars line Eighth Avenue.

Chelsea Market is a gourmet indoor food concourse.

CHINATOWN

The heart of the largest Chinese enclave in the United States is at the bustling intersection of Canal and Mott streets, while its outer extremities are bordered by Chambers Street in the south, Broadway to the west, the East River to the east and Grand Street to the north. Residents with roots from all over Asia—Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, Vietnam, Fiji and The Philippines, among others—live as neighbors in this melting pot. Tiny stores selling bargain-priced CHELSEA designer bags, jewelry and clothing spill The area bordered by the Hudson River, onto the narrow sidewalks, while culiSixth Avenue between W. 14th and W. nary establishments present authentic 24th streets and Eighth Avenue between offerings. The Museum of Chinese in W. 24th and W. 34th streets has, in the America (MOCA), founded in 1980, last few years, emerged as New York provides a fascinating historical and culCity’s capital of contemporary art. Here, tural primer of the experiences of early more than 200 galleries exhibit and sell Chinese immigrants. In Chatham Square cutting-edge works by established and stand the Kim Lau Memorial Arch, built emerging international artists of every chrysler building in 1962 to honor Chinese-Americans medium. Other arts-minded attractions midtown east who lost their lives in World War II, include the Joyce Theater, a year-round and the statue of Lin Zexu, a scholar home for modern dance companies from official during the Qing Dynasty, who is the United States and abroad; and the remembered as a fierce force against the Chinese drug trade. Across from the Rubin Museum of Art, which specializes in Himalayan works. For more approach to the Manhattan Bridge, a 16-foot-tall golden Buddha marks the active entertainment, Chelsea Piers hosts a myriad of sporty diversions, such entrance to the Mahayana Buddhist Temple. as bowling, ice-skating, golfing, rock climbing and swimming. The New 122

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outposts, fine jewelry mainstays, antiques dealers and luxe department stores. Casual, popular retailers abound, too. The main branch of the New The East Village is best known for breeding countercultural dissent and York Public Library on the west side of Fifth, between 41st and 42nd streets, political activism. Abounding in rich history, the neighborhood, east is guarded by stone lions Patience and Fortitude; it houses 100 miles of of Broadway between Houston and 14th streets, takes its name from bookshelves and has delighted readers and scholars since 1911.

Greenwich Village to the west. Like the neighboring Lower East Side, it’s been home to countless immigrant groups, including German, Irish, Jewish and Puerto Rican. That diversity helped to spur the creativity of some of FINANCIAL DISTRICT / LOWER MANHATTAN its distinguished 20th-century artists and writers, including painter JeanThe roots of New York City were planted here—the neighborhood south Michel Basquiat, graffiti artist Keith Haring and Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, of City Hall Park, known as both Lower Manhattan and the Financial who wrote his poem “Howl” here and was in attendance at the introducDistrict—in the 17th century, when Dutch fur traders built a wall less tion of Hare Krishna to New York in Tompkins Square Park, where the than half a mile from the southern tip of the island and dubbed the plot religion’s mantra was first recorded in 1966. Since 1967, major stars, such Nieuw Amsterdam. Soon after, the British conquered the nascent metropoas Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline, have appeared at The Public Theater. lis (without firing a shot) and renamed it New York. The wall was torn Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, an architecture, down, but the street remained; today, the phrase “Wall Street” serves art and engineering school, is where as a general reference for the American Abraham Lincoln gave the 1860 speech financial system and the financial industhat cemented his presidential candidacy. try (many investment firms, banks and St. John thE DivinE New York University students and skatebrokerages have their headquarters here).

UPPER WESt SiDE boarders gather at Astor Place, home The site of the first U.S. capitol buildof the sculpture “The Alamo,” a towering, where George Washington’s inauing black cube that can be spun on its guration was held on Apr. 30, 1789, vertical axis. Restaurants here can feel is now Federal Hall, a museum and like party palaces. Lounges, cafés and monument to the nation’s first president. boutiques with a bohemian bent popuOther points of interest include the bronze late Alphabet City (named for its major sculpture “Charging Bull,” a talisman of arteries: avenues A, B, C and D). capital gains; the Federal Reserve Bank; Museum of American Finance; Fraunces Tavern Museum; National Museum of the FIFTH AVENUE (MIDTOWN EAST, American Indian, Smithsonian Institution; MIDTOWN WEST) St. Paul’s Chapel and Trinity Church. At Fifth Avenue, which runs north to south, Ground Zero, site of the former World is Manhattan’s dividing line, separating Trade Center destroyed in the terrorthe East Side from the West Side. Its ist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, visitors well-earned reputation for being one of gravitate to the 9/11 Tribute Center and the most exclusive streets in the world the National September 11 Memorial & began in the late-19th century, when Museum. Ferries set sail to the Statue of the Astors built a glittering mansion Liberty from Battery Park. on the southwest corner of 34th Street, where the Empire State Building and its observatory now stand. Other powerFLATIRON DISTRICT ful families, including the Vanderbilts, The iconic wedge-shaped Flatiron Building whose fortune was made in railroads, sits at the heart of its namesake neighborfollowed. Today, north of 59th Street hood, which spans 14th to 23rd streets is prime residential real estate, with between Park Avenue South and Sixth block after block of apartment buildings Avenue. Quite a few famous authors have and town houses fronting Central Park. been associated with the area, including Below 59th Street, Fifth Avenue is a Herman Melville, O. Henry and Edith premier shopping destination of designer Wharton. President Theodore Roosevelt WHERE G UEST B OOK n EW yORK

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all about town was born in a brownstone at 28 E. 20th St., the only U.S. president (so far) to have been born in the city. A respite with well-manicured lawns and public art displays, Madison Square Park holds the distinction of having been the home of the world’s first baseball club, the New York Knickerbockers. The neighborhood is also treasured for its architecture; examples are the pyramid-topped Metropolitan Life Insurance Building and the New York Life Insurance Building, with its octagonal gilt spire.

Dining in the area focuses on well-established restaurants, many of which are owned by celebrity chefs. Nearby Union Square Park, with a center lawn and impressive bronze statues of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, the Marquis de Lafayette and Mahatma Gandhi, has been a cradle of activism since the 1880s.

Rallies are still held there and the northern section hosts the outdoor Union Square Greenmarket, held several days a week all year round.

enclave, the Flower District, which is concentrated along a single city block—W. 28th St. between Sixth and Seventh avenues.

GREENWICH VILLAGE

Though known in the 20th century as a center of bohemian culture, Greenwich Village also enjoys a history studded with wealth and glamour. Its heart was and still is Washington Square Park, laid out in an elegant European style with a central fountain. Henry James’ 1880 novel Washington Square painted a definitive portrait of rarefied early-19th-century New York society just as the era was coming to an end. (Today, the square is home base for New York University, and the area pulses with youth and energy.) Built in 1892 and designed

by Sanford White, the Washington Square Arch stands at the north entrance to the park and commemorates the 1789 inauguration of President George Washington.

Dada artist Marcel Duchamp climbed to its top in 1916 and GARMENT DISTRICT washington square declared the “Independent Republic Although it occupies a mere square greenwich village of Greenwich Village.” Though the mile from W. 34th to W. 42nd streets assertion didn’t stick, since then, between Sixth and Ninth avenues, artists, musicians and intellectuthe influence of the Garment District als with rebellion on their minds have been drawn to the charming lanes, spans continents. When newly invented sewing machines and cheap brownstones and freethinking cultural institutions. The Village’s streets are laborers from Europe arrived in the mid-19th century, this area became lined with intimate cafés, cabarets and jazz clubs. the nation’s leading manufacturer of textiles and ready-to-wear clothing.

Today, approximately one-third of all garments manufactured in America are designed and produced here by designers who include Donna Karan HARLEM and Nicole Miller. Style mavens can see which other tastemakers—Pauline Originally a Dutch farming village by the name of Nieuw Haarlem, the Trigère, Oscar de la Renta, Calvin Klein, Claire McCardell and Geoffrey area, roughly defined as 110th to 157th streets from the East to the Hudson Beene, among them—have made an impact by perusing the bronze plaques rivers, was transformed drastically during the Great Migration of the early on Seventh Avenue’s Fashion Walk of Fame, the first permanent land20th century, when Northern factories recruited Southern blacks. The seeds mark dedicated to apparel design in the United States. Along the way, were planted for what would become the largest, most influential Africanthe giant sculpture depicting a needle and button in front of the Fashion American community in the nation, and the Harlem Renaissance of the Center Business Improvement District’s information kiosk is hard to miss.

1920s saw it flourish. The sounds of jazz emanated from such ballrooms as Shopping-wise, visitors can explore mainstream outlets at multistore the Savoy. Billie Holiday sang the blues and Duke Ellington led his orchesManhattan Mall. Fashionistas can even shop for materials to create their tra at the Cotton Club. Writers and civil-rights leaders, including Langston own outfits at one of the neighborhood’s many fabric and trimming stores.

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on Strivers’ Row. These homes are now some of the area’s most beautifully preserved landmarks and a must-see while touring a neighborhood that is experiencing its second renaissance. On W. 125th Street stands the iconic Apollo Theater, whose world-famous amateur night boosted the career of Ella Fitzgerald, among others. James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Patti LaBelle and Michael Jackson have all performed on its stage. The Studio Museum in Harlem specializes in African-American art, while the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture offers films, lectures, tours and concerts. And it’s all easy to get to: As the famed Duke Ellington song says, “Take the ‘A’ Train” (or several other subway lines).

tion left its impression on the community, recognizable today in everything from restaurants to historic synagogues, such as the restored Eldridge Street Synagogue and its museum, which is open for guided tours. Orchard Street and its environs, where pushcarts once predominated, continues to be the neighborhood’s commercial hub and is lined with retail storefronts selling everything from luggage to European fashions to designer leather, many at discounted prices. The current vibe is decidedly younger as many trendy restaurants, bars, boutiques and art galleries have set up shop, and realestate developers are busy with the process of gentrification.

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One of Manhattan’s leading thoroughfares is home to high-end jewelers, haberdashers, boutiques, art galleries, museums and attracFew things are as important to Italians as food, family and tradition. tions. Its personality changes every few blocks. The lower portion, That same unwavering dedication to home values is what has kept Little between E. 28th and E. 34th streets, is known for its Oriental rug Italy one of New York City’s most stalwart ethnic communities since the emporiums and forward-thinking home and furniture showrooms.

1800s. By the 1920s, approximately 63,000 Italians lived between Canal, At the corner of Madison Avenue and E. 36th Street, literary and illuminatBleecker, Rutgers and Crosby streets. Marked by turn-of-the-century ed manuscripts, Mozart’s sheet music, several Gutenberg Bibles, Old Master walk-ups with ubiquitous fire escapes and many cobblestoned byways, its drawings and other priceless cultural treasures are housed in The Morgan delineation has shrunk over the years to the blocks between Bowery and Library & Museum. Tailored men’s Crosby Street. Today, the boundaries clothing occupies the block between between it and surrounding neighborE. 44th and E. 45th streets. Many hoods Chinatown and NoLIta blur new york public library other fine establishments dominate the more and more, but one thing remains fifth avenue avenue between E. 50th and E. 57th constant: Mulberry Street, the heart of streets. From E. 58th to E. 63rd streets a very spirited nabe. On this charming is the Crystal District with glistening lane, you’ll find the Italian American shops selling glass masterworks, while Museum, independent clothing bouE. 63rd through E. 68th streets contiques and a profusion of regional stitute a mini jewelry row, populated Italian dining options, both casual with precious baubles. The Historic and formal; in summer, tables line District, which runs from E. 59th to E. the sidewalk for alfresco supping. The 72nd streets, is lined with the luxury area comes to boisterous life every boutiques of American designers and September during the Feast of San their international counterparts.

Gennaro, a street festival that includes parades, games, fairground rides, music and, of course, food.

MEATPACKING DISTRICT Long before the pocket west of Hudson Street between W. 15th and Gansevoort LOWER EAST SIDE streets was crowned the epicenter of This melting pot was the first destihip, it was known as the Gansevoort nation for thousands of immigrants Market, a cluster of wholesale beef between 1863 and 1935, when the purveyors. Apartments commanded neighborhood had the dubious disrelatively low rents, which drew cretinction of being one of the planet’s ative minds in the early 1990s. Artists most populated places. The Tenement established lofts and galleries, which Museum, a former apartment buildbegat high-end boutiques belonging ing that housed settlers from 20 difto global designers. Restaurateurs and ferent nations, is a celebration and nightlife entrepreneurs have swooped recreation of that era and a sobering in to launch a host of always-on-themust-visit. The large Jewish populaWHERE G UEST B OOK n EW yORK

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all about town radar sit-down eateries. In counterpoint to these more formal restaurants is the new (and aptly named) Gansevoort Market, a casual, 8,000-square-foot space holding up to 25 vendors offering quick gourmet bites, from lobster and pizza to sushi and tacos.

Bouncers guard the velvet ropes at soughtafter clubs and lounges. An abandoned stretch of elevated railroad trestle has been reborn as The High Line, a landscaped park and promenade that stretches from Gansevoort to W. 34th streets, between 10th and 12th avenues. The monumental new home of the Whitney Museum of American Art opens in spring 2015.

Park Avenue. The Downtown section is the more commercial sweep, while corporate office towers take over the landscape from E. 42nd Street to the mid-50s, including such postwar architectural icons as Lever House and the Seagram Building. A slice of upscale shopping spills off retail destination 57th Street. Above E. 60th Street, the neighborhood’s enviable and meticulously maintained luxury co-op apartment buildings take over.

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The Art Deco complex of commercial buildings, bordered by 46th Street, Fifth Avenue, 55th Street and Sixth Avenue, is MIDTOWN EAST home base for NBC-TV’s crowd-pleasThe residential-corporate hybrid of ing Today show. More than 250,000 iceMidtown East (E. 42nd to E. 59th streets, skaters a year exercise under the gaze from Fifth Avenue to the East River) lays of Paul Manship’s gilded sculpture of claim to three of the city’s most recognizPrometheus at The Rink at Rockefeller able architectural icons: Grand Central Center during its season, October Terminal, the Beaux Arts masterpiece and through April. During the warm-weathcommuter hub; the Chrysler Building, a er months, The Rink becomes a popular 71-story skyscraper topped with stainless alfresco bar and lounge. Radio City steel eagles and a graceful Art Deco pyraMusic Hall, where the precision dance mid; and the headquarters of the United troupe, the Radio City Rockettes, kicks Nations, which shimmers at its perch city hall up its heels in the annual Christmas on the East River. Midtown East is also lower manhattan show and in a brand-new extravaganza filled with several tony (and picturesque) opening in March 2015 for a limited residential areas, including Murray Hill, engagement, is a prized concert and Sutton Place and Beekman Place. performance venue; tours detailing its storied history and sumptuous decor are conducted several times daily. After an in-depth look at the Music Hall’s NOLITA nooks and crannies, visitors can check out Rockefeller Center’s many streetBy the mid-1990s, this area NOrth of Little ITAly—roughly between Broome, level and belowground stores. Exhibitions of property from upcoming sales Houston and Lafayette streets and the Bowery—had almost completely lost at Christie’s auction house are among the city’s best free shows. its Italian character. An influx of yuppies supplied a newfound cachet to this forgotten nabe—and demanded a sexier name. Hence the anagram.

Chic boutiques beckon with the promise of haute jeans, tropical dresses, SOHO organic fabrics and bespoke men’s tailoring. Innovative restaurants serving In the hierarchy of New York trendsetting scenes, the area SOuth of a range of international cuisines satisfy venturesome palates, while wine HOuston—between Canal and Crosby streets and the Hudson River—has bars and atmospheric lounges tempt those craving a mellow place in which always been one of the most influential. While its industrial buildings were to unwind. Sightseers can go to Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, the city’s first abandoned by the mid-1900s, their cast-iron facades proved to be assets in cathedral church and one of the first local sites to be landmarked. the 1970s, when they were recognized for their architectural significance.

Throughout its evolution, SoHo’s status as an art shrine has held fast. For example, the restored home and studio of the late minimalist Donald Judd PARK AVENUE (MIDTOWN EAST, UPPER EAST SIDE) is open to the public for advance-reservation tours. White-hot restaurants This prestigious boulevard, with its median a showcase of seasonal flowers, and lounges continue to impress, but SoHo’s true designation du jour is greenery and sculpture, epitomizes New York glamour and high society.

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and the Hudson River as its other three borders). Its transformation into a coveted enclave was prompted by such celebrities as Robert De Niro, who co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival held every spring. Bold-faced names have maintained residences here at one time or another. Keeping these stars and their homes outfitted are some of the city’s most exclusive boutiques, art galleries and antiques shops.

Attracting millions of visitors every year, Times Square—the area between W. 42nd and W. 54th Streets and between Sixth and Ninth avenues—beats as the very heart and soul of the Theater District, just as it has for more than 100 years. Around 1904, theater owners started building playhouses on the surrounding blocks, each one trumping the other in glitz. These dazzling theaters of the Great White Way have enthralled and fascinated ever since their arrival. Of the 40 designated Broadway theaters, the Stephen Sondheim UPPER EAST SIDE is the newest, while the New Amsterdam on 42nd Street is one of the oldFrom its earliest days, when its well-heeled residents earned it the nickest, surviving in all its sumptuously restored Art Nouveau glory, thanks to name Silk Stocking District, the Upper East Side has laid claim to being the painstaking efforts of The Disney Company, which aided in creating Manhattan’s wealthiest, most socially prominent and most rarefied neigha Times Square light years away from the family-unfriendly landscape it borhood. At the turn of the last century, affluent captains of industry had become in the 1970s and 1980s. Businesses began to return to the such as Andrew Carnegie, James B. Duke and Henry Clay Frick chose district throughout the 1990s. Today, everyone can walk Broadway from W. to build their “country estates” in the once-bucolic enclave bounded by 42nd to W. 48th streets without a care, anticipating the thrill of catching a Fifth Avenue, the East River, E. 59th and E. 96th streets. Today, the city’s hit musical or play. Proof positive of the neighborhood’s gentrification is the elite continues to nest in prewar co-op apartments and town houses; western extremity of 42nd Street, one of Manhattan’s premier real-estate Gracie Mansion, the mayor of New York’s official residence, is a charmstrips that has attracted settlers to its many skyscraping apartment building Federal house set in a park overlooking the East River. Visitors to the ings. Local restaurants cater to every culinary taste, and shopping options privileged area can revel in some of the most important art in the world, abound. While millions of people know which is on view in the stellar museums the area from watching it on TV durthat abut Central Park on the stretch of museum mile ing the cacophonous New Year’s Eve Fifth Avenue known as Museum Mile. upper east side countdown held every Dec. 31, no one Institutions here include the all-encomforgets his or her first in-person glimpse passing and encyclopedic Metropolitan of Times Square by night, when it seems Museum of Art. More specialized instias if the entire universe (or that part of it tutions along Museum Mile include the that resides on Manhattan Island) is lit Jewish Museum, Museum of the City of by the vast array of neon, LED lights and New York, National Academy Museum computerized signage, bringing comand School of Fine Arts, El Museo del munications and advertising to a mass Barrio and Solomon R. Guggenheim audience. The closure of sections of Museum, famously designed by Frank Broadway to cars has boosted the foot Lloyd Wright. Glorious mansions traffic in what is truly “the crossroads from a bygone era now house The of the world.”

Frick Collection, renowned for its Old Master paintings and decorative arts, and the Neue Galerie, which specialTRIBECA izes in early-20th-century German and In its 19th-century industrial incarAustrian art and design. The Coopernation, TriBeCa’s majestic buildings— Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum with marble, limestone and cast-iron in the former Andrew Carnegie manfacades—were home to munitions sion reopens in December 2014 after warehouses. In the early 20th century, a three-year renovation. Many longtextiles were the name of the game. standing commercial art and antiques By the 1960s, counterculturists seeking galleries maintain their headquarters solitude and cheap-to-free rents moved on the Upper East Side. The neighborin. By the early 1970s, the fight to gain hood is also home to sprawling strips legal zoning status led a group of artists of green, including the eastern portion to coin the term TRIangle BElow CAnal of Central Park (which features the Street (even though it’s really a trapTisch Children’s Zoo, Boat Pond and ezoid, with Broadway, Chambers Street 128

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singing in Village cabarets in the early 1960s. The Duplex, where comedians Joan Rivers and Woody Allen got their starts, is Manhattan’s oldest continuing cabaret; it’s also a popular piano bar. The Stonewall Inn, still remembered as the site of the Stonewall Riots in 1969, is considered the birthplace of the gay rights movement.

Today, the West Village is brimming with young families and professionals, winding their way down Bleecker Street, a treelined thoroughfare and mecca for designer shopping. Loft buildings, like architect Richard Meier’s three rippling glass towers on the West Side Highway, exhibit some of the city’s most innovative and exclusive residential architecture. Among the film stars who have succumbed to the West Village are longtime residents Hugh Jackman and Julianne Moore.

From its beginnings in the 1830s as a status address for well-to-do liberal families and the cultural elite, to its stint as a mainly working-class neighborhood in the early 20th century, to its current run as—once again—a status address for well-to-do liberal families and the cultural elite, the Upper West Side makes a convincing argument for just how cyclical life in New York City can be. Families, socialites and celebrities live and play among the tree-lined blocks between Central Park West and the Hudson River from W. 59th to W. THE OUTER BOROUGHS 110th streets. Their playground consists New York City, as we know it today, of the New-York Historical Society, came into being in 1898, when the five which has a fine collection of Hudson boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, River School paintings among its many the Bronx and Staten Island—were conholdings, and the Children’s Museum solidated into a single entity. While most cooper square of Manhattan, an interactive center visitors, especially first-time visitors, coneast village for young and old. Lincoln Center for centrate on Manhattan and its neighborthe Performing Arts is a cultural comhoods, increasingly those who have been plex and must-visit for classical music, to NYC before look to the outer boroughs ballet, opera and theater fans. Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall is the for new adventures and memories. Long Island City in Queens, for example, permanent home of the New York Philharmonic. The castlelike American is ripe for discovery, featuring many musts for culture vultures, includMuseum of Natural History is a treasure trove, where an astounding ing the Noguchi Museum, MoMA PS1 and the Fisher Landau Center for number of real dinosaur fossils share the same roof as halls documenting Art. In the same way that the Brooklyn Academy of Music has made its human evolution and dioramas depicting North American mammals. The borough a magnet for theater, opera, ballet and classical music devotees, museum’s Rose Center for Earth and Space, with its state-of-the-art Hayden the state-of-the-art Barclays Center has attracted pop music enthusiasts to Planetarium Space Theater, is one of its most awe-inspiring attractions. its A-list concerts and professional basketball followers to Brooklyn Nets Several elegant restaurants have turned this area into a fine-dining destihome games. Brooklyn’s well-publicized neighborhoods—Williamsburg, nation, while the more casual eateries that line Broadway, Columbus and DUMBO, Gowanus, Bushwick et al—revel in their newfound cachet among Amsterdam avenues are popular for Saturday and Sunday brunch. the young, bolstered by destination restaurants and bars that rival those in Manhattan. Staten Island is just a free (and scenic) ferry ride away from Lower Manhattan; once there, the curious gravitate to an authentic Chinese WEST VILLAGE Scholar’s Garden, the serene Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art and The West Village has always marched to the beat of a different drummer, the all-American Historic Richmond Town. In the summer, sports fans find both physically and figuratively. Its maze of narrow streets, from Sixth nirvana at a New York Yankees baseball game at Yankee Stadium in the Avenue to the Hudson River and W. 14th to Houston streets, does not Bronx, hot dog and beer in hand. Foodies might find a stroll on Arthur follow the grid pattern of much of the city. Its most eminent citizens have Avenue in pursuit of Italian delectables more to their liking, but there’s no always been writers, performers, musicians and other bohemians. An ambidisputing the allure of the Bronx Zoo for animal lovers of all ages. tious teenager from Brooklyn named Barbra Streisand first gained attention 130

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A.Gentleman’s.Guide.to.Love.and.Murder........25

OSKA...........................................................................9

Bloomingdale’s................................ ..........137,.138,.

Ippolita....................................................................116

Pagani.....................................................................129

Jersey.Boys............................................................. 93

The.Phantom.of.the.Opera................................. 31

Jodamo.International......................................... 127

Rehs.Contemporary.Gallery/Rehs.Galleries,.Inc..

............................................... Inside.Back.Cover Boccia..................................................................33 The.Book.of.Mormon............................................ 19 Buenos.Aires.Restaurant....................................131 Carmel.Limo.................................................. 129,.131 Chicago.The.Musical.............................................75 CitiShoes................................................................129 Commonwealth.Worldwide...............................121 Distinguished.Concerts.International,..

New.York...........................................................131 Dr..Jan.Linhart...................................................... 101 Eden.Fine.Art....................................................... 6,.7 Empire.State.Building.Observatory.................23 40.Nine.................................................................... 43

Kellari.Taverna....................................................... 65 Kinky.Boots............................................................. 71 Latitude.Bar.&.Grill............................................... 91 Les.Misérables........................................................ 41 The.Lion.King......................................................... 29 Mamma.Mia!............................................................37 Martin.Lawrence.Galleries................................. 83 Matilda.The.Musical...............................................77 Maurice.Badler.Fine.Jewelry........................ 15,.17 Mendel.Goldberg.Fabrics.................................. 127 Metropolitan.Fine.Arts.&.Antiques..........44,.45 OMEGA.Boutique................................. Back.Cover

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.....................................................................118,.119 Robin’s.Jean...................................................114,.115 Sapphire.Gentlemen’s.Club....................... 112,.113 Scully.&.Scully.................................................. 12,.13 Social.Bar.&.Grill.................................................... 91 Steel.Blaze.............................................................. 39 Top.of.the.Rock............................................... 20,.21 Tourneau.................................................................... 5 Ultimate.Spectacle............................................... 69 Wempe............................................................ 2,.10,.11 Wicked......................................................................35 Zarin.Fabrics......................................................... 127

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citiShoes—Footwear/Men & Women ............ 129

Eden Fine Art ........................................................6, 7

Kinky Boots—broadway Musical ........................ 71

40 Nine—Timepieces ............................................43

Martin lawrence Galleries .................................. 83

Les Misérables—broadway Musical ...................41

Ippolita—Jewelry .................................................. 116

Metropolitan Fine Arts & Antiques .......... 44, 45

The Lion King—broadway Musical ................... 29

Jodamo International—Apparel/Men .............127

Rehs contemporary Gallery/Rehs Galleries, Inc. ..................................................................... 118, 119

Mamma Mia!—broadway Musical ...................... 37

Maurice badler— Jewelry & Timepieces..............................15, 17

DINING buenos Aires Restaurant .................................... 131

The Phantom of the Opera— broadway Musical ............................................ 31

Kellari Taverna ........................................................ 65

Sapphire Gentlemen’s club .......................112, 113

latitude bar & Grill.................................................91

Top of the Rock™ observation Deck at Rockefeller center ® —Attraction ......20, 21

Pagani ..................................................................... 129 Social bar & Grill .....................................................91

ENTERTAINMENT/ATTRAcTIoNS Aladdin—broadway Musical ............................... 47

Matilda The Musical—broadway Musical ........ 77

Wicked—broadway Musical ............................... 35

Mendel Goldberg Fabrics—Textiles.................127 oMEGA boutique— Timepieces .......................................back cover oSKA—Apparel/Women ...................................... 9 Robin’s Jean— Apparel/Men & Women ....................... 114, 115 Scully & Scully—home Decor & Gifts..........12, 13

SERvIcES carmel limo—Transportation ..................129, 131

Steel blaze—Timepieces ...................................... 39 Tourneau—Timepieces ............................................5

commonwealth Worldwide— Transportation ............................................... 121

Ultimate Spectacle—Eyewear ...........................69

Dr. Jan linhart ...................................................... 101

Distinguished concerts International, New York—Musical Entertainment ............ 131

Wempe— Gifts, Jewelry & Timepieces................2, 10, 11

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Zarin Fabrics—Textiles .......................................127

Empire State building observatory— Attraction .......................................................... 23

bloomingdale’s—Department Store ...... 137, 138 ............................................... Inside back cover

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder— broadway Musical ........................................... 25

boccia—Timepieces .............................................. 33

The Book of Mormon—broadway Musical.......19

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Chicago The Musical—broadway Musical....... 75

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