Tag: mapping

1000 things to do in NYC

For the last year or so I have been working on this mymap. There should be something in there for everyone, whether you are a tourist or a local. If you use the “save to my places” link, you can then open this mymap from your android phone for on the go recommendations. I have heard anecdotal evidence that this map has been the inspiration for quite a few awesome dates.

Midtown without avenues

The goal, walk from the Empire State Building, on West 33rd Street, to Rockefeller Center, on West 48th, without ever setting foot on 5th or 6th Avenue—to knife through tall buildings in a single bound, or at least in stepwise forays. A writer for this magazine accomplished the feat in 1956, and a photographic attempt appeared on our Web site last year. A recent lazy Friday seemed like a good time to try the experiment again.

Equipment: sneakers, jeans, a polo shirt, and a purposeful, slightly preoccupied air (Yes, I have important business here). Starting time: 16:00, when doormen are dreaming of the weekend. Expectations of success: low. The last 50 years has stripped midtown of spacious department stores such as Ohrbach’s and Stern’s, and fortified it with guards, visitors’ logs, and electronic-card-access gates.

how to get to central park from 33rd street without using avenues.