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• Experience the South Street Seaport. The Seaport itself features some of Manhattan’s most historic architecture. It dates back to the early 1600’s when the Dutch East India Trading Company set up their first seaport in the area. There is also a fascinating museum to tour and several unique shops and restaurants that have been established in the seaport. It is also a hub for artistic culture in Manhattan and events like the Seaport Music Festival take place here annually.
• Keep a secret in Grand Central Terminal. While the beauty of Grand Central cannot be hidden, there are a number of little-known quirks about this amazing landmark. When gazing up at the Tiffany-blue stary sky, astronomically-inclined travelers may realize that the constellations are backwards. This is because the artist, Paul Helleu, intentionally designed it to give the viewer a “God’s eye view” of the heavens. Another secret of the Terminal are the “whispering arches.” Between the main and lower floors, arches create an auditory oddity. Stand in one corner with a friend in the other and whisper; the acoustics allow the sound to travel along the arch and heard across a bustling train station.
• Catch an independent movie at the Film Forum. This nonprofit movie theater began as a screening space for an independent film project in 1970. It was originally a simple set up of 50 chairs and one projector. Since then it has grown to include four screens and it is one of the only non-profit cinemas in the United States.
• See a new side of New York from the Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises. Find their offices at Pier 83 in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, and purchase a ticket to one of the many tour types offered. The company was established in 1945 and has a long history of offering tours to the people of New York City, as well as the many visitors the city receives.
• Walk the Brooklyn Bridge, which was the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time it was completed on May 24, 1883. The bridge connects the Lower East Side of Manhattan with Brooklyn. On the Manhattan side of the bridge, at 1 Cherry Street, there is a plaque that marks where the Samuel Osgood House stood until it was demolished in 1856. The house was rented by Congress in April of 1789, when General George Washington moved to New York City with his family a week before his presidential inauguration. It was the first presidential mansion and Washington lived here from April 23rd, 1789 to February 23rd, 1790, before moving to the more well-known presidential mansion in Philadelphia.
