The Most Expensive Burger in the World! July 05 2014

Photo: Liz Steger/Serendipty 3

Serendipity 3 on the Upper East Side, 225 E 60th St, New York, NY 10022, features the world's most expensive hamburger. The $295 burger, available with 48 hours of notice, is called Le Burger Extravagant.

The Burger contains Japanese Waygu beef, 10-herb white truffle butter, smoked Pacific sea salt, 18-month cheddar, shaved black truffles, a quail egg, and a white truffle-buttered roll. The French name adds a note of style. The finishing touch, and the main reason for the high price, is a solid gold Fleur de Lis toothpick encrusted with diamonds and designed by jeweler Euphoria New York.

Half the proceeds from this burger go to help the Bowery Mission.

Where to See Macy's 4th of July Fireworks in New York City (map) July 04 2014

The Macy’s Fireworks Spectacular — the city’s biggest, best display — will light up the sky  again this year.

For the first time since 2008, the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks will be held on the East River.

4th of July is the most important national holiday, when american people celebrate the  Declaration of Indipendence, signed  on July 4, 177.

When someone thinks about 4th of July most Americans  think of the beach, barbecues, party. But  Fireworks are one of the most popular U.S traditions.

Every summer, families flock to their local city's Independence Day celebrations and watch the beautiful explosions of light .

Celebrities That Live in NYC July 02 2014

Orlando Bloom (Tribeca, 155 Franklin Street)

Brooke Shields (West Village, West 10th Street)

Daniel Radcliffe (SoHo, 40 Mercer Street)

Julianne Moore (West Village, 335 West 11th Street)

Sarah Jessica Parker (West Village)

Liv Tyler (Greenwich Village, 255 West 11th Street)

Leonardo DiCaprio (Greenwich Village, 66th East 11th Street)

Ann Hathaway (Brooklyn, Dumbo 1 Main Street)

10 Must See Sights When Visiting New York June 29 2014

1. Empire State Building (more information here)

2. The Statue of Liberty (more information here)

3. Metropolitan Museum (more information here)

4. 9/11 Memorial (more information here)

5. Grand Central (more information here)

6. Times Square (more information here)

7. Brooklyn Bridge (more information here)

8. Flat Iron Building (more information here)

9. Rockefeller Center, Top of the Rock (more information here)

10. Central Park (more information here)

10 beautiful pictures of Marilyn Monroe in New York June 26 2014

Nobody as Marilyn Monroe has been an icon of women's emancipation.

Her smile, her attitude, her crazy life indicated  to every women a way to be free, against the male power.

That's the reason  why she is still remembered as the most beautifull actress in the world.

Enjoy these amazing pictures of Marilyn Monroe in New York City.

Studio 54, most famous club of all time! June 24 2014

 Studio 54 opened just off Broadway in April 1977. The building had originally been an opera house, a theatre and later a CBS studio. It quickly became the best known nightclub in America, famous for the 1970s dance music and the emerging freedom wave. 

At a time of free love Studio 54 was a synonym for the gay and lesbian, women, social and ethnic movement. 

 The club's sudden end arrived in 1980. Studio 54 closed with a final party on February 4, 1980, when Diana Ross personally serenaded Rubell and Schrager, the owner. Ryan O'Neal, Mariel Hemingway, Jocelyn Wildenstein, Richard Gere, Gia Carangi, Jack Nicholson, Reggie Jackson, and Sylvester Stallone were among the guests that night. Schrager and Rubell pleaded guilty to tax evasion and spent 13 months in prison.

 Andy Warhol, the Pop Art icon was a frequent visitor see who else………. 

Woody Allen and Michael Jackson

Jerry Hall, Andy Warhole, Debbie Harry and Truman Capote

Steve Rubell (owner), Alana Hamilton and Rod Stewart

Michael Jackson and Steven Tyler

Liza Minnelli and Andy Warhol

Robin Williams

Mick Jagger and Jerri Hall

Studio 54

10 Amazing Pictures Of New York City June 22 2014

1) Word Trade Center

2) Madison Square Park

3) Central Park

4) Don't Look Down

5) New York at Night

6) Grab a Cab

7) Bridges

8) Times Square

9) Skyline

10) OMG

The best $1 slice in New York June 17 2014

Hungover? In a rush? Saving money?

You probably wouldn't want to impress someone here, but 1 dollar pizza slice is a New York tradition.

You have to eat these slices before you die! Here's our top 13.

1. Z Deli (Times Square)
803 Eighth Avenue, New York NY (48th/49th)

2. 99¢ Fresh Pizza (Times Square)
569 Ninth Avenue, New York NY (at 41st Street)

3. 2 Bros. Pizza (Times Square)
542 Ninth Avenue, New York NY (at 40th Street)

4. 99¢ Fresh Hot Pizza (Midtown East/GCT Area)
459 Lexington Avenue, New York NY (45th/46th)

5. 99¢ Fresh Pizza (Midtown East/GCT Area)
151 East 43rd Street, New York NY (Lexington/Third)

6. 2 Bros. Pizza (Midtown West)
557 Eighth Avenue, New York NY (at 38th Street)

7. K-Food Corp. (K-Town)
18 East 33rd Street, New York NY (Fifth/Madison)

8. 8th Avenue Gourmet (Chelsea/MSG Area)
403 Eighth Avenue, New York NY (at 30th Street)

9. 2 Bros. Pizza (Greenwich Village)
601 Sixth Avenue, New York NY (Waverly/West 8th)

10. 99¢ Fresh Pizza (Greenwich Village)
388 Sixth Avenue, New York NY (17th/18th)

11. 2 Bros Pizza (East Village/St. Marks Place)
32 Saint Marks Place, New York NY (Second/Third)

12. Mamani (East Village)
151 Avenue A, New York NY (9th/10th)

13. Papa John's (Chelsea)
213 West 28th Street, New York NY (Seventh/Eighth)

Love and obstacles June 17 2014

 Yesterday does not seem real. As my husband and I spent the majority of our day crying in each other's arms in sadness, I found myself with a split second of excitment this morning while making his breakfast. I was making him toast to go with his eggs-to-dip when I thought to myself, " I can't wait to make him toast with Texas Toast", but then reality hit. 

 I am so sick and tired of hearing and reading U.S. citizens complaining about illegals. Look what happens to the majority of the people who try to do things the "RIGHT WAY". All a U.S. citizen needs to come to Mexico is a passport which is super easy, fast and cheap to get. However, for a Mexican to LEGALLY go to the states, they need not only a rather expensive passport, but also, an extremely expensive and extremely hard to get visa. My husband was rejected his visa because he is MARRIED TO A U.S. CITIZEN. Not only are we married, we are also HAVING A BABY TOGETHER! When the said they could not give him the visa because he has "strong ties" in the states, he then asked with tears in his eyes, " How am i supposed to meet my family there? How am i supposed to be there to witness my daughters birth?" They replied, "Sorry, but the law is very strict over there." (Keep in mind- whether or not you get the visa- the money is nonrefundable)

 Now, I am definitely fine with bragging about our amazing love story. Not one marriage is perfect- including ours, but our love is stronger than any obstacle that has been or will be thrown our way. So many people have witnessed and walked beside us through this amazing adventure that is still just beginning and we are so grateful for each every one of you. It is such a shame that this beyond amazing man will not be able to meet OUR friends and family in the states at this time. 

 My husband is the most amazing, generous, handsome, loving person I have ever met. He is outrageously smart and he has the world's largest heart. He makes me laugh every day even when I can be extremely difficult to deal with at times, he makes me feel like I am the most beautiful girl in the world, he wipes my tears when I cry, he kisses my forehead and holds me close in his arms, holds my hand, opens and closes the door-ALWAYS, and he has showed me that fairytales, princes and princesses really do exist.

 Not every person can say this, but I am honored to say I can. EVERY SINGLE DAY I FALL IN LOVE WITH MY BESTFRIEND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. EVERY DAY FEELS LIKE THE FIRST MOMENT I EVER LAID EYES ON HIM. 

 VISA O NO VISA, David Vzqz NUNCA QUIERO ESTAR SIN TI. ERES EL AMOR DE MI VIDA. ERES MI TODO CORAZON Y UNIVERSO. LUNA, CAJETA Y YO SOMOS MUY AFORTUNADOS DE TENERTE EN NUESTRAS VIDAS. ERES EL MEJOR HOMBRE, ESPOSO Y PADRE QUE HAN VIVIDO.

 We want to thank our families and friends for being so supportive and helping us along the way. THIS IS NOT OVER. WE WILL NOT GIVE UP!!!! WE LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!

 PLEASE SHARE OUR STORY!!!!! OUR BABY IS DUE IN OCTOBER 2014 AND MY HUSBAND WAS RECENTLY REJECTED FOR HIS VISA!!! I AM TRYING TO SPREAD OUR STORY SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE!! I AM NOT A SINGLE MOTHER AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TRAVEL OR DELIVER OUR BABY AS SUCH!! THERE ARE PEOPLE TRYING TO ENTER THE STATES LEGALLY AND ARE GETTING REJECTED! AS A U.S. CITIZEN I HAVE RIGHTS AND I WANT MY HUSBAND AND FATHER OF MY DAUGHTER TO BE PRESENT!!! I HAVE LIVED IN MEXICO WITH MY HUSBAND FOR A YEAR AND A HALF BUT WE BOTH WANT OUR DAUGHTER BORN IN THE STATES!!! PLEASE SHARE!!!!

The Top 10 Bars To Watch The World Cup In New York City June 11 2014

With the Basketball and Hockey seasons coming to an end, and the baseball and american football ones still far from a new beginning,

June and July will be months dedicated to another football. The real one as argued by Europeans, although for americans is merely soccer. On June 12th, with Brazil vs Croatia, there will be the kick-off of the long awaited World Cup.

Also in the cosmopolitan New York, soccer will be the number one sport for a few weeks. The home team led by Neymar is the front-runner. European teams, however, will not make a mere appearance.

And among the first week games, there is quite soon a big match between two noble european teams: Italy vs England, scheduled for Saturday June 14th at 6 pm (E.T.). We came to know that the game will be broadcast at the Sweetwater Social, a quite new cool Soho (643 Broadway) lounge bar, where a party with drinks offered at special price will be organized. Do not miss out on this!

1. The Football Factory at Legend’s, 6 W 33rd St, New York, NY 10001

2. Smithfield Hall, 138 W 25th St, New York, NY 10001

3. Stout, 133 W 33rd St, New York, NY 10003

4. Jack Demsey’s, 133 W 33rd St, New York, NY 10003

5. Mr. Dennehy’s, 133 W 33rd St, New York, NY 10003

6. St. Dymphnas, 133 W 33rd St, New York, NY 10003

7. Nevada Smiths, 100 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10003

8. Standings, 43 E 7th St, New York, NY 10003

9. 11th Street Bar, 510 E 11th St, New York, NY 10009

10. Central Bar, 109 E 9th St, New York, NY 10003

New York and its Bikes June 10 2014

Neal Reed is working on a photo documentary that shows the impact of bikes on NYC streets. A true New Yorker who combined his passion for cycling and photography. 

When did you develop a passion for photography and what influenced you?

 I developed an interest in photography when I was in college at Pratt Institute in the 60’s. I was heavily influenced by the Vietnam War photographers as well as Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, etc...

 What is your project about and when did you start to portrait it?

 The concept started in August of 2013 as a photographic essay on the Citibike program and evolved into a photographic essay/social documentary on the effects of the increase in cycling (and the introduction of bike lanes) on the city of New York.

Why did this arouse your interest?

 I spent many years and hundreds of miles a week on a bicycle training for bike racing. This was done in a period when NYC, and particularly the cars and other traffic, was not very kind to cyclists. As I walked the city in the last couple of years with my camera (I call it wandering), I was fascinated by the changes I saw happening in the patterns and  behavior of traffic as the number of cyclists and bike lanes increased.

What kind of impact do the bike lines and the city bike share system have on New York?

 I see a compromise occurring between the cyclists, pedestrians and cars - trucks - buses.  Each group seems to be increasing its respect for the other. I still see conflicts (after all this is New York), and close calls, but gradually, as the numbers of cyclists increases, this level of acceptance and respect for each other and the traffic laws we all must live or die by, also seems to be increasing.

How will the New Yorkers commute in future?

 Well, in my humble opinion, if the Citibike program can achieve some measure of financial sustainability and viability, and the city continues to try to find ways to protect the riders and others who choose alternative forms of transportation and commuting, then I foresee more and more people choosing alternative forms of commuting of which cycling will be an important part.

Nothing is more New York than Seinfeld May 19 2014

Beginning this week, the No. 7 train's interior and exterior will take on the decor of the “Seinfeld Diner” to celebrate the first Mets-Yankees Subway Series of this year's baseball season.

While that may not be big news for any other city, no town loves Jerry Seinfeld more than New York.

In 2002, TV Guide named Seinfeld the greatest television program of all time.

The "Seinfeld train" will be up for one month.

September 11 Memorial Museum prepares to open on May 21 May 14 2014

A museum commemorating the 9/11  is on the verge of opening, with familiar sights and artifacts never before shown on public display.

The doors open to the general public May 21.

The museum's two main exhibition areas, both underground, recall Sept. 11, 2001, when hijacked airplanes slammed into the World Trade Center's twin towers, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pa., killing nearly 3,000 people.

An "In Memoriam" exhibition, on the footprint of the World Trade Center's South Tower, commemorates the lives of victims

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A historical exhibition, on the footprint of the North Tower, focuses on the attacks, what preceded them and what has happened since.

Some of the most displays are wrecked emergency vehicles, nearly 2,000 oral histories and poignant personal items that belonged to victims.

A Nutella bar is opening in New York. Discover where! May 09 2014

There are pizzeria, there are wine bars, there are even french fries bars — but the only thing missing in the world of bars is a Nutella bar.

Nutella is  the brand name of hazelnut chocolate spread. Manufactured by the italian company Ferrero, it was introduced to the market in 1964.

 Luckily for the world, their wildest Nutella dreams could be coming to fruition. 

Eataly, a popular spot to indulge in gourmet Italian food, is swapping their wine shop for their new “Nutella Bar” that will serve only the tastiest treats concocted with Nutella: a place that offers an amazing menu of Nutella creations that can only make your life sweeter.

The bar will open on Monday, May 12. Anyone who happens to be around will be able to enjoy slices of bread slathered with Nutella for free.

We Love The Central Park April 23 2014

• Central Park is the heartland of Manhattan, 843 acres set aside for the recreation of New Yorkers and tourists. Although the park seems “natural”, its landscape and scenery are completely man-made, based on designs by Fredrick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.
• Central Park has one of the lowest crime rates in the city. Nevertheless, is is unwise to wander in remote areas of the park or to visit the park at night alone except to attend scheduled events.
• The first two digits on the metal plate attached to most park lampposts tell the approximate cross street.
• In 1844 poet William Cullen Bryant began calling for a public park, observing that commerce was devouring great chunks of Manhattan and the population sweeping over the rest.
• The land was desolate, covered with scrubby trees, rocky outcroppings, and occasional fields where squatters grazed pigs and goats. A garbage dump, a bone-boiling works, and a rope walk added their own atmosphere.
• Socially the park was intended for the relief of working people, whose daily lives were often confined to tenements and sweatshops, as well as for the amusement of the wealthy, who could display their clothing, carriages, and horses along the tree –lined drives.
• Even before its completion the park was a target for unwanted encroachments, beginning with a racing track for horses, which Olmsted blocked.
• About 45 million people visit the park each year, which takes a toll on the landscape and facilities.
• The Carousel, with its 58 beautiful horses, delights more than 250.000 riders every year, According to legend, the first park carousel (1870) was turned by a blind mule and a horse in the basement, who were trained to respond to one or two knocks on the floor over their heads.
• The Reservoir occupies the midline of Central Park, from about 86^th to 96^th. The main entrance, at East 90^th St, is through the Engineers’ Gate, familiarly known as the Runners’ gate, where runners enter the park during the New York Marathon.

How did Times Square get its name? April 15 2014

• Times Square is not a square. Geometrically it is two triangles created by intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue

• Is the Center of the city’s theater district, a Mecca for tourists, and a symbol of urban renewal.

• Crowded and Chaotic by day, it is spectacular after dark, illuminated by lighting displays famous the world over

• Before 1904 Times Square, then known as Longacre Square, was dominated by horse exchanges, carriage factories, stables.

• In 1904 the subway arrived along with the New York Times, whose publisher persuaded the city to rename the area for his newspaper, perhaps in competition with Herald Square to the south, named for the New York Herald, then the dominant newspaper.

• The city’s theater district developed around Times Square during the first three decades of the 20^th century. First came a few pioneers, creeping up Broadway from Herald Square: Charles Frohman’s Empire Theater and Olympia Theater.

• The Depression devastated Broadway. Many legitimate theatres were converted to burlesque theaters or to movie houses whose offerings deteriorated from Hollywood hits.

• By the 1970, the area was known for crime, drug dealing, and prostitution. Times Square was no longer famous for its theaters and its neon, but notorious for its sleaze.

• The turnaround began in the late 1980s, with new commercial real estate development in the West 40s and 50s. In the early 1990s, a combination of governmental, non-profit, and commercial organizations began to pull the neighborhood from its morass.

• In 1990 the state took over several historic theaters on 42^nd St and formed the New 42^nd Street, a non-profit organization, to oversee their redevelopment

• The Walt Disney Company came into town in 1993, refurbishing the New Amesterdam Theatre for Disney entertainment.

• The Times Square Alliance was founded in 1992 to promote the area, improve public safety, bolster economic development, and deal with quality of life issues.

• Today Times Square is cleaner, safer, more profitable, and more visitor-friendly (as many as almost 55 millions tourists visit annually) than it was a decade ago.

• While no one wishes for the return of crime and squalor, some observers lament what has become of the neighborhood- its increasing corporate homogeneity and loss of individuality, its bland lineup of chain –stores, and its sense of being for tourists, not new Yorkers.

How Three Letters and a Heart Changed New York City! April 11 2014

I Love New York’ the success story of a campaign and its world famous logo.

The 70’s, time of Disco, free love, marijuana and wild colors or the so called Woodstock culture. At that time New York City an 18 Mil. Metropolis and one of the most dangerous on the planet with a crime rate three to four times higher as today, 130.000 stolen vehicles yearly compared to ‘only’ 17.000 in 2012, a dirty and dangerous subway system, a city swamped with hookers and drug addicts. One of the most surprising and interesting facts about New York in the 70’s is that the city of Wall Street was close to bankruptcy.

Milton Glaser, a graphic designer, from New York and the creator of the logo borrowed the rebus from “CJAD Montreal Quebec Canada” which run a campaign “Montreal, the city with a heart".

Glaser and the advertising agency Wells Rich Greene were hired by William S. Doyle, Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Department of Commerce, in 1977 to evolve a campaign which would promote New York State. Instead, ‘I Love New York’ and its logo became an allegory for NYC!

The attitude in the city changed tremendously, the safety and the infrastructure changed over time. Statistically New York City is the safest large city on the planet. Its infrastructure is enviable a 24-hour subway system transports daily more than 5 Million passengers. ‘The Big Apple’ is the second favorite destination on the world with over 50 Million tourist a year.    

The slogan represents ‘The City That Never Sleeps’ over three decades and white T-Shirts with the emblem are being sold Millions of times until today.

Correction to our post from April 11, according do Mr. Dan Bates from Milton Glaser Inc.

"New York has such courage and enthusiasm that everything can be begun again" April 10 2014

New York is a vertical city, under the sign of the new times. It is a catastrophe with which a too hasty destiny has overwhelmed courageous and confident people, though a beautiful and worthy catastrophe. Nothing is lost. Faced with difficulties, New York falters.

Still streaming with sweat from its exertions, wiping off its forehead, it sees what it has done and suddenly realizes: “Well, we didn't get it done properly. Let’s start over again!”.

New York has such courage and enthusiasm that everything can be begun again, sent back to the building yard and made into something still greater, something mastered!

These people are not on the point of going to sleep. In reality, the city is hardly more than twenty years old, that is the city which I’m talking about, the city which is vertical and on the scale of the new times.

LE CORBUSIER, 1936

All You Need To Know About East Village April 08 2014

1. Until the 1960 the East Village did not exist as a distinct neighborhood, its eastern blocks were part of the sprawling Lower East Side, populated by Slavs, Eastern European Jews, Germans, and Latinos. Its western sector, around Astor Place, was a decaying remnant of a formerly aristocratic neighborhood.

2. In the 1950s a few beatniks moved in- Jack Kerouac and Allan Ginsberg, among them- and during the next decade artists, writers, musicians, and other exponent of the counterculture were drawn here by low rents.

3. The blocks around St. Mark’s Place pulsed with intellectual energy: there were cafes, bookstores, theaters, coffee houses.

4. In the 1980s the neighborhood was beset by drug abuse and crime and also by tensions between cultural groups, of wich the 1988 Tompkins Square riots were an expression.

5. Since the 1990, as the city has recovered economically, the East Village has gentrified: coffee bars, condos, some elegantly designed, soar above remaining tenements.

6. In the Village’s heart, the New Museum of Contemprary Art is the only museum in Manhattan devoted exclusively to the work of living artists. It was the first institution in the city to exhibit such now prominent artists.

7. The city’s Ukrainian enclave stretches along Second Avenue form about East 4^th to East 14^th St. “Little Ukraine” reached a population of about 60.000 after World War II as Ukrainians.

All You Need To Know About Chinatown April 04 2014

1. Many of Manhattan’s other ethnic enclaves are shrinking or gentrifying, but not Chinatown.

2. Now it is expanding eastward beyond its original boundaries into the Lower East Side and northward into Little Italy.

3. Visitors come for the ambiance, for bargains, and for food, as well as for knockoff designer handbags and perfume.

4. Sunday is the busiest day, when Chinese who have moved out to the suburbs return the old neighborhood

5. Chinatown remains plagued by poverty, overcrowding, and physical deterioration: its housing and business space is largely substandard. It supports an underground economy that includes sweatshop labor, counterfeiting, and the smuggling of illegal immigrants.

6. With an estimated population of 90,000 to 100,000 people, Manhattan's Chinatown is also one of the oldest ethnic Chinese enclaves outside of Asia, consisting primarily of Cantones and Min-speaking residents, although there is now some Mandarin speakers.

7. If you're looking for spicy, Sichuan cuisine, Grand Sichuan International is the perfect Chinatown choice.

All You Need To Know About The Flatiron Building April 02 2014

1. Flatiron Building, which fills the triangle where Broadway joins Fifth Avenue, was the world’s tallest building (285 ft/ 87 mt, 22 stories) when completed in 1902.

2. When it was constructed, some people worried that the Flatiron Building would collapse, it was a prime architectural design at the advent of steel skyscraper construction in the United States.  

3. They called it Burnham's Folly. But the Flatiron Building was actually a feat of engineering that used newly developed construction methods.

4. A sturdy steel skeleton allowed the Flatiron Building to achieve record-breaking height without the need for wide supporting walls at the foundation.

5. The Beaux-Arts styling and detailing give the steel scraper a touch of architectural precedent found Europe at the time. The building is clad in  limestone  and glazed terra cotta, which amplifies the heavy, yet rich aesthetic.

6. In 1902,  a journalist wrote on the New York Times:  “The peculiar office structure appears to exercise a strange fascination over some minds, for not only do hundreds of people stand for five and then minutes at a time looking up at it, but many of those who have detached themselves from the groups are obliged to return in a minute or two to examine the structure from another point of view”

7. The neighborhood around the Flatiron Building, once known for its concentration of photographer’s studios and camera shop, has in recent years become a trendy residential area.

All You Need To Know About The Brooklyn Bridge April 01 2014

1)      The Brooklyn Bridge is one of New York’s great landmarks, the most loved bridge in the city.

2)      The Downtown’s view is spectacular. The Brooklyn Bridge connects two great New York City boroughs: Manhattan and Brooklyn. You can walk it, drive it, bike it, or just admire it. One way or the other, the Brooklyn Bridge soaring over the East River is one of New York City’s most famous routes, both for tourists and born-and-bred NewYorkers.

3)      When Brooklyn Bridge opened on May 25, 1883, it was justly considered one of the world’s greatest wonders. It was the largest suspension bridge in existence.

4)      In 1898, the city of Brooklyn formally merged with New York City, Staten Island and a few farm towns, forming Greater New York.

5)      The bridge was a public works project conducted on a scale never before seen in New York, employing 4.000 people, taking 14 years.

6)      Before the Brooklyn Bridge, anyone wishing to cross the East River had to take the Fulton Ferry.

7)      One hundred thirty years later the bridge is still an important part of the city’s transportation network, carrying approximately 145000 cars per day and numerous pedestrian.

All You Need To Know About The Met March 28 2014

1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) is open daily 10.30 a.m. -5.30 p.m.

2. Friday and Saturday  till 10 Pm.

3. Closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, January 1, and the first Monday in May.

4. Tickets are priced as follows: Adults $25; Seniors $17; Students $12. But you can pay what you can afford to see one of the greatest art museums in New York City.

5. The Met is the largest, most comprehensive art museum in the world. The building occupies 1.5 million square feet (12 times the size of an American football field) and its collections include more than two millions objects, whose range includes the whole world and the entire sweep of human civilization.

6. Every Year more than five million people visit.

7. Van Gogh self-portrait with a Straw Hat is one of most important Met’s masterpieces.  The artist produced more than twenty self-portraits during his Parisian sojourn (1886-88). Without money, but determined to hone his skills as figure painter, he became his own best sitter: “I purposely bought a good enough mirror to work from myself”.

All You Need To Know About The MoMA March 26 2014

1. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) opens daily 10.30 a.m. -5.30 p.m.

2. Tickets are priced as follows: Adults $25; Seniors $18; Students $14.

3. MoMA is the leading art museum in the world, located in Midtown Manhattan, on 53^rd Street between 5^th and 6^th Avenues.

4. MoMA’s outstanding collection of 19th- 20th century painting and sculpture is installed on the fourth and fifth floors, with the older works on the fifth floor.

5. We suggest starting on the fifth floor and work downwards.

6. Collection of the MoMA had more than 150.000 pieces. One can see there works of Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Salvado Dali, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Andy Warhol.

7. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is a large painting created  by the artist Pablo Picasso. The work portrays five nude female prostitutes from a brothel on Carrer d’Avinyò. It is the most important MoMA’s masterpiece ( picture above).