With paint peeling off the walls and exposed, tatty floorboards, it is an apartment that seems far from the trendy homes that Manhattan has become famous for in recent years. But given that the Lower East Side has experienced a wave of gentrification in recent years, you could […]
From the top of One World Trade Center – the tallest building in the Western hemisphere – New York’s blockbuster sights across all of its five boroughs can be viewed in all their glory. Towering to a height of 1776ft, symbolic given that it was the year of […]
There’s no statue in the centre of Bowling Green park these days. An angry mob tour down the structure depicting George III in 1776 after George Washington’s Declaration of Independence and in its place now stands a fountain. At the same time, the tops of crowns from railings […]
For the 12 million immigrants who entered America through New York between 1892 and 1924, the Statue of Liberty provided the sign that they had arrived at the land of their dreams. To them the uplifted torch at the top of the structure on an island off Lower […]
There is something immensely pleasurable about people watching in bustling city centre railway stations. Office workers rush to catch their commuter service home, friends meet on the concourse and tourists catch a train to explore another part of town. Many have cars on their driveways and planes can […]
Chelsea Market is a food-lovers paradise, with over 35 outlets ready to entice New Yorkers and visitors through its doors by serving everything from upmarket doughnuts and Cambodian sandwiches to oysters and Japanese-inspired Mexican dishes. I visited in the morning for an excellent breakfast sandwich of bacon, egg […]
New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg is not a fan of Banksy. For 20 consecutive days the graffiti artist from my home city of Bristol has revealed a new piece of artwork in the Big Apple. But Mayor Bloomberg is impressed, saying that graffiti “does ruin’s people’s property” and […]
Past In The Present 