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INTERVAL WORLD
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Issue 2, 2018
41
Big
(ger)
Apple
Follow in the footsteps of a local and venture beyond
popular Manhattan attractions to different
New York City
experiences in Brooklyn, Queens,
and the Bronx.
By Jessica
Colley Clarke
I can’t remember the last time I was in Times Square.
As a New Yorker who has lived in Manhattan for the
last 10 years, the closest I usually get to those neon
lights is underground as the subway zips downtown
from my home in Harlem.
When friends come to visit, we might go to the
top of the Empire State Building or hop the ferry to
the Statue of Liberty, but we also feast on barbecue
in Brooklyn and wander the New York Botanical
Garden in the Bronx. My goal is for them to leave
with a more complete picture of the beautiful diver-
sity that makes up this unique and exciting city.
In upper Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and
the Bronx, here’s where I bring visitors who are
looking to experience something a bit different.
BEYOND MIDTOWN IN MANHATTAN
There’s much more to Manhattan than the sky-
scrapers and theaters of midtown. When travelers
explore past this familiar area, they often venture
downtown to the charming (some still cobblestone)
streets of the West Village or prime shopping in
SoHo. But there’s also a lot to see in the opposite
direction, heading north toward Central Park and
beyond into upper Manhattan.
LEFT: Dubbed “the Woodstock
of eating” by
The New York
Times
, Smorgasburg is the
largest weekly open-air food
market in the U.S., attracting
anywhere from 20,000 to
30,000 people every weekend
from April to October. RIGHT:
Founded in 1971 by Alanna
Heiss, one of the originators
of the alternative spaces
movement in New York City,
MoMA PS1 is one of the
oldest and largest nonprofit
arts centers in the U.S.
devoted to contemporary art.
Claudia Uripos/eStock Photo; Lumiere/eStock Photo
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