Re: Re: Altitude/New York

["Steve Thomas" <planesmail@st...net>]

My girlfriend and I were there on vacation for several days in '04. We did
the standard tourist stuff.. Empire State Bldg, Coney Island, WTC site,
Times Square, Central Park, etc. I'm sure Kate can give you an "insider's"
list of cool stuff to do/see. The Intrepid is a floating air and space
museum and is pretty cool if you're interested in that sort of thing.
<http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/>

We stayed at the Radio City Apartments, which has great deals considering
their location and what you get for the money. You should definately check
them out before making the decision on where you're going to stay. They're
in mid-town, right next to Rockefeller Center and just around the corner
from Times Square.
<http://www.radiocityapartments.com/>

If you do plan on or are interested in doing a lot of the touristy stuff,
check out CityPass. You buy a bundle of admission tickets to a lot of the
more common attractions for a reduced price.
<http://www.citypass.com/city/ny.html>

You'll probably want to get a MetroCard for transportation. There's not a
lot you can't get to by subway and the MetroCard is the cheapest way to
use it.
<http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/metrocard/tourism/index.html>

Hope that helps.

St-

PS - I have some pictures from that trip on my website, if anyone's
interested. <http://sthomas.net/go/pics>



> Aha - I noticed a mention of New York in the last post.  Does anyone on
> this
> list in fact live there/know it well?
>
> Its just that I'm likely to be over there for a week or so later in the
> year, and would like a few tips (good record shops, venues, gigs, other
> things to do, etc.).  My girlfriend is going to be over there for around 
> 3
> weeks (plus Chicago for a week) mid-September to mid-October to do some
> research for her PhD and I thought I might as well grab the opportunity 
> of
> going over there for part of that time.
>
> Any ideas on places to stay would be useful too - she's been thinking of
> sub-letting an apartment, but hasn't got anything sorted yet.
>
> Thanks all (and apologies to all those who this doesn't apply to).
> Replies
> off the list if you like.
>
> PV1
>
>
> From: "gordon" <dwilhelmi@ti...co.uk>
> Reply-To: The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List <blueplanes@st...net>
> To: "The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List" <blueplanes@st...net>
> Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Re: Altitude
> Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 23:59:11 +0100
>
>    That was a particularly potent line for me in the early 90's Kate, the
> way things were here for me, so knowing from previous posts that you are
> in
> the way of New York, devastated to know it's relevant to you right now.
>
>    Wm's analysii is as good or bad as it gets, but for me Gerards' premis
> has always been love, the pain and the glory of it, and taking a side
> swipe
> at anything that takes his fancy along the way, a la Moorcock.
>
>    Ann Sheldon's cover for the 'Loved ' EP for instance.
>
>    A guy standing on his head, or hanging by a thread, to say ' I love 
> you
> '
>
>    The gal, 'So What ?'
>
>    Not really bothered ( see ma face ? ), Art Star from Record Player is
> the
> best thing I've heard since Creedence Cleawater Revival in the early
> 70's.,
> I don't reckon anything from Altitude is new enough to warrant such lofty
> comparisons, Wm,, and talking of comparisons, why do people try comparing
> Gerard with his peers ?
>
>    He has none.
>
>    'really sloppy writing today.....'
>
>    Love
>    G
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Kate Kwiatkowski
>      To: The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List
>      Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:14 PM
>      Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Re: Altitude
>
>
>      Precisely.....I'm here too.
>      "this is not our country, we just live here"
>
>      Kate
>
>      Wm Lightner <wvklightner@ya...com> wrote:
>        Kate,
>        Yes, I'm in the States...and it's getting more weird here every
> day,
> it seems.
>
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