
We hear your suggestions for out of town visitors to New York as the city celebrates 'Must-See Week.'
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You can just say that. You can say that over and over again. Listeners, we want to hear from you. Where do you like to take visitors from out of town? What is a touristy activity that actually is totally worth it for locals to try out? What are some of your personal New York City must sees or must dos? Our Phone lines are open. 2124-3396-9221-2433. WNYC. You can call in and you can join us on the air. You can text to us at that number as well. You can also reach out on social media at all of it. Wnyc. We are talking about places you like to go in New York City that you'd like. People take people from out of town, whether they be touristy or some secret gem. We want to hear about it. 2124-339692-21243. WNYC. Okay, Tiffany, give me the elevator pitch. Must see NYC.
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We need must See week because it is a great way to explore New York. So, you know, January and February, it's typically a slower time for travel all around. And this is really meant to get people out of the house and enjoy all the things that you can do in New York. Mostly indoor, of course. Right. And hiding from the cold. But it's, it's a great ballet in the sense that it's two for one tickets on museums, attractions, performing arts and tours. So it's really a fantastic deal. And it's, it's really citywide, so there's something in all five boroughs and just a good variety of things that you can, that, you know, you can look to enjoy. And so, you know, everything from Alvin Alley, Carnegie Hall, Empire State Building, Museum of the Moving Image, Kings County Distillery out in Brooklyn. There's, it's just, there's so much good.
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Two for one, two for one, two for one tickets.
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That's fantastic. When you think about a must see in New York, what are the, what are the properties of a must see?
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I think it's all sort of the hallmarks of things that, you know, maybe you think about when you're, when you're planning a trip to New York. So a lot for a lot of people, you know, who are coming in from elsewhere, it's a lot of times it's the things that you see and you hear about, you know, on TV and in movies. So I think people do tend to gravitate towards like the Empire State Building, the big iconic things. Carnegie Hall. Right. And Jazz at Lincoln center and the Metro. But there's really, it's, I think that's an amazing entry point. So I say, yes, do all of those things, of course, but also go deeper, explore a little bit further, a little bit longer. And I think must see week because of the value. It actually allows you to do that. So you're really maximizing your budget no matter what your budget is. And I think everybody loves a good deal.
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Where do you like to take people when you have visitors from out of town?
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Ooh, it sort of depends. I mean, I am a big fan of the botanical garden. I love just a good walk outside, so that's always fun for me. I enjoy the Empire State Building, possibly because I also live nearby, walking distance from my house. So that's always fun. For more athletic pursuits, I would say let's go skating at the rink. And I do. And also the museums, the Whitney, the Met mom, et cetera. You know, having a little one now, it's like, you know, I'm finding different ways into places that I've been going to for a long time. And so that's something that I really enjoy. So doing a little bit more family, kid friendly aspect, let's talk to Stacy.
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Calling in from the Lower east side. Hi, Stacy, thanks for calling all of it. You are on the air. Stacy there. Stacy has us on mute. Worried about that a little bit. Let's talk to see we can figure it. Let's talk to Susie. Oh, wait, you have Stacy. You don't have Stacy. I'm going to reintroduce the segment while the control room figures out what's going on. We've got gremlins in the machine. 2124-3396-9221-2433. WNYC that's when you can call in and tell us what's your must see activity. Where do you take visitors from out of town? Even if it's a touristy activity, that's actually really, really worth it. We Want to hear 2124-3396-9221-2433. WNYC. Also want to make sure, you know, that we cannot take any calls from anybody who's driving, not even on speakerphone. We everybody's really safe. If you have to tell us, you can, you can pull over, but we can't take anybody driving. Like I said, make sure everybody's really safe. Tiffany Townsend is the executive vice president of Global communications for NYC Tourism and Conventions. All right, I want to, I want to ask you about Staten Island. I want to start with Staten island because sometimes Staten island gets left out of the conversation when you're talking about trips to New York City. What's something that's on the list that people who'd visit in Staten island.
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I like St. George theater, so I always say take the Staten island ferry. It's a fun time. It's free way to see New York. And who kind of doesn't love a boat trip, right? So when you get off, get off of the ferry, do St. George Theater. It's in walking distance. And they're offering two for one tickets on their ultimate Elvis experience and Superman and Batman movie double feature. So that's kind of great. And if you also haven't been to the, to the theater, it is gorgeous. It's gone through a lot of renovation. It's very beautiful. So whether you're there for the performances or you love some history and some architecture, the St. George Theater is very, very, it's just a very cool place to go. And I'm sure you can still feel a little bit of George Carlin there. Right?
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Sports fans will be delighted to know you can get a tour around Yankee Stadium. Do we know what the tour includes?
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So obviously you're going to get a bit of history. So looking at a lot of the different artifacts, some exclusive locations that you might not normally be able to see see if you were just going to a game. And so it's yeah, sort of like a nice, a nice wraparound, but mostly a little bit of artifacts, a little bit of history, which is, I think, a nice accompaniment to, you know, just going to normally to the games, obviously not being in season right now. So it's a good other way to experience. If you're a huge Yankees fan and.
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You mentioned the Botanic Gardens. People might be thinking, wait, it's winter.
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But you know, the Botanical Garden has programming throughout the year. So while you may not see, you know, certain types of flowers and fauna in bloom at this moment, there is programming throughout the year. And so it, you know, sort of unconventional thinking, but it is actually a great place to do throughout the year.
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All right, I think we got the gremlins out of the phone system. Let's stay outside. Carla from West Milford. Hi, Carla, are you there?
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I am. And good morning to you and all your listeners. I wanted to recommend Ellen Stardust Diner in New York City around, I think, 51st and Broadway. You go there and you get food. And the wait staff are also would be Broadway performers or people from Broadway shows who are between engagements. And you never know what you're going to see, but it's always fabulous. And when my sister's coming from Chicago, it's the first place they want to go to and hope that we can go one more time before they head home. I highly recommend it for a funny evening.
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Carla, thank you so much for calling in. Let's talk to Susie from Astoria. Hi, Susie.
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Hey, hey there. Not in a car, in a fifth floor walk up. I have two museums to tell you about. The first one is the Museum of the City of New York. You can't go to a museum about the City of New York and anywhere but in New York. And I tell people over and over again, go to the ground floor and watch the 20 minute movie that takes you from the beginning of New York with First nations through to now. And you can go, wow, that's why it's Wall Street. In addition, they change their exhibits all the time. The building is beautiful. And they put exhibits in these rooms that were probably fancy bedrooms at one point. But it might be about protest, it might be about women's issues. They had something recently about hip hop. They did Pandemic thing. Gingerbread was really fun at Christmas time. So there's that. And then the hidden gem is the city reliquary over in Brooklyn. It is a tiny museum that is like your grandma's attic about things that are New York. And they do such fun programming. They just did one on the Latin Quarter, the old cocktail club. They sponsor the subway, Ms. Subway's pageant, shout out to Ms. Subway's and all sorts of things like that. So those are my two. I tell everybody to try and get to them. You can go to a big art museum anywhere, but you can only go to those museums here.
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Susie from Astoria first of all, Tiffany, I think you need to hire Susie.
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These are fantastic recommendations. I love all of these.
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Let's talk to Peter from Cold Spring. Hi, Peter, thanks for calling in.
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Yeah, hi. I lived in Germany in Frankfurt about 20 years and so I still have plenty of friends coming over. One of the places I never missed bringing them to is McSorley's. It's something that's very uniquely New York and not found in many other places.
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Peter, thank you for calling in. We're talking about NYC Must See Week. Tiffany Townsend is our guest executive Vice president of Global communications for NYC Tourism and Conventions. Let's see, we have an Instagram. One of my favorite things to do is to go to the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens. Thumbs up. Also in Queens is the Museum of the Moving Image. Again, two for one tickets for this museum. For those who've never been. Why is this a must see?
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Well, museum of the Moving Image. Just overall, if you're a movie fan, if you're just, if that's your space, if that's your happy place, this is the place to go. And then you're also close by to things like Silver Cup Studios, et cetera. And so I don't think most people necessarily think of New York as a place for, as movie land compared to Los Angeles, but we have a rich history of, you know, thinking about both film and television all across the city. I'm sure we can all find our favorite spots where we've seen a television show film. So I think that that's also a great way into it. And I would say the Louis Armstrong House is awesome. They've just undergone a huge, a huge renovation really added to their entire space. So you're getting both the history of the musician, but you're also getting a performing arts experience as well. So it's really transformed in the last year. So if you haven't been, go, but if you haven't been in a while, also go.
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Got a text. City island and Orchard beach in off season, City island, now way too gentrified, but still has a seafaring charm. Once took a friend from Norway there and she said aspects reminded her of home. That's an excellent suggestion. Let's talk to Stacey from the Lower east side. Hi Stacey.
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Hello. I cannot say enough about the New York City Transit Museum over in Brooklyn at the decommissioned station. I believe it's Cortlandt Street. The reason I think it's such an amazing place for people to see both non native New Yorkers is that you get a truly historical perspective about the building of a New York City subway. You actually get to see decommissioned trains. I remember riding the app and some of those models when I went to school in the 60s. And also you get a fascinating history about what it took and how many lives were on the line in building the New York City subway system. So I can't say enough about that as a really unique experience, being able to walk through trains down on the lower level that are there for all of us.
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Stacy, thanks for calling in, Tiffany. Stacy's taken us to Brooklyn. I see that there's some food tours.
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Yes, in Brooklyn. Bagel tours. Can't beat it. I mean, there's like almost nothing more in New York than a bagel other than maybe pizza. So. So, you know, two for one on, on a bagel tour experience. So you're going to sample all the varieties of bagels that you can imagine. And sort of food related is also the Kings County Distillery over at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. And so you can do a little date night there. And it's actually the oldest whiskey distillery in New York City since Prohibition. So it's a very, it's a very cool place. And then you can go to weddings after.
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Let's talk Manhattan. What is an experience that you think falls into that character, that category of super touristy that New Yorkers say they would never do? But hey, you might want to actually check it out.
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Ah, let's see. I mean, I, you know, I prefer not to think of things as super touristy. I think it's just kind of what is your, what is your interest, you know, and what are you, what are you into? So is it, you know, is it Broadway? Right? And so you have the Museum of Broadway, which is amazing. So if you love the shows, see the behind the scenes aspect of it. Because the Museum of Broadway covers, I think something like 500 different shows over sort of the life of Broadway and tells you how Broadway became Broadway in the first place. And so that's a very cool experience. But New York also is unique in the sense that we have five different observation decks across, across the city. And honestly, I don't think you can ever say that it gets old to see New York City from on high. Like, how many of us love going to a rooftop, right, to have a, to have a drink, also go to an observation deck. They've got a great experience. They've got food and beverage there as well, too. And so you can do Empire State Building, you can do Summit at one Vanderbilt, you can do the Edge, you can do One World, you could do Top of the Rock. That's all of them. And so you have so many, so many great options.
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Let's talk to Charles from Queens. Hi, Charles, thanks for calling in.
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Very happy to the first place I go. My, my, my visitors usually don't have deep pockets. One of the places I go that's very rarely visitors is the Cloisters. That is very exciting for a good half a day. In terms of eating, there were two things. For a moderately priced dinner with beautiful view of the Hudson river, it would be Giondo in Brooklyn. And for a Irish pub center, it would be Florist Hills on Continental Avenue and Austin Street. There are about a half a dozen great pubs there. And for inexpensive, great entertainment, I go into, into Brooklyn for the Jalopy Theater in Red Hook. Oh yes, and, oh yeah. And that is always different and always inexpensive.
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Charles, thank you. Yes, thank you for calling in.
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If I can also mention just speaking to the eating experience, it's also Restaurant Week now through February through February 4th. And so this is actually part of our larger winter outing programming. And so as you know, we were talking about earlier, this is, this is, this is the best, you know, some of the best pricing of the year on things like hotels and restaurants and, and attractions and Broadway. So two for one tickets across many of these programs. But you're also going to get some great deals on restaurants for Restaurant week. And there's 600 restaurants that are in the program for this, this season. And the price points are 30, 45 and 60 for both lunch and dinner. So it's another, that's another great way and another good pairing of like kind of creating your day of what to do and then where to eat.
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New York City's Must see week offering two for one ticket deals across the city running now through February 4th. Also Restaurant Week as well, thanks to Tiffany Townsend, executive vice president of global communications for New York City's tourism and conventions. Tiffany, thank you for joining us.
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Thanks for having us listeners.
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We're going to keep the conversation going and we're going to keep talking about some of your recommendations. Some members of Team all of it will join us to discuss their Must see New York City attractions. And we'll continue taking your calls. Stay with us. This is all of it from wnyc. I'm Alison Stewart. We're talking about NYC Must see you Week, taking your calls and places. You take people from out of town or if you're a New Yorker and You think, hey, I might want to check out something interesting in the city. These are on the list of must sees. We've got a text that says the African burial ground near Chamber street and Broadway. National Park Service, Weeksville Heritage Society in Brooklyn. Let's also take a call. Let's go to Laura, also calling in from Brooklyn. Hi, Laura.
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Good afternoon to everybody.
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So if I have a visitor who's also a very good walker, we start.
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In Brooklyn, we walk across the Manhattan.
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Bridge to the Eldridge Street Synagogue, and.
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Then we have lunch in Chinatown.
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Then we go to the Tenement Museum and then walk back to Brooklyn over the Williamsburg Bridge. And I like to call it my immigrant New York Day.
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You've got it all planned out. You're an excellent travel concierge, Laura. Thanks for calling in. Let's talk to Russ from Long Island. Hi, Russ. Thank you for calling in.
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Hi, how are you? Yes, the Tenement Museum is on my list. I like to bring people in from friends from Texas, California, Chicago, and it depends on their interests, but I always attempt to give them a flavor of New York. And the Tenement Museum is incredible. They have. It's basically showing how immigrants have come to this country. And recently there was a young woman from Greece who came when she was like 14 years old, and she talks to you back and forth, and you ask questions, which is wonderful. The New York Historical Society also always has exhibits, changing exhibits that focus on New York, New York City, for sure. The High Line is. Oh, somebody mentioned the Transit Museum, which is phenomenal. And I usually take my. The friends that I have, they. I have them walk the High Line because it's. It was a. An elevated railroad.
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It's one of the. I'm dive in, Russ. It is one of the best. Our phone lines are full, so thank you so much. You gave us so many great suggestions. I do want to say Team Olivet is in the studio. They've come up with a few suggestions as we take more of your calls and more of your texts. Kate Hines, our senior producer, always makes you nervous when you're on this side of the glass. What's going on in the control room? Who's driving the train? All right, Kate, let's talk about in queens, take the 7 train to the Willits Mets. Mets Willits Point stop. But do not go to Citi Field. Instead, you are going to the Queens Museum to see the panorama of the city of New York. It is a giant scale model of all the buildings in all five boroughs. And I'm talking 800,000 plus boroughs that was built for the 1964 World's Fair. It is the largest scale model in the world. It is absolutely amazing. If your apartment was built before, you know, now they updated it in 92. So if your apartment was built before then, you can actually see your own apartment building. It is like, it's like a little miracle New York and miniature. And you are also suggesting a trip to the main branch of our partners, the NYPL New York Public Library. Who doesn't love Beaux Arts architecture? I mean, it's spectacular. But I particularly love two things. I love the Rose Reading Room, which was restored a few years ago and is glorious. And also the Polonsky exhibition, which is free and open to the public. And it brings out some of the most amazing parts of the New York Public Library's collections like Bibles, old New York bird paintings. It's just gorgeous. And it's one of those rare things that when you leave you're like, I actually feel good about humanity and its accomplishments. And if you go and take the self guided tour, you might hear a voice, you know, whose would that be? Who would that be? And that would be WNYC's Alison Stewart giving you the self guided tour of the New York Public Library. All right, Kate, go back to the control room. Thank you. Ooh, makes me nervous when you're over here. Andrea, you are our other senior producer. You live in Harlem. You like to show people around your neighborhood where are some classic spots. So I am from three generations from Harlem and there's a couple places. I just thought of one just now that I take everybody to, which is the Royal Tannenbaum House. For Wes Anderson fans, the house is on Convent Avenue in the Sugar Hill area. And it's just a gorgeous house. It's a gorgeous neighborhood. My dad grew up there in the 30s and 40s and it's just beautiful architecture. So I just wanted to shout that out. I didn't put that in there before, so surprise. But I also love the architecture of Strivers Row, which is on West 138th and 139th between 7th and 8th Avenues. There you'll see this beautiful architecture. And every house on those blocks has a corresponding garage because it was built when there were still horses and carriages. And you'll see the carved in the stone, it says walk your horses. So it's a really nice throwback to look at. And a little fact for our pop culture people that Spike Lee's Jungle Fever was shot in one of those Strivers Rose homes. And then if you're looking for a little sweet after your walk. I highly recommend Sugar Hill Creamery ice cream. Yes. Which is amazing. The chairman of the board, which is the blueberry cheesecake, is the best. And then I just read today that Make My Cake, which is my favorite red velvet place, just became a James Beard semifinalist. So I would check out Make My Cake up in Harlem. Great day in Uptown. Let's talk to Andrew from Brooklyn. Hi, Andrew.
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So I wanted to. I love to take people to a place where I work, which is the Brooklyn Navy Yard. So, you know the yard was founded in 1801. It's been owned by the city since 1966 as a industrial park and it's home to over 500 businesses. You know, the yard is generally closed to the public, but there's lots and lots of things you can do around the exterior that are open to the public. Like you can come visit Russ and Daughters and see where they make all the bagels, babkas and bialis for all their locations. You can go visit the Kings County Distillery. There's a brewery transmitter brewing with a great tasting room. And you can come on tour every Saturday. There's walking tours every Saturday at 2:00'. Clock. And you can get inside the yard and come see the shipyard and some of the industrial buildings and things. And there's all sorts of public events happening at the yard all the time. So this is. I've worked here for about 15 years, so I love showing people around the yard.
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Andrew, thank you for the tip. We got a text that says check out the Merchants House museum on East 4th. A preserved townhouse built in 1832 with original furnishings, kitchen and et cetera. We've got two more members of Team, all of it in the studio. I'm going to cut to one. One of yours, Jordan. Jordan, of course, produces Get Lit. You say go see a show at Baby's. All right. In Williamsburg.
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Yeah. If someone is looking to have a night out in New York and have a real, like, New York sort of clubby slash concert experience, I would take them to Baby's. They have live music all the time. It's often like up and coming people who you might not have heard of right now but are about to hit it big. And the concerts are relatively cheap. It's also the type of place where, like, someone might be doing tattoos just in the front of the house. So it's a real New York vibe. If you're looking to get that Brooklyn experience.
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And you went with A classic as well. Coney Island.
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So I had friends come visit from out of town. We had the best possible day in Coney Island. We did go in the summer, so maybe not best for right now, but we did all the classic rides, went on the Ferris wheel, spent some time in the beach. It was nice enough out. And then we went to a Coney Island Cyclones game which I can't recommend enough. It's so fun. They have fireworks at the end if you go on certain nights. I also went to a baseball you can drink special where you had an open bar. So that's an option for people too. And just one thing to be aware of if you're doing a whole day at Coney island. The Cyclones are really strict about bringing backpacks in. I learned that the hard way. So try to pack light for your day so you don't get stuck at the end at arguing with an official at the Coney island stadium about whether you should bring your backpack in.
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Thank you, Jordan. So, Malik, somebody mentioned the High Line, one of our callers, but if you're at the High Line, we should check out one of your suggestions.
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Yes, I love the High Line. It's a great place to see the sunset. But if you want to do something before, you can stop at Chelsea Market. And also Little island is also in the same area.
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So if you want like it's winter.
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Time, so in the cold you could probably go to Chelsea Market and get like a of hot chocolate and take that on the High Line with you and just walk and talk with a friend. I find it to be very soothing and very relaxing experience.
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Let's talk. I'll get back to your next one, but let's talk to Bob from Mercer County. He's been holding for a bit. Hi Bob, thank you for holding.
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Certainly. Thank you for doing this. The places I love are pretty obvious. Grand Central Station has got to be the single best entry spot to any city I've ever been to. It's such a magnificent room. And the other place I like to go with people is free. It's Central park and there's nothing like seeing walking an autumn's walk through the trees near the Dakota and those beautiful apartment buildings and the bridges and the architecture of Central park is always a surprise to to people. It's so clean and nice. So that's where I like to go.
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Bob, thank you so much. Got Mike suggesting Greenwood Cemetery, Christina suggesting the new talent showcase at Westside Comedy. Howard from Forest Hills was suggesting the Morgan Library. Got another tenement museum in There, Deborah and Bed Stuy. The Brooklyn waterfront. All right, we got a little bit of time left, so, Malik, I wanted to get one more in from you. You suggested a classic restaurant. Casa Idella.
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Casa Della's.
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Their carne guisada is to die for. I absolutely love it. It's a Puerto Rican restaurant. It feels like you're inside of someone's kitchen. It feels like home style cooking. And my favorite dishes to get there, mofongo. And if you get the Carnegie Sara, make sure you get it with the pink beans. I learned that lesson. The server will interject and tell you which beans to get, and so make sure you check them out on Lois.
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Ida, Ave. All right, so thanks to Jordan, Andrea, and Malik from team all of it from their suggestion for their suggestions. Just a couple more from our text line. I like this one. Come on, man. Governor's Island. All right, we hear you. Come on, man. Someone suggests the cloisters. Someone else said go cry on the subway during rush hour. A classic New York experience. Whom amongst us have not done that at least once? Thanks to everybody who called in with suggestions on things to do for New York City must see week. Hope people get out and enjoy this fine city of ours.
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Podcast Summary: All Of It with Alison Stewart Episode: NYC’s ‘Must-See Week’ Date: January 24, 2024
This lively episode of All Of It explores “NYC Must-See Week,” an initiative promoting discovery and appreciation of New York City's cultural attractions. Host Alison Stewart celebrates the city’s top ranking by TimeOut magazine, then welcomes Tiffany Townsend (Executive VP of Global Communications for NYC Tourism and Conventions) to highlight two-for-one ticket deals at renowned museums, tours, and performing arts venues. The conversation features audience call-ins and team picks, with a chorus of recommendations from New Yorkers passionate about sharing their favorite spots—touristy and hidden gems alike.
Notable Quote:
Alison: “Okay, Tiffany, give me the elevator pitch. Must see NYC.” (04:26)
Notable Quote:
Tiffany: “Two for one, two for one, two for one tickets.” (05:18)
Notable Quote:
Tiffany: “Who kind of doesn't love a boat trip, right?” (08:12)
| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 05:18 | Tiffany | “Two for one, two for one, two for one tickets.” | | 08:12 | Tiffany | “Who kind of doesn't love a boat trip, right?” | | 13:27 | Tiffany | “...you're getting both the history of the musician, but you're also getting a performing arts experience as well...” | | 14:40 | Caller | “I cannot say enough about the New York City Transit Museum over in Brooklyn...” | | 16:29 | Tiffany | “Honestly, I don't think you can ever say that it gets old to see New York City from on high.” | | 20:49 | Laura (Caller) | “I like to call it my immigrant New York Day.” | | 30:35 | Malik (Team) | “Their carne guisada is to die for...it feels like home style cooking.” |
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The conversation is upbeat, community-driven, and filled with practical advice and genuine enthusiasm for the city’s cultural richness. The tone is inclusive, with Stewart frequently urging listeners: “We want to hear from you.” The team and callers match the city’s diversity and reveal New York’s culture at every level.
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