New York holidays
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Public, New York: the five-star hotel for half the priceVeteran hotelier Ian Schrager’s new venture in Manhattan takes luxury down a notch.
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10 of the best Irish bars in New YorkFrom New York-Irish drinking institutions to openings that add a fresh twist to shamrock-styled sippin’, we raise a glass to Manhattan’s top spots. Plus: Dead Rabbit’s August popup at Claridge’s means London will soon get a taste, too
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A $15 dinner from the chefs at the world’s best restaurantCan’t afford the $295 tasting menu at New York’s Eleven Madison Park, the world’s number one restaurant? Now you can sample budget versions of the same dishes at Made Nice, which opened today
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10 top tips from our New York correspondentOur insider tells us where to find cutting-edge art, amazing views and cheap beer away from the crowds – and why a baseball game is a must-do
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'Brooklyn is hipster Disneyland for some – but it has authenticity and heart'Restaurateur Russell Norman watched Brooklyn change from industrial backwater to New York’s coolest borough – and took inspiration for his London restaurants
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Eggs and Joe: tuck in at the classic American diner in New York stateOn the edge of the Catskills town of the same name, Phoenicia Diner looks like a film set, but there’s nothing unreal about the high-quality good-value food
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Skyscraper city: how New York was built – in picturesThe Big Apple’s early 20th-century building boom transformed the city with skyscrapers, subways and an awful lot of cement – as documented in these photographs from the New York Public Library’s archives
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10 of the best doo wop venues on the Jersey ShoreDoo wop is a futuristic, gaudy architectural style marrying 1950s space-age dreams with a tropical seaside kiss-me-quick flavour. And the best place to see it is New Jersey’s Wildwood
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10 of the best new affordable hotels in New York CityFrom bargain-price rooms in midtown Manhattan to swish boutique hotels in Brooklyn and Queens, our top 10 makes it possible to explore NYC to the max
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Interview with a Bookstore: Albertine, a little Paris in New YorkA bookshop opened to promote French literature in the American metropolis is full of eccentric regulars and great stories – Albertine’s booksellers share them, and give French book recommendations
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Manhattan book towers – in picturesShaheryar Malik has found a novel way to get rid of the books cluttering his apartment – over the course of a year he left stacks of them across New York City
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Saul Leiter's New York City: welcome to a Kodachrome worldNew York street images by Saul Leiter, on show at London’s Photographers’ Gallery, reveal a pioneer of colour photography – while it was being derided by his peers
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Valentine's Day 'kissing booths' come to New York's Times SquareA ‘romantic’ art project, featuring golden, mirrored hearts, is to be unveiled in Times Square for Valentine’s Day, allowing tourists and locals to pucker up
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Yorkville – causing a buzz on the Upper East SideWhat used to be a staid New York neighbourhood is now home to trendy new bars and restaurants – without losing its original character
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10 of the best hidden bars and restaurants in New YorkFrom an original speakeasy to a much-loved hole-in-the-wall bodega, we pick 10 ‘secret’ places from a new book on New York’s eating and drinking scene
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Gay New York: a guide to clubs, bars, drag shows and queer cultureMichael Musto, Out.com columnist and former Village Voice writer, shines a light on the vibrant LGBTQ arts, entertainment and nightlife scenes in the city that never sleeps
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Too trashed to talk? New York hotel launches emoji room serviceWhether you’ve forgotten your toothbrush or need emergency Doritos, the Aloft hotel in New York lets you order them by texting an emoji to room service
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New York in miniature: artist creates storefront replicasFrom icons like CBGB to the city’s mom and pop stores, artist Randy Hage produces impeccably detailed models of the disappearing facades of New York
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Greetings from a new-look Asbury ParkWhen Bruce Springsteen put this New Jersey beach resort on the map in the 70s, it was down on its luck. Now the beach town, a weekend escape for New Yorkers, is seeing a revival
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Short trips from New York City: readers’ tipsReaders share their favourite jaunts from the Big Apple, many to beautiful upstate New York, but also to New Jersey and beyond
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A day with Saira, one of the original topless painted ladies of New York CityOver the summer, ‘desnudas’ have turned Times Square into an unlikely battlefield for gender equality, but for women who do it it’s a way to reclaim both their bodies and their city
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Short trips from New York City: send us your travel tipsWe want to hear about the best places to visit within reach of NYC, including walks, restaurant and beaches, plus places to stay for an overnight break. Share your tips and you could win a £200 hotel voucher
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Pop-up dinners: a taste of Provence in the heart of BrooklynBetty Kalin spends most of her time catering to clients, but her monthly meal for 20 guests offers a chance to indulge her own interests – and visitors’ palettes
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Car crashing: new budget accommodation in New YorkBudget accommodation is notoriously difficult to find in New York, but for £23 a night you can have a killer view of Manhattan … if you don’t mind sleeping in the back of a car
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My new attitude to travel is to skip the iconic – and I thank my father for thatA lot of travel can be about pretending to like monuments and sights that you don’t really enjoy, but my father, the reluctant traveller, has shown me that what matters is only doing the things you are genuinely interested in
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The 10 best parksFrom steamy Sao Paolo to breezy Buffalo – via Birkenhead on Merseyside – here are some of the world’s very best urban green spaces
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10 of the best ways to enjoy New York … on a budgetNew York is the most expensive city in the US but our guide to cheap and even free sightseeing, ferry trips and world-class museums, plus affordable accommodation, make it possible to visit on a budget
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New York’s Kennedy airport builds world’s first animal terminal – complete with flat-screen TVsThe $48m terminal, to be named The ARK, will handle more than 70,000 animals every year and have showers and access to massage therapy
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Bite of the Apple: goodbye to Fung Wah, the worst bus ride in the United StatesIf you could be driven from New York to Boston for only $15, would you do it? Paul Owen once braved the bus company whose methods ‘substantially increase the likelihood of serious injury or death’ – and lived to tell about it
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New York's disappearing neon signs: the city flips the switch on its colorful historyFrom the Times Square of old to a Queens diner made famous by Goodfellas, New York City was once synonymous with neon signs – now they are nearly impossible to find
Why I love … 'The longest walk I've ever had was in New York': author Anna Pitoniak