The last decade has brought some radical changes to the travel industry. From low-cost airlines, to last-minute online booking, to the large number of stylish hostels, to the boutique and design hotel concept. There were even new destinations, with Eastern Europe (particularly Prague and Budapest) becoming one of the most popular city breaks [...]
Tomorrow New York’s Guggenheim will open a new restaurant called “The Wright,” celebrating the 50 years of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed museum.
It will only be serving lunches for now, but will open for dinner starting in mid-January. A special brunch will also be available on Sundays from 11AM to 5PM.
The dining area features a [...]
It’s one of the internet’s biggest shopping sites, and now it’s also an actual store in Manhattan — but only for a few days (until the 29th). In a clear marketing strategy, eBay is hoping to draw attention during the big shopping days around Thanksgiving with a shop located next to Bergdorf Goodman at [...]
Claude Lalanne is currently presenting her very first large-scale outdoor exhibition in the United States through New York’s Paul Kasmin Gallery. Her sculptures, together with those of her late husband François-Xavier have been placed down Park Avenue in Manhattan and include eight monumental works such as life-size bronze sheep and a cross-legged monkey by [...]
We like to walk around cities and apparently modern travelers agree with us because they’ve voted Copenhagen’s Stroget one of the 7 urban wonders of the world. That’s why we love New York’s new High Line and the pedestrianization of Herald and Times squares.
Will Manhattan become mostly car-free? That would be a dream [...]
New York remembers today the tragic events of September 11 of eight years ago. A preview site of the future of Ground Zero which will also stand as a memorial for the victims has opened nearby just over a week ago, and has become a popular attraction for curious tourists. UCityGuides.com has passed [...]
New York’s hottest new hotel isn’t in Manhattan. It’s not in Brooklyn either. In fact, it’s not in New York at all, but across the Hudson in New Jersey, or more specifically, in Hoboken. In addition to being known as Frank Sinatra’s birthplace, that city is also known for having some [...]
It has illustrated postcards, guidebooks, and magazine articles about the Big Apple for close to two decades, and has therefore become part of New York’s iconography. It’s the DKNY mural on Broadway, at the doorstep of SoHo, showing the Statue of Liberty standing over the downtown skyscrapers. But it’s now gone. The [...]
New York’s iconic Guggenheim Museum will be celebrating its 50th birthday later this year, and has just opened a special exhibition to mark the event. This year is also the 50th anniversary of the death of Frank Lloyd Wright, the building’s architect who died only months before the museum’s official opening. Considered Wright’s [...]
We just told you about New York’s most recent hotel opening. Today we’re bringing you even more news from the city that never sleeps. Here are the coolest new shops and hippest new restaurants in the Big Apple:
ARMANI 5TH AVE.
Call it Armani’s mega-flagship or concept store, this recently opened shop is spread over [...]
