Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 212-963-7539;
www.un.org/tours
;
visitors' gate First Ave at 47th St; guided tour adult/child
$16/9, children under 5yr not admitted; 9:15am-4:15pm; S, 4/5/6, 7 to Grand Central-42nd
St)
The UN is technically on a section of international territory overlooking the East
River. Take a guided 45-minute tour (English language tours are frequent; limited tours
in several other languages) of the facility and you'll get to see the General Assembly,
where the annual fall convocation of member nations takes place, the Security Council
Chamber (depending on schedules) and also the Economic & Social Council Chamber.
There is a park to the south of the complex which is home to several sculptures with a
peace theme. The visitors' gate entrance is at a temporary location until 2015, while the
UN headquarters is undergoing renovation works; guided tours are slated to continue, but
expect changes to access and tour availability.
Paley Center for Media
CULTURAL BUILDING
(
www.paleycenter.org
; 25 W 52nd St btwn Fifth & Sixth Aves; adult/child $10/5; noon-6pm Wed
& Fri-Sun, to 8pm Thu; E/M to 5th Ave-53rd St)
TV fanatics who spent their childhood
glued to the tube and proudly claim instant recall of all of Fonzi's
Happy Days
exploits
can hold their heads high. This is the 'museum' for them. Search through a catalogue of
more than 100,000 US TV and radio programs and advertisements and a click of the
mouse will play your selection on one of the library's computer screens. A comfy theater
shows some great specials on broadcasting history, and there are frequent events and
screenings.
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
MUSEUM
(
www.intrepidmuseum.org
;
Pier 86, Twelfth Ave at 46th St; adult/child $24/12; 10am-5pm; ;
M42 bus westbound, A/C/E to 42nd St-Port Authority Bus Terminal)
The USS
Intrepid,
a
hulking aircraft carrier that survived both a WWII bomb and kamikaze attacks has been
transformed into a military museum with high-tech exhibits and fighter planes and heli-
copters for view on the outdoor flight deck. The pier area contains the guided-missile
submarine
Growler,
a decommissioned Concorde and, as of 2012, the
Enterprise
space
shuttle.
International Center of Photography
GALLERY
(ICP;
www.icp.org
;
1133 Sixth Ave at 43rd St; adult/child $14/free, by donation Fri 5-8pm;
10am-6pm Tue-Thu & Sat-Sun, to 8pm Fri;
B/D/F/M to 42nd St-Bryant Park)
The city's most
