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Garden, the women's WNBA league team New York Liberty MAP GOOGLE MAP (
212-564-9622, tickets 212-465-6073; www.nyliberty.com ; tickets $10-85) provides a more laid-
back time.
New York City's NFL (pro-football) teams, the Giants ( www.giants.com ) and Jets
( www.newyorkjets.com ) , share MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Shopping
While chain stores have proliferated, turning once-idiosyncratic blocks into versions of
generic strip malls, NYC is still the best American city for shopping. It's not unusual for
shops - especially downtown boutiques - to stay open until 10pm or 11pm.
Downtown
Lower Manhattan is where you'll find across-the-board bargains, as well as more of the
small, stylish boutiques. Downtown's coolest offerings are in NoLita (just east of SoHo),
the East Village and the Lower East Side. SoHo has more expensive and equally fashion-
able stores, while Broadway from Union Sq to Canal St is lined with big retailers like
H&M and Urban Outfitters, as well as dozens of jeans and shoe stores. The streets of Ch-
inatown are filled with knock-off designer handbags, jewelry, perfume and watches. For
coveted designer labels stroll through the Meatpacking District around 14th St and Ninth
Ave.
Strand Book Store BOOKS
MAP GOOGLE MAP
( 212-473-1452; www.strandbooks.com ; 828 Broadway at 12th St; 9:30am-10:30pm Mon-Sat,
11am-10:30pm Sun; L, N/Q/R/W, 4/5/6 to 14th St-Union Sq) The city's preeminent biblio-
phile warehouse, selling new and used topics.
Century 21 FASHION
MAP GOOGLE MAP
( www.c21stores.com ; 22 Cortlandt St btwn Church St & Broadway; 7:45am-9pm Mon-Wed, to
9:30pm Thu & Fri, 10am-9pm Sat, 11am-8pm Sun; A/C, J/Z, 2/3, 4/5 to Fulton St) A four-level
department store loved by New Yorkers of every income. It's shorthand for designer bar-
gains.
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