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self-discovery. It uses a variety
of participatory activities and
fantasy world environments to
engage its young visitors in
learning that is fun. The Tisch
Building, as the museum is
known, has been renovated in
a $6.5 million expansion headed
by the museum chairman, Laurie
Tisch Sussman. The museum's
many activities include exhibits
to intrigue older children, while
Word Play is an enticing environ-
ment for newborns to four year
olds
(see p66)
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212 West 83rd
Street at Broadway
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Map F2
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Open
Sep-Jun: 10am-5pm Wed-Sun; Jul-Aug:
10am-5pm Tue-Sun
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Admission charge
Walk on the West Side
Morning
Begin at
Lincoln Center
(see p139)
and admire
the plaza, the Chagall
windows at the Metro-
politan Opera, and the
Henry Moore statue in
front of Lincoln Center
Theater. The New York
Public Library for the Per-
forming Arts on Amsterdam
Avenue, behind the theater,
is notable for its enormous
collection of books on the
performing arts.
Make your way up
Broadway, window
shopping and noting some
of the landmark buildings
such as the
Apthorp
Apartments
(see p142)
and the
Ansonia Hotel
(p142)
, and the West
Side's gastronomic
palaces, such as Fairway,
at 75th Street, and
Zabar's
. Almost any of the
side streets will reveal
examples of the area's
great line-up of brown-
stone townhouses. Finally,
head east to Columbus
Avenue and
Calle Ocho
(p143)
for a Cuban lunch.
Zabar's
A monument to New
York's mania for finding the
best foods and a landmark
since 1934, this always-crowded
market sells smoked salmon,
sturgeon, and other Jewish
delicacies, wonderful bread,
desserts, coffee, and cheeses,
and big selections of oils,
vinegars, and gourmet gift
baskets. The second floor is
filled with cooking equipment,
and a coffee counter at the 80th
Street corner lets you taste the
delicious baked goods.
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2245
Broadway at 80th St
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Map F2
Afternoon
The
American Museum of
Natural History
(see pp34-
7)
can easily fill an entire
afternoon, and the
New-
York Historical Society
(
p139
) has an amazing
collection on show.
Green Flea Market/
77th Street Flea Market
Flea market junkies throng this
school yard every Sunday, hoping
for finds from among the piles of
vintage clothing, crafts, books,
jewelry, prints, and all manner of
memorabilia. Less glamorous,
new merchandise, from socks to
T-shirts, is also sold here. On a
good day as many as 300 booths
crowd the premises. A weekly
green market shares the same
space.
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I.S.44, 77th Street at
Columbus Av
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Map F2
Stroll down Central Park
West and admire the land-
mark
apartment buildings
(p142)
that can be seen
here, and then head for
Central Park
(pp26-7)
,
the city's vast “backyard .
Take a boat out on the
lake, or enjoy a gondola
ride around it, followed by
refreshments at the Loeb
Boathouse, the perfect
end to an afternoon.
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