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Carriage rides through Central Park
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Staten Island Ferry
Romantic Settings
Carriage Ride through
Central Park
The horse-drawn hansom cabs
lined up at the edge of Central
Park are romance personified.
The driver, appropriately attired
in fancy dress and top hat, will
help you up as you nestle in for
a 20-minute trot past park land-
marks
(see pp26-7)
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Drinks at the Top of
the Tower
The 26th floor of this Art Deco
landmark building affords unsur-
passed views of the city lights and
the East River from its wrap-
around terraces. Order champagne
and enjoy the scene and each
other.
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Beekman Tower Hotel, 3 Mitchell
Place at 1st Av & 49th St
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Map J5
Dinner at the River Café
The Manhattan skyline is
never more dazzling than when
seen from this barge restaurant
just across the East River in
Brooklyn. The food is worthy of
the setting; the package is worth
the price
(see p157)
.
Gondola Ride on Central
Park Lake
Relax aboard the authentic,
Venetian gondola as you glide
out on the water and revel in the
beauty of the park reflected in
the lake and the city buildings
ringing the park like a crown - the
gondolier may break into song.
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Loeb Boat House, Central Park at East
74th St
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Map G3
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Charge
Walk in the Cloister
Gardens
Away from the city's clatter, this
branch of the Met is an oasis of
serene beauty, a chance to glory
in the past while planning the
future. More than 250 kinds of
plant grown in the Middle Ages
are found in these gardens. The
Trie Cloister features plants shown
in the Unicorn Tapestries
(see p31).
River Café, nestling beneath Brooklyn Bridge
View from the Empire
State Building at Twilight
It has been the setting for dozens
of romantic movies and countless
proposals have taken place here.
At dusk you can watch the sun set
over the city as a million lights
go on in its towers (
see pp8-9).
For more special days out in New York
See pp62-3
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