Filter by our Side PicksIt is always a welcome beginning to my walk from the east side of Manhattan to the west when I can sit on a bench and look out at the East River from a quiet pocket park. Sutton Place offers a perfect vantage point to view the bridges and the boats, to meet some of the residents in the neighborhood, … read more
According to the NYC Parks Department, back in the late nineteenth century, the neighborhood around Sutton Place Park was “infamous for gangs of street toughs.” Thankfully, nowadays, there is nary a neighborhood tough to be found. Instead, the small, shady plaza behind the FDR Drive and overlooking the … read more
Financier Patisserie was named for its Wall Street roots – having opened their first cafe in the Financial District – however nothing about this pastry shop feels corporate. On the contrary, it is small, welcoming, and with excellent coffee and food, it seems far more like a local coffee house than a … read more
Once known as the East 54th Street Public Baths and Gymnasium, the recreation center has undergone some changes in the past hundred years, but its underlying purpose has remained the same: to offer low-cost public bathing and gym facilities to New York City residents. Built in 1911, when most of the … read more
