Choose Walk in NYC # 1, the essential of Upper Midtown, to plunge directly in the ambiance of the city, especially if it is your 1st visit. It is a 4 miles self-guided tour to discover the main sights of Upper Midtown. It is also the first of my four best tours to introduce the city to newcomers. It is available on Payhip/ImagesVoyagesImpressions in pdf format (see link below) with a clickable map that will allow you to access a lot of additional information about the places that interest you. In this pdf you will also find:
This will allow you to live a unique experience of the city far from what you might find elsewhere. Read more about it on Payhip/ImagesVoyagesImpressions and buy it now. Otherwise, to help you make your decision, here is an extract of it below without the photos and the map. A: Take the metro to Grand Central and once there, find above the main and immense concourse where hurried travelers and nonchalant tourists meet. You have undoubtedly seen it in many films but this time, you are there, and you are undoubtedly hypnotized by the constantly changing spectacle of the human flows which cross it. Don't forget to look at the stars on the ceiling then wander in the adjacent corridors or the food court below, both also lively, before finding an exit towards 42nd Street. Turn left once on the sidewalk. B: The Chrysler building will be in front of you, to the right. It cannot be visited but you can enter it on the ground floor, and this will give you an idea of the art-deco style that characterizes it and the richness of the materials that were used to build it. Once again raise your head towards the ceiling, this time to admire a fresco! Then exit onto Lexington Ave and follow it against the flow of traffic until you reach 45th St.; take it to the left to reach 5th Ave. Once there, take the Ave on the right. You will no doubt be lost in the flow of pedestrians along it and if you have not already experienced this sensation on 42nd St, it is probably New York as you imagined it! C: Your destination is the Rockefeller Center and you will find it on your left after 49th St. but the spectacle of the street, yellow taxis, buildings, and stores, will undoubtedly slow down your progress. At Rockefeller Center, a collection of 19 mostly art-deco buildings, find Atlas; in winter, watch people skating or in other seasons, go down to the courtyard to admire the sculptures; go see the giant Legos in a nearby store; climb the tower for a breathtaking view of the city and sit on a reproduction of the metal beam on which workers were photographed eating or chatting above the void; go have a drink at the bar on the 65th floor; finally, take a look at the entrances of the buildings to admire the reliefs or the murals. You've now reached the end of the extract of Walk in NYC # 1, the essentials of Upper Midtwon.
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