Preservationist group Landmark West! is embracing technology as they work to launch an Upper West Side iPhone app, according to DNAinfo. The smartphone application would be a neighborhood walking tour, guiding users up Central Park West and giving information about sites like The Dakota (CPW at 72nd) along the way. In order to launch the [...]
The American Museum of Natural History (Central Park West at 79th) is giving patrons a new way to tour the 45 exhibition halls. Last week, the AMNH previewed Explorer, an iPhone app that is designed as an indoor navigation tool. The app functions as an “indoor GPS” to guide you through the museum, pinpointing your [...]
Apple’s newest major product release, the iPad, has set a whole new standard for pre-release buzz, garnering worldwide anticipation and excitement from Apple fans for the gadget. Now, it’s almost here… the iPad is slated to be available in stores on Saturday, April 3rd, retailing at $499 and up. Now that we Upper [...]
Dive Bar (Amsterdam at 96th) is putting on a fun event on Saturday for all you beer and food fans. The 2nd Annual Kegs-n-Eggs day starts at 10:00 am at Dive Bar, where you can enjoy just what the event’s name says… beer and breakfast. Hop on a bus at 11:30 am that takes you [...]
Come to Central Park tomorrow for a special Veterans Day tour. Take this free walking tour through Central Park that offers a glimpse on how different generations of New Yorkers viewed the park as a proper place to remember their veterans. The tour meets behind the Maine Monument (located in the Columbus Circle entrance to [...]
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine (Amsterdam and 112th) has a full weekend of Halloween activities that many say top the list as some of the best of NYC’s Halloween events. This evening’s events start with a “Procession of the Ghouls” and a screening of Nosferatu, the 1922 silent classic based on the [...]
Head over to Grant’s Tomb (Riverside Park, near 122nd) this evening for a free candlelight tour of the memorial. This after hours visit heads deep into the mausoleum’s underground crypt, where you can “see the great granite sarcophagi of Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia [where] you might also find yourself exchanging glances with [...]
