Pre Covid-19 we searched the internet everyday looking for the very best of What’s Happening, primarily on Manhattan’s WestSide, so that you didn’t have to.
We made it as easy as 1-2-3.

Covid-19 has required some changes for the time being.
Stay Safe.

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For October we are going to try a different format – “Top 10 Corona Culture” – updated info and video especially suited to these difficult times OR NYC related visual info (Instagram and YouTube) OR all the NYC news you need to start your day.

We hope you will come back often to see what’s cooking here.

Today it’s Top 9 Corona Culture. NEW STUFF!

1. What’s Open in NYC | The Official Guide to New York City – nycgo.com

2. A Visitor’s Guide to MoMA and the Met – The New York Times

3. Best Waterfront Parks in NYC: Good Places By the Water in All 5 Boroughs – Thrillist

4. A T. Rex Skeleton Arrives in Rockefeller Center Ahead of Auction – The New York Times

5. Jackson Heights, Queens: Walk Where the World Finds a Home – The New York Times

6. Can’t Wait For The Museums? Many NYC Galleries Are Now Reopening To The Public  – gothamist

7. The Hottest Commodity in Pandemic New York? Fresh Air – The New York Times

8. Times Square, Grand Central and the Laws That Build the City – The New York Times

9. Brooklyn, before it was a global brand: Walk it’s history  – NYT

We hope you enjoy this change of pace, then please return here November 1, and every day for our daily, hot off the presses event guide with “Only the Best” NYCity event info.

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Lower Manhattan – Did you know?

New York City is a city of neighborhoods and no neighborhood has more spectacular sights, nor more important links to American and NYC history then Lower Manhattan.

New York played an important role in the story of American independence and was a growing urban center of about 20,000 crowded onto the southern tip of Manhattan Island when the rebellious Colonies declared their independence from England in 1776.

The Battle of Brooklyn (August 1776), was the first major battle after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and was the largest battle of the entire war. The city was occupied by the British in the wake of a series of American defeats and retreats in the summer and fall of 1776 and the port city became the central base for British operations during the conflict. NYC was also the last place in America that the British left, not until over two years after their ‘final’ defeat.

There are some very fine tours of Lower Manhattan’s Revolutionary past. Here are 3 tours that look worth your time. (i):

Revolutionary New York – Hamilton, Washington & War | Big Onion

NYC Revolutionary War-Era Walking Tour 2020 – New York City

Best Hamilton & Washington Walking Tour New York City

Washington to Hamilton: American Revolution New York City Sites | Hertz

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STAY HOME FOR A BIT LONGER – MASK UP AND STAY SAFE.