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New York’s Oldest Dim Sum Restaurant and the Secrets of Chinatown

Secreted away in the heart of Manhattan’s Chinatown is a small, peculiar street. Whilst most of the city is laid out in a uniform grid system, this tiny, one block long street is unusual in that it has a sharp, angled bend in the middle of it. On a map, it is marked down as…
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Finding New York’s Best Tea & Coffee in an Ancient Village Emporium

The nicest place to buy coffee and tea in New York, is also its oldest. Tucked away in the West Village is the quiet and unassuming McNulty’s, a small store that has been selling rare teas and choice coffees ever since 1895.  Walking inside is truly like stepping back in time. It is also a…

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The Abandoned Half of Ellis Island

Sailing to the Statue of Liberty and near-by Ellis Island is one of New York’s most popular attractions. And with good reason; the Statue of Liberty remains one of America’s most iconic landmarks– but it’s also estimated that a staggering 40% of all Americans can trace at least one ancestor who passed through the famous…

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Searching for the Last Dance with Old Berlin

Looking for the remnants of old Berlin is difficult. Not so much the churches, museums and monuments, but the bars, restaurants, theatres and cafes that once graced the city. For a brief while between the two World Wars, Berlin was one of the most decadent, thrilling and glitziest of European cities. “The city had a…

Ghost Hotels of Trump’s Atlantic City Empire

Atlantic City has always loomed large in popular culture– its street names can be found on the Monopoly board and during the early part of the 20th century it was one of America’s most popular pleasure palaces. Archival photographs show the famous Boardwalk crammed with holiday makers resplendent in fetching straw boaters, elegant cotton dresses…
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Ruins of New York’s Great Lost Theme Park

There is a tiny island off the coast of New York home to a ruined castle. This mysterious ruin known as Starnburg Castle, almost looks as though it should be overlooking the Rive Rhine in Europe, rather than the city of New Rochelle. Whilst you might have discovered Bannerman’s Castle up the Hudson River, this smaller…

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The Secret Art Deco Apartment Hidden Inside Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall is one of New York’s most treasured landmarks; a beautiful, gleaming masterpiece of Art Deco design, home to the world famous Rockettes and sold out concerts all year long. It is also however, home to one of my favourite secret places in all of Manhattan, for hidden away above the stage,…

A Mad Men Era Guide to Bar Hopping in New York City

Mad Men may have departed our screens a few years ago now, but it remains beloved in the hearts of those who love all things vintage and Manhattan, but perhaps most of all, by those who love vintage Manhattan bars! For seven seasons the employees of Sterling Cooper spent a large part of their time…
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How Pianos Built a Forgotten Utopian Village in Queens, NY

If you were to guess what the most intricate thing being made in America today is, chances are you wouldn’t imagine that it’s a piano. Almost entirely still hand made and assembled in Queens, New York after 160 years, Steinway pianos are known the world over. Lesser known, is the fact that Steinway & Sons…

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Hidden Under a Chicken Coop: The “Louvre” of Wine

One of the world’s most prestigious wine cellars isn’t where you think it might be. It isn’t nestled beneath a grand chateau or presidential palace, but buried in the backyard of an average Joe, a retiree of humble background who has been collecting the rarest wines, bottle by bottle for the past 50 years. Michel-Jack…
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