New York, 400 years old and bring them great
With open eyes and nose upwards
In the heart of Manhattan:
All events and addresses
not to be missed.
From Camilla Golzi Saporiti
A discharge of life and adrenaline. It makes this New York effect, which, regardless of the spindle, instantly overwhelms those who choose it for a holiday. Immediately he bombed him with lights, colors, noises and stimuli, infinite stimuli; And it transmits him within a second the idea that everything is possible and nothing never lost.
Fast as the wind that blows in Central Park in some days, shiny as the Neon of Times Square’s Neon, as chaotic as traffic along the fifth road, tireless as the skyscrapers that do not stop competing at the top of the Skyline, the big apple not only never sleeps, but never stops. Less less this year, which turns 400 and seems to have put the turbo.
400 years as a protagonist and a 2025 of events
With four centuries on the shoulders and a world of cities in the rise to threaten it, it does not give up. On the contrary, it remains the protagonist, launching and relaunching addresses, events, inaugurations and reopenings that, together, say only one thing: This is the year to go or return to New York. To convince – if it served – the program of celebrations which, in updating on www.nyctourism.com and www.ny400th.org, will continue to schedule all 2025.
Race between old and new skyscrapers
At the same time, many news. Like that of being able to take a photo on the false line of the iconic image of the workers sitting on the steel beam suspended in the void. The Top of the Rockobservatory at the top of the Rockefeller Center, recently introduced The Beam Rockefeller Centeran attraction that, inspired by the famous photo LuNch Atop in Skyscrapertaken in 1932 by Charles Clyde Aves, allows visitors to sit on an iron axis on the 69th floor, get back and watch Manhattan from above. Different, equally panoramic and at the moment even more popular, the Summit One Vanderbilt. On the 91st floor of a skyscraper created from scratch in 2021 next to Grand Central Terminal, it is an observatory that hypnotizes with glass environments, transparent floors, walls of mirrors and spaces full of floating balloons, as well as suspended terraces with views that removes the breath. From up there the look embraces the statue of freedom, the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Queens and New Jersey. And it seems to touch the “old” skyscrapers with their hand, from theEmpire State Building al Chrysler. On the subject of view and skyline, the new also at the appeal The Edge. It is located in the Hudson Yards rise neighboring and is a triangular terrace that protrudes from a glass and steel skyscraper and reflects all the skyline of the Hudson river and the new skyscrapers around. With its 335 meters, it is the highest outdoor observation deck not only of New York, but also of the whole western hemisphere.
Exhibitions and museums not to be missed
Returning to the road level, the New York Public Library, Second largest public library in the country and set of countless films, invites until February 21, 2026 to discover its interiors – noteworthy for magnificent stairs, chandeliers and ceilings frescoed on the third floor – and the exhibition A Century of New Yorkerwhich traces the history of the cultural weekly influence from its launch in 1925 to today (free admission). While in front of the World Trade Center he has inaugurated for less than a year Mercer Labsexhibition of art and technology with high immersive impact rooms.
Fresh reopening, however, The Frick Collection. After closing for restoration, the cot of the New York Renaissance has been visiting again since this April.
Instead, he never closed the parade of theaters that illuminates Broadwaywhere in August, for the tenth anniversary, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton returns, inaugurated at the Richard Rodgers Theater and focused on the history of the founder father Alexander Hamilton.
For visits, the New York Citypass is recommended: allows access to exhibitions, observers and museums at subsidized prices and without queues https://it.citypass.com/new-york;
NH Collection New York
Addresses to keep in mind
An excellent address from the unsurpassed position in the heart of the Big Apple is the 4 star NH Collection New York Madison Avenue. Housed in the early twentieth century with a typical high, streamlined New York structure, in brown bricks, over time has hosted male university residences, confraternities, apartments, until it becomes welcoming starting point to discover the city.
With 288 rooms, rooftop overlooking the Empire State Building, level and style food and wine proposal, thanks to the Italian and Mediterranean cuisine restaurant Serafina Restaurant And the Mad Bar & Lounge atmosphere cocktail lounge, is located ten minutes on foot, on the one hand, by Grand Central Terminal and, on the other side, by the shiny fifth road. In summary: it is at the center of the navel of the world. Info: www.nh-hotels.com; www.serafarestaurant.com