Rock Empire
August 15th, 2010 | 
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What popular New York attractions are in close proximity?
Travelling to NYC on Oct 5th. We want to plan our trip there as to avoid as much travel time in the city as possible so I am trying to find out which of these attractions we should try to visit in the same day.
We are going to try to see...
The Rockefeller Centre and Top of the Rock
Empire State Building
The Met
The Bodies Exibit
Central Park
Ellice Island
Statue of Liberty
The Met is in Central Park. It's about half way up on the East Side. I'd start with the Met, then walk South through the Park. At the other end, you can walk down 5th avenue to Rockefeller Center and go to the Top of the Rock. That's a pretty full day. In the evening, you can go to the Empire State Building near by. Remember, the one thing you can't see fromt he top of the Empire State Building is the Empire State Building, which makes Top of the Rock a better view, even though it's not as high. It's not really worth going to the top of both, so I'd just do the Top of the Rock and see the Empire State Building from the ground looking straight up (a very long way up).
The Bodies Exhibit is in South Street Seaport, which is not too far from Battery Park, where you catch the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Those three make a full day too.
I'd get lunch in Central Park (hot dogs). For dinner on that first day, you can do Pizza at Johns (in Times Square, not too far away), the Burdge Joint inside Le Parker Merridian (literally inside the fancy hotel there's this reasonably priced and excellent burger place, or the Carnagie Deli (don't go to the Stage, it's just not the same).
On the other day, the best two options for food are Wo-Hop on Mott Street right near the Bowery (the downstairs location, the street level Wo Hop in the same building is a different place and it's nowhere near as good. It's not much to look at, but trust me, it's the best chinese food in the City and the line moves fast.) or Lombardi's pizza, the first Pizzaria in the United States (since 1905) and still among the best. It's right across the street from Rice to Riches, which is a little rice pudding store that began a few years ago as a front for an illegal gamling ring. The gambling ring was shut down, but the front was so successful as a legitimate business that it reopened not long after and has been doing well legally ever since. Even if you don't like rice pudding (I don't), you should go there. it's fantastic, like Ice Cream, but not cold. Very filling though, be warned. I like to put my name on the list at Lombardi's, then eat rice pudding as an apatizer while I wait.
I recommend going to the Carnagie Deli to get take out (1 sandwich easily serves 2 people or more, but they charge a sharing fee if you eat it there) and save that for lunch the next day at the Statue of Liberty. Eat your dinner the first night at Johns and the second night at Wo Hop. If you can make it to Rice to Riches, that's great, but it's not exactly a New York icon (at least not yet, maybe it will be in 20 years or so).
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| Rock Empire KRON QB Harness | | | US $91.73 | 18d 20h 12m |
| Rock Empire KRON Harness set | | | US $110.72 | 6d 15h 47m |
| Rock Empire SPECTRUM ( Working at Height Safety, Rescue and Climbing harness) | | | US $115.46 | 20d 22h 46m |
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| | Empire - $23.98 After the breakthrough success and world-wide respect that Queensrÿche gained from their conceptual masterpiece Operation: Mindcrime, it was a fair assumption that the band couldn't possibly outdo, or perhaps even match, themselves. Empire, released just two years after that high-water mark, reveals that Queensrÿche reinvented themselves (and certainly not for the last time). While many fans were clamoring for a conceptual sequel, the band offered a song-oriented approach that was more art rock and less metal (though Empire rocks hard in places). Far removed from the fantasy and techno-paranoiac themes of Operation: Mindcrime, the lyric's themes tackle social and physical handicaps ("Best I Can"), and issues such as poverty and regret ("Della Brown") Geoff Tate, Chris DeGarmo, and company focused much less on the darker side of love so prevalent in their earlier sound, and looked at romance head on with "Another Rainy Night" and "Hand on Heart.) While Queensrÿche lost some die-hard metal fans with Empire, the mature sound and tight production of Peter Collins (Rush) saw the band break into the mainstream and hit number nine on the Billboard singles chart with the Pink Floyd-inspired power ballad "Silent Lucidity," that has remained one of the band's set standbys into the 21st century. [In 2010, for Empire's 20th anniversary, EMI issued a deluxe package that included a 24-bit remaster of the original album, as well as the three bonus tracks that were included on the 2003 expanded edition, and a live disc recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in London during the supporting tour. What's remarkable about the live disc is that it is raw, power-on, great-sounding Queensrÿche with no overdubs; all but three of the set's tracks are from the Empire album. The box also includes a beautiful poster, five black-and-white photographs of bandmembers, and a four-color lyric booklet.] ~ Doug Odell and Thom Jurek, Rovi Performers: Chris DeGarmo - Guitar (12 String Electric), Guitar (12 String Acoustic), Vocals (Background), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards; Michael Wilton - Guitar (12 String Acoustic), Guitar (12 String Electric), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric); Eddie Jackson - Fretless Bass, Bass (Electric), Vocals (Background); Geoff Tate - Keyboards, Vocals; Scott Rockenfield - Percussion, Drums |
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Which experience do you feel is better? Top of the Rock Observation Deck or The Empire State Building?
Trying to settle an argument so your insights will be helpful.
Thanks.
hard to say, but i'd give the edge to Top of the Rock. it's not as high as the Empire State Building, but i guess i'd like to *see* the ESB instead of being *on top* of it...
i also find the neighborhood around TotR much more interesting...
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