Streetwise New York Tours

10/07/2025

‼️These are the last two weeks to visit the Met roof top for the next five years‼️

On Oct. 19th, the museum’s roof with art and a bar and views of Central Park and the skyline will close for a multiyear renovation. It will be surely missed!

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‼️Estas son las últimas dos semanas para visitar la azotea del Met durante los próximos cinco años‼️

El 19 de octubre, la azotea del museo con arte y bar y vistas de Central Park y el skyline cerrará por una renovación de varios años. ¡Seguramente se extrañará!

04/14/2022

Spring in Central Park with The Pod Hotels!

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06/28/2021

Excited for the reopening of Pod 39! A free hotel perk for Pod guests is walking tours with us!

02/28/2021

70 Pine Street (1932), known as the last downtown skyscraper of the Jazz Age. Swipe to see the elevators. I love the art deco style with a native american motif, and references to the building’s crown. Originally the elevator was double-decker, the world’s first.
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El edificio 70 Pine Street (1932), conocido como el último rascacielos del sur de Manhattan de la edad del Jazz. Desliza para ver sus ascensores. Me encanta el estilo art deco con los patrones de arte de los nativos americanos y las referencias a la corona del edificio. Originalmente los ascensores tenían dos plantas, el primero de este tipo en el mundo.
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02/25/2021

(English/español)
In New York, we’re used to hearing how a place used to be gritty, abandoned and graffiti filled. This flips the narrative. Top 📸: Thomas F. Arndt (1980) from collection. Bottom 📸: me 2021 (Delancey and Essex).

En Nueva York siempre escuchamos como un lugar era rudo, y estaba abandonado y lleno de grafiti. Este post invierte la narrativa. 📸 Arriba: Thomas F. Arndt (1980) de collection. 📸 Abajo: yo, 2021 (Delancey and Essex).

01/20/2021

Radio City Music Hall (español👇)

Do you know the 1963 Drifters hit song that starts, “They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway?” Well since then, Broadway has switched over to LED. But Radio City in all its Art Deco glory has stayed neon since the 1930’s. In theater lingo, the theater has been “dark” (closed) since March, but the sign shines bright.

¿Conocéis la canción popular de 1964 de Los Drifters que empieza, “Se dice que las luces de neón son brillantes en Broadway”? Desde entonces, Broadway se ha pasado a las luces LED. Pero Radio City Music Hall (en Rockefeller), una joya del Art Deco sigue con sus luces neón desde los años 30. En la jerga del “show business”, el teatro está “oscuro” (cerrado) desde marzo, pero las luces siguen brillando.

12/26/2020

2021 is on the horizon. Last steps of 2020. Happy Holidays from Streetwise New York Tours. Here’s hoping 2021 brings you health, peace, love and New York City!
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2021 está en el horizonte. Estamos en la recta final del 2020. Felices fiestas desde Streetwise New York Tours. Espero que 2021 os traiga salud, paz, amor y New York City.

12/17/2020

Picture perfect | De foto (español⬇️)

Paul Manship the sculptor of the golden Prometheus statue said upon its completion that he regretted making a horizontal, not vertical, statue for the plaza of Rockefeller Center. I’m guessing he didn’t consider how it would look under a 75 foot (23m) tree.
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Paul Manship, el escultor de la estatua dorada de Prometeo, dijo después de instalarla que se arrepintió de haber hecho una estatua horizontal, en vez de vertical, para la plaza de Rockefeller Center. Me imagino que no tenía en cuenta cómo se vería debajo de un árbol de 23 metros.

11/23/2020

New article by Andrew up in Tablet Magazine.

In 1968, famed graphic designer Milton Glaser ("I ♥ NY " creator) wrote “A Gentile’s Guide to Jewish Food.” In it, he introduces the non-Jew to myriad smoked, pickled, and salted fish. 52 years later, I found that a third of the fish he recommends is nowhere to be found.

So I seek out one fish, Kapchunka, and along the way tour New York’s appetizing scene. It’s a look into the varied world of Ashkenazi Jews in New York and an examination of the pressures that shape Jewish food.

Thanks to Russ & Daughters Shelsky's of Brooklyn: Appetizing & Delicatessen Acme Smoked Fish Murray's Sturgeon Shop, all dedicated and top places, who were generous and patient in explaining the appetizing world to me.

Kapchunka was once a staple of Jewish appetizing stores. Today it has nearly vanished. So I set off on a journey across New York to taste what I’d been missing.