Small Hotels New York

I’ve landed in New York City exactly once, and flown over the city twice.  The landing was to change planes at JFK, the fly-over was during a trip to Connecticut.  So I can say I’ve seen New York, but I can’t say I’ve ever been there, and I believe most people would heartily agree with that statement.  It’s a place I’d like to go, to have a chance to walk in Central Park, or to see theatre on Broadway (and Off-Broadway), and to visit some of the planet’s great museums.  Somehow, I’ve managed to make it to some surprising cities (including Leningrad, when it was Leningrad and not St. Petersburg).  When I do, I’m going to find a little place to stay for about ten days and see the city right.  Sure, I’ll go to the Empire State Building or to the Top of the Rock at 30 Rockefeller Center, and I’m sure I’ll take one of those five hour ferry rides around the Statue of Liberty, and even go inside the Statue of Liberty, but what I’ll really be looking for are those small museums that most out-of-towners aren’t familiar with, such as the Frick Collection.

This collection, kept inside the Frick mansion, houses decorative arts and European paintings.  This museum is a museum that doesn’t feel like one, it’s more of a private home, and the building itself is an art work.  Its courtyard and stone building takes up a city block; the rooms inside are painted like a Renaissance fresco, and nearly every bit of furniture you’ll see inside comes from the 1500s, over four hundred years ago.  The most recent art work you’ll find comes from the 1880s; that is, French Impressionism.  The rest is from the century before that, and one particular piece is about seven hundred years old.

For now, I can only take a tour of the collection virtually, but at some point, I’m going to land in New York and actually stay for a few days.

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