New York City

[barnhart]

The Met museum is worth the effort for history lovers even if it is a bit pricey.
See the depiction Ceasar Augustus carved of himself, wearing the clothing of the gods, into the exterior wall of the temple of Dendor. Also not the notches carved into the facade by Christians many years later to support an additional roof and larger groups of worshipers

See a chair from an ancient Egyptian tomb, one of the oldest known examples of woodworking, complete with mortise and tennon joinery.

See some of the relics of the beginnings of the iron age from the ancient Sumerians (the people who traded that iron to the Philistines of biblical fame).

See a stradivarias violin.

See cabinetry made for the palace of Marie Antoinette by the Reontgens, a father/son team who were kicked out of the Anabaptist Church for their association with wealth and power.

See the paintings by the dutch masters, recommended for their delicate depiction of light.

See the medieval armor and the bullet marks as armor became obsolete.

See the furniture of Nakashima who first made furniture in a Japanese concentration camp in California during WWII. As a protest against the boredom and dehumanization of imprisonment he disassembled the army beds and crafted chairs and tables for his family. He made that model, the grass seat chair, for the rest of his life.

Oops. Double post.

[barnhart]

No visit to the Carmelite Monastery at 361 Highland Blvd to see if the wall actually has glass and razor wire?
https://forum.mennonet.com/viewtopic.ph ... 98#p186898

Still there but the nuns have moved to the mountains of Pennsylvania. If you go there walk around the disused reservoir that supplied water for Brooklyn. It was the limited capacity of that system which forced Brooklyn to join Manhattan and become a single city. Manhattan held the cards because they had the foresight much earlier to secure entire watersheds upstate and bring the water down in tunnels. Until recently they were the longest tunnels in the world.

[Swiss Brah]

I visited NYC this Summer. Skated the Brooklyn banks, ran a lap in Central Park, ate hot dogs, pizza, bagels and cheesecake, marvelled at the buildings and had an overall great time.

What? Didn't tell me? I would have met you somewhere.

Sorry bro, I only had three days and tons of stuff to tick off the list. But if I ever return I will gladly let you know. I could use a guide for Brooklyn.

[joshuabgood]

The Met museum is worth the effort for history lovers even if it is a bit pricey.
See the depiction Ceasar Augustus carved of himself, wearing the clothing of the gods, into the exterior wall of the temple of Dendor. Also not the notches carved into the facade by Christians many years later to support an additional roof and larger groups of worshipers

See a chair from an ancient Egyptian tomb, one of the oldest known examples of woodworking, complete with mortise and tennon joinery.

See some of the relics of the beginnings of the iron age from the ancient Sumerians (the people who traded that iron to the Philistines of biblical fame).

See a stradivarias violin.

See cabinetry made for the palace of Marie Antoinette by the Reontgens, a father/son team who were kicked out of the Anabaptist Church for their association with wealth and power.

See the paintings by the dutch masters, recommended for their delicate depiction of light.

See the medieval armor and the bullet marks as armor became obsolete.

See the furniture of Nakashima who first made furniture in a Japanese concentration camp in California during WWII. As a protest against the boredom and dehumanization of imprisonment he disassembled the army beds and crafted chairs and tables for his family. He made that model, the grass seat chair, for the rest of his life.

Oops. Double post.

Used to be free on Wedneadays...

[JohnH]

Amongst plain people, the youth (and adults for that matter) often enjoy NYC, but treat it as some sort of combination of an open-air museum and a cafeteria. Their main goal is try, as they call them, "eating places". These are invariably new places that didn't even exist back when I lived in NYC.

I have proposed it would be a lot cheaper to simply go to a local museum, and then organise a buffet.

[Southerner]

These are invariably new places that didn't even exist back when I lived in NYC.

I have proposed it would be a lot cheaper to simply go to a local museum, and then organise a buffet.

Like Katz's...since 1888? I like museums...rest of my group wasn't interested. I liked watching the street painters...have some of their paintings around my house.

[JohnH]

The level of interest in $25 sandwiches is not particularly high.

[Southerner]

The level of interest in $25 sandwiches is not particularly high.

Except at Katz's...waited in line for 45 minutes for pastrami on rye. Can still taste the pastrami years later.

[barnhart]

The level of interest in $25 sandwiches is not particularly high.

Except at Katz's...waited in line for 45 minutes for pastrami on rye. Can still taste the pastrami years later.

There are alternatives that are just as good or better and much less busy. But they lack the history... I recently worked in an apartment on Wall Street and the owner bought a sandwich from a deli that was amazing. I was going to remember the name but I have forgotten it. At first glance I was sure I couldn't eat that much meat but it was sooo buttery smooth...

Edit: just googled it, I think it was Sarge's.

[JohnH]

The level of interest in $25 sandwiches is not particularly high.

Except at Katz's...waited in line for 45 minutes for pastrami on rye. Can still taste the pastrami years later.

I mean that amongst plain people, they prefer not to wait in line for too long just to get a $25 sandwich. Usually the pattern is they’ll wait in a long line to go to one of these types of places, be disappointed in the food and high price, and on future trips find places that don’t have such a horrid wait.