Nominated among the best in the world, the university buildings are all over the city, but the heart is located in Washington Square, the center of Greenwich Village. The University extends over 25 hectares with 14 faculties and schools where students from 120 countries attend, highlighting the areas of arts, sciences, law, medicine, education, business, dentistry, among others professional studies. They integrate the college campus with the residences, restaurants, shops, swimming pools, gym, huge libraries, to guarantee to every student to read and study in peace, also includes the magazine, film and digital libraries. As any prestigious university, NYU has its own football team, and it competes with other teams in famous universities encounters. Most of the students enjoy their breaks at Washington Square Park; this area of the university has a beautiful architecture worthy of admiration.
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New York University has the following departments to guide students in achieving housing:
The Office of Residential Life and Housing Services have information on university residences, including how to apply for on-campus housing.
Work for students, internships or take classes in New York City during the summer, the Summer Housing Office and the tea room at the New York program at NYU School of Law have information about living in an NYU residence during the summer months.
For students who choose to live outside the campus, NYU off Campus Life Student Resource Center site has a number of resources and links to help in the process of finding apartments, including accommodation and registration available partner Through the NYU.
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Washington Square Park is located south of Manhattan, close to Greenwich Village; the park is a popular meeting place for locals and students from the University of New York that often, go to the park to discuss their latest projects. The two most prominent symbols are the Washington Square Arch and a great fountain, which is used as a pool for children. It includes children's play areas, trees and gardens. You can bring your friends and have a picnic, also has bicycle paths, hiking activities among others. Some artists are frequently seen in the park, like street musicians and mimes. Street vendors are seen there too, selling everything from hot dogs, water, drinks, canned drinks, bags of nuts to ice cream and popsicles; dog owners and their pets, relax in the park and the elderly may invite you to play chess. Sometimes New York University rents the park area for graduation, where students would march under the Arch to pick their diplomas.
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In the following park areas, dogs without a leash are allowed, 5th Avenue, Waverly Place, West 4th Street, between McDougal and Thompson streets, south of the park (behind the building).
In the following park areas, you will find bathrooms: Midwest 5 blocks of the Avenue, Waverly Place, West 4th and MacDougal.
The playground and swings are in Washington Sq N and fifth av. east, remember to follow the rules and play safe.
Greenwich Village is located in Manhattan surrounded by neighborhoods Nolita, Union Square, Hudson Square, Gramercy Park, Soho, Flatiron district, West Village, East Village, and Chelsea. Today, this neighborhood is known as a bastion of culture and artistic bohemia, the corner of Bedford and Groove is known as one of the streets "environment" in the area; also known as ' "West Village" or simply "The Village", has it all, streets lined with beautiful low houses, bars, restaurants, interesting shops, educational institutions, lots of history and life on the streets. Jazz lovers will be able to visit the Blue Note, the infamous club located on Third Street (between MacDougal and sixth avenue. ), where shows are offered every day, by night it is the area of the city that really never sleeps, the bustling nightlife is something to behold. There are a wide variety of sex shops, if along the Seventh and Eighth Avenues that is a parallel street will leave the true atmosphere of the Village, quiet, distinguished and sober, you will find in each corner where coffee, a good wine or dinner.
75 1/2 Bedford Street The legendary New York City's narrowest home was once home to movie star Gary Grant, is a tourist attraction in the bohemian Greenwich Village, the unique size of the house is due to the fact Which was built in the mid-1800s, where neighbors simply wanted to get into the carriage to the stables behind the property next door. Three stories plus a basement, Dutch style 91- / 2 feet wide, has plenty of light, from the skylight buhadilla to large windows and doors that open to a beautiful garden, is a stop on the tourist route.
Grove Court is located outside on Grove Street, between the streets of Bedford and Hudson. It is accessed through an iron gate and the corresponding step between the numbers 10 and 12 Grove Street a residential enclave of six unique homes that share a beautiful courtyard planted with ivy, flower beds and mature trees. Grove Court is reputed to have been the inspiration for the famous tale of O'Henry, the leaf. Full of architectural details such as three wood burning fireplaces, wide plank floors, moldings of time, the kitchen with style details painted in cabinets combined with an elegant dining room ideal for entertainment, an elegant sitting room, large master suite, a cozy studio interior, room with private bathroom and a terrace on the roof. All rooms are equipped with excellent proportions and the house has been designed with great perfection and comfort. Times have changed, Court Grove is now one of the most coveted rows of houses in the West Village; to take a peek through the fence, is a narrow gate that leads to the private patio with its row of 6 houses, so the next time you are in this neighborhood, look for this small oasis of greenery nestled in between the houses of Grove, close your eyes and imagine living in this wonderful small street.
Christopher Street The last Sunday of June each year parade the gay community to celebrate the traditional 'Gay Pride Parade new yorker', low from north to south through the Fifth Avenue to pass through the small streets of the Village and ends at Christopher Street gay pride symbol, where many traders adorn their facades with the multicolor flag of the rainbow coalition during the twelve months of the year; in their cozy cafes, restaurants, and boutiques sexhops, so you will find a number of shops called XXX, especially between 7th Avenue and Hudson Street. Christopher Street is a street in the West Village, is the continuation of the street 8, west of the intersection with the Sixth Avenue. His reputation as a street more gay in the Village goes back at least to World War II, when it provided R & R for gay sailors. In 1953, Wonderful Town sang with a wink how "interesting people live on Christopher Street." Finally on this subject, don't forget to bring a road map. The West Village does not follow the layout of the streets beautifully, logic from the rest of Manhattan. The streets were established before the trade routes that existed when the area was mostly farmland.
Sheridan Square is a sculpture of George Segal honors the gay rights movement and commemorates the uprising that took place in front of this park in Sheridan in 1969. The conception of Segal for Gay Liberation is typical of his work. Four figures - two men standing and two seated female-are located in the northern boundary of the park, in poses naturalists. . Today, the inn and the street serve as an international symbol of gay pride . In March 2000, Stonewall Inn was designated national historical monument, the sculpture is a popular place of pilgrimage for tourists and local residents.
Open afternoons, except Monday, weather permitting April 1 through October. It opens in the Evenings, except Monday, the time allows it from April 1 to October. Beautiful garden in the heart of Greenwich Village can a milkshake and walk on a sunny day. Feasting with beautiful flowers and plants around this park, with a circular path so you can enjoy and admire more comfortably the variety of scenery. There are some benches to sit and relax. There are parks throughout the city, but this is especially beautiful. Both the garden and the nearby public library have plenty of history. This is the name given to the food market located here at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Heavy gothic Victorian library building was originally a Palace of Justice. The site of the garden was a women's prison. Born of community activism and popular enthusiasm, today the Jefferson Market Garden is maintained by volunteer efforts and the support of visitors and neighbors, whose attention in each season allows the garden flourish.
Jefferson Market courthouse Located in Greenwich Village a historical building in 1877, with a clock tower, was originally a Palace of Justice with cells for prisoners in its database of brick; the interior is a beautiful example of Victorian Gothic with great quotes about justice in the walls and beautiful stained glass windows, is a branch of the New York Public Library. It is a library with a lot of history, it has three floors, the first for children, the second for reading and adult your basement is full of magazines and tables to connect electronic devices, because they are readily available free WI-Fi is also equipped with a machine of microchips for the data pre-computerized date of extensive research, is well equipped with books, DVDs and CDs of many different genres and points of view the wireless connection is fast, the seats and the extensive electrical outlets to scroll between floors is made by a beautiful spiral staircase of marble, you feel like you are walking around a castle or a church. At one time was a market, hence the name of Jefferson Market. The original interior has been preserved quite well with modern elements added in the last few years, very minimum, only the affect that is the only library that does not have a public restroom. Behind the library there is a lovely garden, there is even a small pond where many fish swim, without realizing that there is a tarmac to a few meters away, is a wonderful calm oasis that makes them forget that you are in the city.
Schedule: Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Thursdays: reserved for groups - requires reservations
Admission: Free admission
Located in the heart of Greenwich Village, it is located in the lobby of Forbes Magazine's headquarters in New York City. It's a small museum that shows a lot of perspectives on how an extraordinary person looked at the world in his day. There are paintings that show American history, lifestyle and stories, several paintings of only men's bodies. And it has a gallery that shows the old mechanical trigger (clocks) of many different decades. Forbes showed his passion, discovering new things like steel, mechanical toys, ships, and American life in his time. The gallery also shows other memorabilia, including antique trophies, plus a display of more than 500 toy boats, 12,000 miniature soldiers, and the first Monopoly games. In the Photo Galleries and autographs, rare manuscripts, includes the Abraham Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation.
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The gallery has disabled access, wheelchair ramps are located in the fifth entrance on 62nd street, baby cars are not allowed in the galleries, and they should be left at the Security desk.
Photography is not allowed inside the galleries.
Be sure to visit their website to get information on the numerous short-term exhibitions of paintings, photographs and manuscripts from the permanent collection. http://www.forbesgalleries.com
Starting point: In front of Chelsea Market
Date: Saturday
Check Out: Variable
Duration: 2 hours
In this tour of Manhattan take him to a relaxing stroll through Meatpacking District and Greenwich Village and visit some of the best boutiques and chocolate desserts in New York City.
Your guide will accompany you during the two hours of travel, narrating the stories of neighborhoods and shops. You will have the opportunity to try 8 delicious tastings, including: muffins, salted caramels, chocolate and fruit with chocolate almond bark.
Meet the oldest chocolatier Manhattan (Li-Lac Chocolates), to test their classic recipes, enter the simple and quaint Milk & Cookies Bakery and enjoy your delicious warm chocolate chip cookies.
Make a stop at Bisous Ciao to take an elegant chocolate macaron, prepared in accordance with French tradition. Then, enjoy innovative bonbons's posh SoHo Xocolatti's, bold flavors like paprika, white chocolate, among other places.
Tickets: Click here can check prices and availability. both print and electronic bond bonds are accepted. If you travel with a mobile device, simply show your photo identification and present your electronic voucher on your smartphone or digital tablet.
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Starting point: Julius' Bar
Date: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Departure time: 5:30 pm
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Enjoy a historical stroll through Greewich Village on the legendary Stonewall Inn and many other relevant places that gave rise to the movement for gay rights.
As the tour progresses learn about some poets, actors, writers and dancers who are still spotting these city streets, maybe I can finish the tour seeing a ghost while having a drink.
Visit the racks and know the history of the neighborhood Greenwich Village, and enjoy the music scenes in a piano bar in town. New York is always alive with people and music, this tour will experience the fun it can do.
The guides with extensive experience directing groups through the bustling streets of Manhattan during the course of 800 meters, you will learn the origins of musical theaters theaters and the great history of Broadway.
Tickets: Click here can check prices and availability. both print and electronic bond bonds are accepted. If you travel with a mobile device, simply show your photo identification and present your electronic voucher on your smartphone or digital tablet.
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