The New York City Traveler

*** Thanks to everybody who participated!  Congratulations to Catherine Copeland who won the New York City Prize Pack! ***
Everybody loves something for free!  The New York City Traveler is having its first giveaway.
The New York City prize pack includes:

City Walks with Kids: New York  A deck with 50 adventures for children and adults.  From exploring the city’s museums to finding the perfect hot dog on Coney Island, there is something for everybody!  ($14.95 value)
Streetwise Midtown Manhattan  Never get lost in Midtown with his handy laminated map.  Detailed index of bookstores, cinemas, colleges, concert halls, transportation, and more! ($6.95 value)
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You Tube megastar Tricia Walsh Smith’s messy divorce is about to come to an end.  NY Post
How do Brooklynites feel about The Real World moving into their neighborhood?  Gothamist
Project Runway winner Christian Siriano’s line has hit the stores.  Racked
The Amish is leaving New York.  Amish in the City
The neighborhood is going downhill fast!  East Village’s Grace and Hope Mission is will open as a bar.  East Village Podcasts
Heat and jellyfish plague the New York City Triathlon.  Bloomberg
New Yorkers… unfiltered.  Overheard in New York
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If you think that Manhattan doesn’t have any more room to grow, think again.  Five new houses were just constructed on a busy Midtown block.  Of course, these houses aren’t for occupation, they’re part of MoMA’s newest exhibition, Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling.  This two-part exhibition, loosely chronologically-based, examines historical and contemporary prefabricated architecture.  
Home Delivery, Part I includes patents and other historical documents that trace development of prefabrication from the early nineteenth century to the current day. 
Home Delivery, Part II is the outdoor component located on the west side of the museum where five full-scale prefabricated houses …read more

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Over the years, committed Harlem musicians, jazz fans, political and civic leaders, and high profile board members including Dr. Billy Taylor and Wynton Marsalis have kept the National Jazz Museum in Harlem alive and expanding.  At the beginning of this month, the museum’s new visitor center opened on 104 E. 126th St.  When you step off the subway at Lexington Avenue and 125th Street, you’ll witness Harlem’s 2nd renaissance taking place with brownstones restored to their original grandeur along with a burgeoning shopping and entertainment district.  Legendary jazz pianist and Duke Ellington mentor, Willie "The Lion" Smith’s quote: "I’d rather …read more

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Feel like a starving student long on an empty stomach and short on cash?  Then pay a visit to Cafetasia, a place where NYU students escape their mundane on- campus cafeteria food without spending too much of their drinking funds. With an ambiance combining the camaraderie of a university dining hall and the laid-back trappings of a downtown ashram, the overhead candle lights softly and unexpectedly illuminate the often noisy communal tables presided over by a smiling stone Buddha.  Beyond this highly contrasted atmosphere, the real attraction is their reasonably priced Thai-fusion. The lunch special is $7.50 including an appetizer …read more

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At some point, regular visitors to NYC begin realizing that the best of everything this city has to offer isn’t packed on the island of Manhattan.  Italian cuisine is no exception. Increasingly edged out by Chinatown, Little Italy’s restaurants are no match for the authentic neighborhood eateries in the Bronx’s Arthur Ave. District.  A good example of this distinction is Roberto’s specializing in Italian country-style and handmade pastas. Find a spot at one of their farmhouse tables, order off the specials blackboard, and prepare your palate for some uncharacteristic yet authentic flavors.  Definitely a far cry from the red sauce …read more

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The name may sound like M. Night Shyamalan’s latest horror flick, but if going to one of the area’s best beaches isn’t your thing, you can still beat the summer heat by taking a dip in the Floating Pool Lady. 
The Floating Pool Lady is a seven-lane freshwater floating pool that is located on a barge just off of Barretto Point Park in Bronx.  The pool has all of the amenities as your neighborhood pool, including a pool house, locker rooms, and restrooms, however the view of the Manhattan may just be unparalleled. 
Location:  Barretto Point Park at Tiffany …read more

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Between Manhattan and Queens lies a sliver of land, Roosevelt Island.  The island is primarily residential, but taking the Roosevelt Island Tram on a round-trip is a fun way to see the city in a whole new angle. 
Photo credit: flickr
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The New Museum in the Bowery has an exterior design resembling gigantic building blocks stacked up haphazardly serving as a reminder that there is still an edge in modern art that didn’t stop with Andy Warhol. The museum is "New" because all its art is bleeding edge and there’s no permanent collection.  In addition to the galleries’ ever-changing exhibits, the Museum as Hub on the 5th floor, serves as the museum’s educational center and exhibits institutional partnerships with Insa Art Space (Seoul, South Korea); Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico City, Mexico); Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art (Cairo, Egypt); and Van …read more

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Three new, unique blogs were launched this week here at b5media’s Travel & Culture Channel.  The current total is 33 with more on the way! 
The desert southwest has so much more than warm weather and great Mexican food.  Jackie shows us what to do in Arizona in The Phoenix Traveler.
Two of our very own b5media editors Kori Ellis and Mary Jo Manzanares have teamed up to make sense of all the travel accessories in Travel Product Guide.
Travel the world through photos at Travel Photo Daily.  The DC Traveler blogger, Jon, has launched this new blog and I can’t …read more

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