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The Other Side of New York

My New York trip was not only about the shopping of course. I explored the city's many neighborhoods by walking around using my online search as a guide and also through its classic double-decker hop-on/hop-off guided bus tour. Very touristic I know but I actually enjoyed it. Here are some bits and pieces of what caught my attention...

Check Spelling I'm glad that my hotel was just steps away from the Modern Museum of Art. Amazing amazing work. The place just fuels creativity and positive energy.

I loved the European architecture of the above building on the Upper East Side, can you imagine the rent over there? As for the building shown below, well this is where John Lennon's wife Yoko Ono currently lives, an 18 bedroom apartment (Yes! one eight!).

We passed by the Apollo Theater in Harlem which is famous for launching the careers of artists such as Billie Holiday, James Brown, The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, and Lauryn Hill to name a few.

The photo of the building above in Harlem is the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque, by architect Sabbath Brown, who converted the building from a Casino to a mosque named after Malcom X back in the 60's. From a Casino to a Mosque?! Very radical and ironic..

If you ever go to NY, you have to visit the iconic Guggenheim Museum shown in the above and below photos. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. They say the building caused a lot of commotion because it looks like a toilet. Frankly? I didn't see the resemblance. Anyhow, I was glad I got to see Kandinsky's paintings which were on display at the museum at that time.

Inside the Guggenheim, the gallery forms a huge spiral from the main level up to the top of the building. Paintings are displayed along the walls of the spiral. And there is this huge skylight to allow some natural light inside.

I think tomorrow is my final NYC post! Phew!

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Terza Stella said…
i could plan my trip to NY solely on the destination u've been to this time & in ur previous visits to the city ..

Confashions thanks so much for sharing all this with us, ur the best tourist guide ever! =)
12 October, 2009
Anonymous said…
Confashion, what did you use as an online hand held map? this is really helpful.. :)
13 October, 2009
AZM said…
I would give anything for a those Warhol Campbell Soups @ the MoMA...

And great insight on that mosque... Thanks for sharing :-)
13 October, 2009
1001Nights said…
I got my name written on the wall in MoMA because of that project they had with that wall with people's names and visit dates written. That was an awesome experience! :)
13 October, 2009
Anonymous said…
in my list of must visit architectural icons is the Guggenheim Museum & i haven't seen it in real yet but am so glad you did, and all the fuss about it coz it was the first of it's kind due to it's interior circulation and exterior form. Frank Ll. Wright made his own school of archittcure..
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING UR TRIP WITH US:*
14 October, 2009
Confashion said…
Terza Stella
I'm so flattered and I'm glad to be of help ;)
Thank YOU for reading my blog!

Anonymous
Google ;)

AZM
I would give anything (almost!) to live there!
Anytime :)

1001Nights
That must have been something! You need 2 days to go through the MoMA properly.. I loved it!

Anonymous
I really hope you can visit the Guggenheim Museum SOON! It's just amazing. and Thank you for your kind words ;)
17 October, 2009
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