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Central Park (Visit this link)

If Central Park isn't your favorite place in New York yet, look again. It is 843 acres of trails, paths, ponds, and fields--peopled with amblers, runners, bikers, dog-walkers, tourists, and those seeking solitude (in the Ramble), sun (in the Sheep Meadow), or sociality (along the Mall). Olmstead and Vaux were genius to design this magical place that could transcend you from the daily obligations to heaven in minutes.

59th to 110th Streets @ 5th Ave - Central Park West

Last Modified: Thursday Aug 14 2008

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Fancy on the Cheap

If you are itching to try some of the city's fine dining, but are decidedly non-itching to pay fine dining prices, stop by for lunch instead of dinner. Many restaurants crammed for dinner will serve the same food to a nearly empty room at lunchtime. Prices are often more reasonable; for instance, Jean Georges, the well-starred restaurant right off Columbus Circle (at 1 Central Park West), has a lunch menu that features any two entrees for only $24. Afterwards, take a walk through the park and splurge on a ridiculously overpriced $4 ice cream from a cart.

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