Your New York Part 2

I did this once before (hence the Part 2 bit) where I nabbed the questions from London%26#39;s Evening Standard%26#39;s ES magazine. These questions are from a BBC site where they ask celebs these questions but the questions are on London - hopefully I%26#39;ve replaced London for New York in the questions below but just in case if it says London in the question, it means New York :).

So, just as a bit of fun (and it might be useful to future visitors), here%26#39;s your chance to be a celeb and answer these questions. As usual answer as few or as many as you wish.

Your favourite building?

Most hated building?

Best view in New York?

Favourite open space?

Most interesting shop?

Favourite pub, bar or restaurant?

Most memorable night out?

How would you spend your ideal day off in New York?

Where would you take a visitor to New York?

The worst journey you%26#39;ve had to make in New York?

Your personal New York landmark?

Your favourite fictional New York?

Favourite New York film, book or documentary?

Which time period in New York, past or future, would you like to go to?

Your New York Part 2

Favorite Building: Exterior - Chrysler Bldg

Interior - Woolworth Bldg

Most Hated Bldg: Verizon monolith by the Brooklyn Bridge.

Best View: The view of downtown Manhattan from either DUMBO waterfront or the Brooklyn Heights promenade.

Favorite Open Space: Prospect Park

Favorite Pub: The Gate in Park Slope

Day Off: Disc golf in the AM at Propsect Park. Riis Park beach at 4:00 followed by a pastrami sandwich at Mill Basin Deli.

Where would I take a visitor: Bklyn, duh.

Worst journey: Just a general rant about the traffic jams that can pop up anywhere at any time. I%26#39;ve been held up for hours at a stuck drawbridge, a jumper on the GWB, accidents, the West Indian Day Parade and any other number of tie-ups. Yes, we have traffic jams after midnite.

Personal NY Landmark: I love the tiny retractile bridge over the Gowanus on Carroll Street. I also love the Grand Army Plaza Arch and the Montalk Club.

Favorite NY Film or Book: Motherless Brooklyn [Letham], The Island at the Center of the World [Shorto], Up in the Old Hotel [Mitchell], The WPA guide to NY.

Time Period: I%26#39;d love to see how the island looked during the period of Dutch rule [see The Island at the Center of the Earth]

Your New York Part 2

Your favourite building? Ditto -- Chrysler exterior, Woolworth interior

Most hated building? The Verizon bldg. is a real blight, but my most hated is the Met Life (nee Pan Am) Bldg.

Best view in New York? North from Top of the Rock

Favourite open space? Central Park

Most interesting shop? Zabar%26#39;s

Favourite pub, bar or restaurant? Allstate (unfortunately, gone)

Most memorable night out? Offhand, listening to Pavarotti in Central Park. A storm had been predicted, but not a drop of rain fell. The place was empty, and Pavarotti was glorious.

How would you spend your ideal day off in New York? I live here, so my ideal day would be spent with friends, eating and drinking.

Where would you take a visitor to New York? Central Park

The worst journey you%26#39;ve had to make in New York? Home on Sept. 11, 2001.

Your personal New York landmark? Tough. Brooklyn Bridge maybe.

Your favourite fictional New York?

Favourite New York film, book or documentary? Time %26amp; Again (Jack Finney), The Island at the Center of the World (Russell Shorto). ';Hester Street,'; ';Enemies, A Love Story.';

Which time period in New York, past or future, would you like to go to? 1882

Your favourite building? 40 Wall Street

Most hated building? MetLife (old PanAm) Building

Best view in New York? Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn Heights

Favourite open space? Central Park

Most interesting shop? B %26amp; H

Favourite pub, bar or restaurant? White Horse Tavern

Where would you take a visitor to New York? The Cloisters

Your personal New York landmark? Literary Walk, Central Park

Favourite New York film, book or documentary? Film: West Side Story, Book: New York Changing (Douglas Levere / Berenice Abbott), Documentary: New York: A Documentary Film (Ric Burns)

Which time period in New York, past or future, would you like to go to? Early 60鈥檚 before they demolished the Singer Building and Pennsylvania Station.

Your favourite building? Bayard-Condict Building

Most hated building? Penn Station

Best view in New York? On a boat, between South tip of Manhattan. 360 degrees of beauty.

Favourite open space?

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

Most interesting shop?

Union Square Greenmarket

Favourite pub, bar or restaurant?

Pub/Bar: Spuyten Duyvil, Williamsburg Restaurant: Blue Hill

Most memorable night out? My wedding: Ceremony in the Marble Cemetery + parade through the East Village with ukelele accompaniment %26amp; singing, tamborine, whistles and bells, with pot luck reception in an old Ukranian ballroom on 2nd Avenue, dancing all night, walking home with my wife with a glass of beer at 3 AM, open container laws be damned!

How would you spend your ideal day off in New York?

Sleep in, lunch at Union Square farmers market (fresh bread %26amp; Bobolink cheese), bike around the city. Drinks in Williamsburg, then tacos at the Mexican deli on Avenue A b/w 13th %26amp; 14th.

Where would you take a visitor to New York?

Tenement Museum %26amp; LES walk, followed by a walk in DUMBO. Drinks at DBA in East Village and dinner at Lil%26#39; Frankies.

The worst journey you%26#39;ve had to make in New York?

Rental car Friday afternoon drive to and through the Holland Tunnel, summertime, any year.

Your personal New York landmark?

Williamsburg Bridge

Your favourite fictional New York?

A mixture of Woody Allen movie moments

Favourite New York film, book or documentary?

Film: The Naked City

Book: Up In The Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell

Documentary: Does Taxi Cab Confessions count?!?

Which time period in New York, past or future, would you like to go to?

A walk around the late 1800%26#39;s, Lower East Side.

I%26#39;m a licensed sightseeing guide, so I know the city fairly well.

Favorite building: original GE HQ, at 575 Lexington %26amp; 51.

Most hated: STILL the Huntington Hartford.

Best view: from the SI Ferry or Waterway Ferry approaching Manhattan.

Favorite open space: Bike lane next to the West Side Highway.

Most Interesting shop: Takashimaya!

Most favorite pub or rest: torn between Carnegie Club and Maui Taco.

Most memorable night out: Tomita at Battery Park, 1986.

Ideal day off: Yankees vs. Mets game.

Where to take a visitor: my personal walking tour of the Battery Park - City Hall area.

Worst Journey: taking tourists to the WTC in 2002 and trying not to cry.

Personal Landmark:

1. steel plate atop the Brooklyn Bridge.

2. tiny waterfall in The Gill, Prospect Park

3. Gateway Rec. Area near Riis Park

4. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale statue, Marble Coll. Ch.

5. Edison Electric streetlamp of 1896, 32nd %26amp; 5th

6. 37 floor window, Marriott Marquis.

Fictional: ';Winter%26#39;s Tale';

Book: Got ';Gotham'; 3 years ago, now on page 943.

Past or Future?

Ladies %26amp; Gents, I want to be there when the WORLD TRADE CENTER reopens!!!! THEY JUST ANNOUNCED IT!

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Fave building:Chrysler.

Best View:Cant beat the view from Brooklyn.

Fave open space:Bryant park.

How would I spend a day off:Just strolling around,enjoying the sheer bedlam of the place! :)

Were to take a visitor:Times square at night,then take a photo of their face!

The worst journey:Going back to the airport :(

Fave Landmark:Chrysler.

Period in time:Here and now will do just fine :)