'Discover Columbus' on May 17 and 18.Shopping, dining, historical tours and live entertainment are among the highlights of a two-day extravaganza taking place at Discover Columbus! May 17 and 18, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., along Columbus Avenue, from West 67th to West 82nd streets, on Manhattan's Upper West Side, announces Barbara Adler, executive director of the Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District (BID), the sponsor of the event. "This section of Columbus Avenue is so unique, with its eclectic shopping district, 45 restaurants, Theodore Roosevelt Park Roosevelt Park may refer to:
The BID will also use this occasion to promote its recently published booklet, "Historic Columbus: Self-Guided Walking Tour." Written by historian Andrew Dolkart and illustrated with photographs and designed by Adler, the booklet will be given without charge to all the participants who visit Columbus Avenue the weekend of the event. Discover Columbus! will feature a variety of free historical walking tours leaving from various points in the district: 1. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Historical Society Tour of the Upper West Side given by Big Onion Tours, plus free admission to the museum. Tours leave from the museum at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on May 17 and 18. 2. Jim Dykes Celebrity Tour: Leaves from the American Folk Art Museum The American Folk Art Museum is the leading center for the study and enjoyment of American folk art, as well as the work of international self-taught artists. It is located at 45 West 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, in Midtown Manhattan (New York City, USA). on Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and West 66"' Streets at noon and 3 p.m., May 18 only. 3. Free Park Ranger Tour of Theodore Roosevelt Park, conducted by the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Department of Parks, leaves from the southeast corner of Columbus Avenue and 81 Street, just inside the entrance of the park, at 1 p.m., May 17 only. 4. Reopening of the American Museum of Natural History American Museum of Natural History, incorporated in New York City in 1869 to promote the study of natural science and related subjects. Buildings on its present site were opened in 1877. : Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life. Present the Discover Columbus! postcard at the museum for a $3 discount for the IMAX IMAX Noun a film projection process that produces an image ten times larger than standard film or Museum shops discounts |
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