South Street Seaport
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"Love it"
One of my favorite places in the world. There is something about it that just relaxes me and brings me back to childhood. I love sitting out and just watching the water, people-watching, and perusing the mall. It is a lovely place and should not be overlooked if you are in Manhattan on a warm, sunny day.
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"Go here to get tickets"
The seaport is a fun stop when visiting the city of New York. There is great shopping and nice places to eat. This is the BEST place to get your TKTS tickets to Broadway shows. The lines here are never as long as in Time Square. You can get here easily on the subway. Another neat find in the city.
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"South Street Seaport"
What can I say!? South Street Seaport is simply amazing! I fell in love with the museum the first time I went there. This is a great place to spend the day with your family. There's countless shops and eateries and it would be pretty hard to ever get bored from here. I would never pass up a chance to spend the day here!
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"Go for the boats"
The Seaport has lots of shops and restaurants, but it's pretty touristy. The highlight for us (after the Little Airplane Productions tour) was the South Street Seaport Museum (http://www.seany.org/). We opted to not visit the Museum itself but just have ship access, which was $8/adult at the time (our kids were both under 3 and had free admission on the ships). My older guy was excited to run around and explore the nooks and crannies of the Peking (wind-powered merchant vessel) and Ambrose (lighthouse ship). He delighted in moving the steering wheel of the boat and going below deck.
Tip: there's a FREE Downtown Connection bus that goes to and from South Street Seaport and Battery Park City, making stops along the way where you can hop on and off as often as you like. Due to time contraints, we were not able to use this bus but it seemed like a great FREE way to explore lower Manhattan. Check the Seaport website in the About tab under Public Transportation for more details.
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"Shopping"
South Street Seaport is a great place. There's many shops and eateries. In the summer season you can see watch performers perform in the stage that's set-up. You can also tour the old boats docked there for a small fee. There is also the south street seaprt museum that provide different exhibitions.
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"Fun with the Family"
Once scores of sleek clipper ships docked at this busy nineteenth-century port. Today, after an extensive renovation and reinvention as part maritime park and part urban shopping mall, the 11-square-block historic district encompasses a Children’s Center, three galleries, a working nineteenth-century printing shop, a Maritime Arts Center,a boat building shop, an archaeological dig, and one of the largest fleets of historical sailing ships in the country.
Begin at the Seaport Museum Visitor’s Center,where you can buy tickets to the galleries and boat rides and get a schedule of current family events and workshops. The Children’s Center has interesting interactive hands-on exhibits, but kids will taste real adventure when they climb aboard the massive four-masted bark Peking, sail New York Harbor aboard the 1885 schooner Pioneer, or take the early morning Fulton Fish Market tour (212–669–9416).
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