Every time I am asked about what to see in New York besides Manhattan and the usual unforgettable attractions of the so-called “first time”, my thought – and my indications – unavoidably recollect the other charming New Yorker boroughs. Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, even Staten Island…for many people “Neverland” – wrongly. And every time my interlocutor…
Discovering New York’s South Street Seaport: Manhattan’s old port
The road of the sails. This was how new yorkers, fascinated by the long stretch of brigantine sails along the pier, used to call South Street Seaport at the end of the 19th century. New York’s old port is one of Manhattan’s oldest inhabited area, back since the end of 1600, thanks to its strategic…
