Next door to Café Boulud, Bar Pleiades serves seasonal specialty cocktails ($20), along with an upscale bar menu that comes directly from Café Boulud (oysters, and fennel-and-duck sausage). There's live jazz on Monday and Friday nights (9pm to midnight).


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1. Met Breuer

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The newest branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened in the landmark former Whitney Museum building (designed by Marcel Breuer; there's an…

2. Frick Collection

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This spectacular art collection sits in a mansion built by steel magnate Henry Clay Frick, one of the many such residences lining the section of Fifth Ave…

3. Asia Society & Museum

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Founded in 1956 by John D Rockefeller III (an avid collector of Asian art), this cultural center hosts fascinating exhibits (Buddhist art of Myanmar,…

4. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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What started with a handful of paintings brought over from Europe or donated by a coterie of philanthropically minded robber barons in the 19th century…

5. Ramble

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In Central Park, between 73rd and 78th Sts, the leafy 38-acre Ramble is a wooded thicket that’s popular with bird-watchers. It's easy to lose your way in…

6. Bethesda Fountain

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This neoclassical fountain is one of New York’s largest. It’s capped by the Angel of the Waters, who is supported by four cherubim. The fountain, created…

7. Bethesda Terrace

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The arched and frescoed walkways of Bethesda Terrace, crowned by the magnificent Bethesda Fountain, have long been a gathering area for New Yorkers of all…

8. Great Lawn

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Located between 79th and 85th Sts, this massive emerald carpet at the center of Central Park is many a New Yorker's unofficial backyard. Created in 1931…