TEAR-OUT GUIDE
NYC is a pulsating behemoth of architecture, fashion, art and entertainment, and world-beatina restaurants am d bars. You can experience mu ch of it on a budget: here’s ho’ •v to get a bite of the Big Ap pie on the cheap.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK
brooklynbridgepark.org
This 85-acre park wraps itself around a bend on the East River, running from just beyond the far side of Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO to the west end of Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn Heights. It has revitalised a once-barren shoreline, turning abandoned piers into beautifully landscaped parkland with jaw-dropping views of Manhattan. There’s lots to see and do here for fre
CHINATOWN
explorechinatown.com
Two walks through Manhattan’s most colourful district are never the same, no matter how many times you go. Peek inside temples and exotic storefronts. Hear the clacking of mahjong tiles on makeshi! tables, see duck roasts swinging in store windows, and shop for anything from rice-paper lanterns to a pound of pressed nutmeg.
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