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The oculus
financial district
The centerpiece of Santiago Calatrava’s World Trade Center Transportation Hub, the spiny, bleach-white structure commonly known as the Oculus, was designed to evoke the image of a dove taking flight from the hands of a child. The Oculus which houses stores and food venues sits in the center of a new complex of towers and memorial pools at the sites of the towers that fell in 2001.
The Whitney
meatpacking
The Whitney’s collection houses more than 23,000 works by 20th- and 21st-century American artists. It includes paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat, films by Andy Warhol, photographs by Richard Avedon, sculptures by Alexander Calder, and more than 3,000 other artists.
Aire baths
tribeca
AIRE Ancient Baths is a former textile factory turned subterranean oasis of thermal baths, saltwater pools, and relaxation rooms. Six thermal baths of different temperatures (from hot to icy) let spa-goers bathe as the Romans, Greeks, and Ottomans did centuries earlier.
The Roof
the public hotel, the bowery
The Roof is PUBLIC Hotel’s indoor-outdoor bar that feels suspended in the sky. The outdoor landscaped terrace offers panoramic views of the city. It transforms into an after hours club with local and international DJs. When you want sundown frosé to phase into an all-night Champagne-fueled dance party, this is the spot.
eataly
financial district
A large-scale ode to all things Italian and culinary, you’ll want to move into this gourmet market and food hall within minutes. There are hard-to-find Italian specialties—single-estate extra virgin olive oil, white truffle sauce, mushroom risotto, Ligurian pesto. There’s also an on-site cooking school, La Scuola, and rooftop restaurant, Birreria.
The seaport
financial district
Nestled next to the Financial District, at the point where Fulton Street and the East River meet, lies the South Street Seaport, a historic neighborhood in the middle of a rebirth. It began as a trading hub and harbor in the 1600s, and some of the architecture from that period still stands today.