Upcoming Events
Summer Events in Brooklyn and beyond
The Skyscraper Museum
Current Exhibit: The Rise of Wall Street

Explore the architectural evolution of one of the world's most
famous locales.  From colonial times, when the first bastions were
erected to mark the edge of town, Wall Street has been
continuously transformed, both in function --from commercial and
residential to financial --as well as in scale. Row houses were
replaced by low-rise banks, then massive high-rise office
buildings. The skyscrapers that line Wall Street today represent
the climax species of an intense urban process that the exhibit
documents with graphics of successive buildings on a given site
since 1850.  The museum also features scale models and
displays on today’s record-breaking skyscrapers under
construction around the world.

The Skyscraper Museum is in lower Manhattan at 39 Battery Place.
Hours are 12-6pm, Wed-Sun. Admission is $5, or $2.50 for
students and seniors.

For more info, visit www.skyscraper.org.

To get there from Escape Guesthouse: take the 4 or 5 train to
Bowling Green and walk east.
Ice Skating and Outdoor Movies
Ice Skating
Beat the heat at Sky Rink - Chelsea Piers' year-round ice rink!  
General skating sessions are offered Monday, Friday and
weekend afternoons.  For info, visit www.chelseapiers.com

To get there from Escape Guesthouse: take the A or C train to
14th Street and walk 3 blocks west and 4 blocks north to the pier.

Outdoor Movies
Monday nights from now through August 23 catch classic
movies on an outdoor screen at Bryant Park - leave the car and
grab a picnic blanket for the city's favorite alfresco movie theater!
For more info, visit www.bryantpark.org

To get there from Escape Guesthouse: take the F train directly
to 42nd Street-Bryant Park station.
Cool Confections
Chill out with handmade desserts and drinks from Brooklyn
chocolatiers.  These are our favorites within walking distance:

The Chocolate Room: 269 Court St., Brooklyn NY 11231, phone 1
718 246 2600.   Eat in, carry out, or order online.   The Chocolate
Room is a chocolate boutique and dessert café offering
award-winning confections from chocolatier Fritz Knipschildt and
homemade desserts accompanied by a selection of fine wines
and coffees.

Jacques Torres Chocolate:  66 Water St., Brooklyn NY 11201,
like stepping into a small European specialty store.  The store is
filled with yummy hand-made treats, with three small café tables
encouraging you to sit, sip iced chocolate and enjoy a freshly
baked pain au chocolat.  The chocolate "factory" is visible through
large windows from inside the store and from the street level.

One Girl Cookies:  68 Dean St., Brooklyn NY 11201, phone 1 212
675 4996.   One Girl Cookies is an artisanal bakery and café
specializing in petite tea cookies and offering an array of
handmade baked goods.  The essence of quality, freshness and
taste are found in the raw ingredients and the manner in which
they are used.
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