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Despite pandemics and other problems, America’s vibrant and fast-paced metropolis continues to reinvent itself

WORDS NADINE RUBIN NATHAN

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New York hasn’t had it easy since Covid lockdowns left midtown Manhattan resembling a ghost town and saw an exodus of native New Yorkers. If you’ve read the New York Times lately, you may have been alarmed by the city’s hyperfocus on finding a “rat czar” to deal with its rodent problem. And yet, as it did post 9/11, the storied metropolis continues to reinvent itself – to embrace and bedazzle its visitors with its vibrant energy. As Tom Wolfe once said: “One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.” Which is to say that whether you have 48 hours in the city that never sleeps or a full week, you’ll immediately feel part of the action.

WHAT TO SEE

Squeeze in as many museums as you can manage. Top of the list for design lovers?

The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, housed in the Georgian-style Carnegie Mansion, where you’ll find 215,000 design objects spanning 30 centuries; the Guggenheim in one of the most iconic of Manhattan’s buildings; and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), known not only for an impeccable art collection but also its holdings of modern design.

The Aman New York hotel runs art historian guided tours of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art but you might choose its gallery district tour of the Lower East Side, anchored by the New Museum – ideal for those who prefer edgier or emerging contemporary art. Or the Art and Architecture Walking Tour concentrated in Brooklyn. From Bushwick’s Clearing

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