Three days is all you need to check out the contemporary design highlights of Manhattan and Boston—and to stop along the way to visit pieces of iconic modern architecture in Connecticut.
Destinations: Boston · Cambridge · New York City · Manhattan · The Bronx · The New Haven Area · Chelsea · Back Bay · Gramercy Park
Themes: Arts + Culture · Road Trip · Shopping
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When design partners Ian Schrager and Julian Schnabel unveiled their reimagined, ultraswanky Gramercy Park Hotel in winter 2006, it brought modern
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Inside Manhattan’s Meatpacking district sits the massive, 16,000-square-foot Buddakan, an Asian fusion restaurant, in what used to be a Nabisco coo
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Apple’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan features an innovative exterior to match the gadgets inside. A glass cube marks the ent
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The only Le Corbusier-built structure in the United States, the Carpenter Center stands in stark contrast to its more staid neighbors on Harvard
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On the southern fringe of Boston's Back Bay resides one of the city’s most beautiful open spaces. A tranquil, 700-foot-long reflecting pool stretch
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As the tallest building in Boston, the John Hancock Tower is hard to miss. Designed by Henry N. Cobb of IM Pei & Partners (now Pei Cobb Freed & Par
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Louis Kahn’s understated 1953 masterwork reopened several years ago following a meticulous restoration. The permanent collection houses more than 1
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In New Haven, the Yale University campus boasts landmarks by Modernism’s leading lights, including the 1978 Louis Kahn-designed center, which is la
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This New Canaan landmark catalogues almost 50 years of experimentation by the elder statesman of American architecture; tours include the iconic gl
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This once tiny gallery in the county courthouse rotunda has grown into 33,000 square feet of exhibition space behind a glass accordion-like façade.
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The first museum built in Boston in more than a century, the Institute of Contemporary Art opened in Fort Point in 2006. The museum houses a perfor
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When Ian Schrager used his Midas touch to gild the much-loved Gramercy Park Hotel, he sure didn’t skimp on its first-floor bar, retaining the vinta
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New York City, Midtown East, Upper West Side
From Memorial Day to Labor Day, when residents head for the beach, most big cities empty out, enabling you to score tables at top-notch restaurants, snag choice theater tickets, and take advantage
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Manhattan, Union Square/Flatiron, Midtown West
NYC hot-dog carts, meet the competition: inspired by Danny Meyer’s wildly popular Shake Shack, in Madison Square Park, snack bars are dishing out quick, pedigreed fare in the Big Apple’s green spac...
Boston, Cambridge, Jamaica Plain, Back Bay, Beacon Hill
The ghosts of America’s colonial roots—Paul Revere’s ride, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the infamous Tea Party—still linger among the cobblestone streets of Boston. But this is no Ye Olde Colonia
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New York City, Manhattan, East Village, SoHo, West Village
It’s not especially modest to call New York City the center of the modern world—but then, as New Yorkers are the first to admit, their hometown has never been shy about tooting its own horn. The bu
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New York City, Manhattan, Upper East Side, Midtown East, Midtown West
With its Park Avenue triplexes, brass-buttoned doormen, and Madison Avenue boutiques, the Upper East Side is the Apple at its most polished. And this pricey territory east of Fifth Avenue is certai
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Manhattan, East Village, Lower East Side
Two decades ago the East Village was the last place you'd want to investigate with kids. But then the hipsters living in those tenements grew up—and started alternative public schools for their chi
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New York City, Manhattan, Chelsea, Union Square/Flatiron, Meatpacking District
The art dealers started it all. Priced out of Soho in the 1990's, they migrated to the old industrial area north of West 14th Street and transformed warehouses and garages into stunning showcases f
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Manhattan, Midtown West, Upper West Side
It's almost like a suburb within the city—a kid-centric community of extra-wide sidewalks and Saturday morning soccer games, of outings to the Museum of Natural History and sippy cups in every café
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Beacon Hill
Old-world ambience, cozy fireplaces, snow-dusted cobblestone streets and roasted lobster are a few of our favorite things that Boston offers at Christmas.
Boston, Brookline
This historic New England hub has undertaken some truly modern green initiatives—including hybrid-vehicle airport trams, a solar-powered visitor center, and a slew of environmentally conscious hote
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Rye, Upper East Side
Take a walk on New York's other wild side—by scoping out the city's 250 bird species, visiting nearby nature conservancies, and learning about balancing city life with concern for the environment.
New York City, Manhattan, Lower East Side, Midtown West
Catch a show or two—along with a great meal and a few z's—around New York's Great White Way.
Manhattan, Battery Park/Financial District
The cobblestoned streets and historic buildings around Manhattan’s former Fulton Fish Market—near the historic South Street Seaport—are home to a new wave of cafés and boutiques.
Manhattan, Chelsea, Union Square/Flatiron, Midtown East, Midtown West
Re-used concepts, obsessive attention to detail, hyper-seasonal ingredients, lectures on salt, fickle chefs and corporate packaging aren't enough to stop people from paying top dollar and sampling ...
East Village, SoHo, West Village
Small-scale dining rooms don't mean small-scale taste sensations. As the bar dining craze has hit New York by storm, a slew of chefs have hit their stride, serving everything from kimchee-zapped oy
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Manhattan, East Village, Chelsea, Lower East Side, Midtown East
New York City truly is a melting pot and you have to look no further than the vast array of cuisines from other countries available in some of the city's best restaurants as proof.
West Village, Lower East Side
Ready for your taste buds to be tickled and tackled, bewildered and charmed?Order a degustation menu at New York City's WD~50, Wylie Dufresne's stylish laboratory of experimental cuisine. The unsto
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SoHo, Upper East Side, Lower East Side
Whether you like to really fortify yourself for the day with maple-butter slathered pancakes or kugelhopf (raisin-studded yeast cake), or you prefer a flaky apple gallette or a dainty serving of ro
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East Village, West Village, Upper East Side, Meatpacking District, Upper West Side
For culinary thrill-seekers and casual chowhounds alike there's never been a better moment to dine out in Manhattan. The Great Restaurant Boom that began a few years ago shows no sign of abating, a
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West Village, Midtown West, Gramercy Park
In a city like New York, restaurants come and go. Among the bumper crop of new openings, these are generating the loudest buzz.
Manhattan, East Village, West Village, Midtown West
Just as designer Isaac Mizrahi plays limbo with high and low, designing for both Bergdorf's and Target, he lives in the West Village and splits his time seamlessly between Uptown and Downtown. A su...
Barcelona
From the high-end boutiques of Passeig de Gracia to hidden shops in the Barri Gòtic, here is an exhaustive guide to getting your shopping fix in the Catalan capital of Barcelona. Be forewarned, how
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Chelsea, Upper East Side, Battery Park/Financial District, Midtown East, Midtown West
Although hotels with significant residential components are on the rise around the world, living in hotels is still more common in New York City than anywhere else. Whether it's the room service, t...
Back Bay, Beacon Hill, The Fenway, North Station/TD Bank North Garden
For ages, Boston's hotel scene called to mind that old restaurant joke: not only were the properties outdated and uninspired, there weren't enough of them. But hold up: in just six years, the city
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New York City, Manhattan, East Village, Chelsea, Battery Park/Financial District
Welcome to one of America's most exciting, sophisticated, and expensive destinations. But don't let that last point put you off a family trip. Here, the best low-cost hotels, restaurants and attrac
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