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Forbes
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Here's What To Do In New York City During The US Open
If you're coming to New York City during The US Open, you'll find that the Big Apple has plenty of offerings to match your interests. This major tennis tournament happens at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, which is one of the city's five boroughs. Along with Manhattan's famous attractions, Queens has its share of cultural venues, historic sights and restaurants. Or take a swing at seeing gardens in Brooklyn and Bronx or take the ferry to Staten Island. Here are X things to do in New York City in timing with The US Open. Marvel at The Queens Museum's Famous Panorama Queens' Flushing Meadows Corona Park is where the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is based and this park is home to many museums. Among then, The Queens Museum will be open with regular hours during the tournament and this art museum is best known for The Panorama of the City of New York. This mini-metropolis masterpiece was built in timing for the 1964 World's Fair in Queens. Built to a scale where one inch equals 100 feet, this urban model holds 895,000 buildings constructed before 1992. With a very close eye, you might spot the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty but also every city street, park and some 100 buildings are also represented. The Queens Museum also puts on permanent and temporary exhibitions. Current ones include 'Abang-guard: Makibaka' and 'Umber Majeed: J😊Y TECH.' Take a Tour of Louis Armstrong's House The famous trumpeter and vocalist lived with his wife, Lucille Wilson Armstrong, in the Queens neighborhood of Corona from 1943 until his death in 1971. The late couple's house has become a museum with their furniture, photos, belongings and period furnishings that are still on display. The home can be seen on public guided tours through the advance ticket purchases. Across the street, the Louis Armstrong Center hosts a multimedia exhibit and a calendar of events including concerts and trumpet lessons for kids. Learn About Inventor Lewis Latimer's Life and Work Every time you flip a switch to turn on a lightbulb or talk on the phone, you have Lewis Howard Latimer partly to thank. This Black inventor and self-taught draftsman worked alongside Alexander Graham Bell on the development of the telephone. Later on, Latimer worked with Thomas Edison and came up with a way to manufacture carbon filament to make lightbulbs mass-produced. Latimer's life and accomplishments live on at his final residence — the Lewis Latimer House in the Queens neighborhood of Flushing — through a recently reimagined, permanent exhibition honoring Latimer's life and legacy. The museum will be open throughout the U.S. Open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. See The Jim Henson Exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image As another Queens attraction, the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria is a media museum located in a former building of the historic Astoria Studios. Its exhibitions showcase the creative and technical aspects of producing and presenting films, TV shows, videogames and other forms of media. You'll definitely immerse yourself in The Jim Henson Exhibition, an ongoing showing of the Muppets creator's remarkable career that's still felt today. Amid 300 objects, find on view Henson's popular Muppets including Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Rowlf, The Swedish Chef, Big Bird and Elmo. Try your hand at puppeteering through interactive experiences. Visit the Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn, one of NYC's popular boroughs, can rival Manhattan in dining, shopping and sightseeing. A visit to both the Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Botanic Garden can be one in a day as they're both adjacent to Brooklyn's Prospect Park. This Beaux Arts-style museum holds an incredible collection of American, Asian, Ancient Egyptian and Islamic art, design pieces from late 19th century up through today, period rooms and the Visible Storage and Study Center, a 5,000-square-foot facility showing some 2,000 American objects held in the museum's storage. Near the museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an incredible urban oasis of various types of gardens and conservatories that puts you closer to incredible greenery and scenic beauty. Among other popular areas, see the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden with a Shinto shrine and wooden torii and the Bonsai Collection, marking its centennial. Visit the garden's website to learn what plants are in bloom. Wander Around The New York Botanical Garden and The Bronx Zoo Often associated with Yankee Stadium and as the birthplace of hip hop, The Bronx also contains a public garden, a zoo, art museums and a famous Italian section. With a station stop along Metro North Railroad's Harlem line, the New York Botanical Garden is another city green space full of flowers, plants, trees and other horticultural splendors. The 250-acre site has a beautiful conservatory and children's adventure garden and arboretum collections. A seasonal Home Gardening Center which shows how to recreate an oasis within your backyard and incredible conservatory. Log onto the garden's website for monitoring their Bloom and Plant Trackers. The Bronx Zoo is also a longtime attraction, spanning more than 265 acres and home to a menagerie of mammals, reptiles and birds amid indoor and outdoor exhibits and wildlife encounters. Recently, the zoo introduced a Dinosaur Safari with life-size animatronic dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Head to Arthur Avenue, often argued as NYC's real Little Italy, for purchasing Italian bakery pastries and dining at red sauce joints. Learn about NYC's Theater History at The Museum of Broadway Of course, seeing a Broadway play or musical is a NYC top recommendation but why not learn more about how Broadway theater came about. As the only museum of its kind, The Museum of Broadway in Times Square provides a fascinating timeline of NYC's Broadway theater history, starting from its origin in the 18th century up through the present day. See costumes, stage props and sets from groundbreaking productions including Oklahoma!, Wicked and Hamilton and learn what goes into the making of a Broadway show. Pay Your Respects at The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum The National 9/11 Memorial and Museum complex were established in remembrance of the close to 3,000 people who perished in the events of September 11, 2001. The memorial stands at what was once the World Trade Center as two reflecting pools with inscribed bronze parapets surrounding them. They list, by section, the names of the passengers and flight crew who were onboard the hijacked flights along with those who were at the Pentagon, emergency responders or within the North and South towers. The six individuals who died in the February 26, 1993 World Trade Center bombing are also recognized. The museum itself is quite moving, with a collection and repository of 9/11-related artifacts, imagery, personal stories and interactive technology. Note that the site will have specific access restrictions and hours on the day of September 11, as a remembrance ceremony occurs. It's highly recommended to buy tickets in advance. Head To The Top Of An Observation Deck Currently, there are five observation decks in New York City, with each of them having their own histories, features and vantage points. They're all throughout Manhattan and the oldest is the Empire State Building. A pop culture icon, the Empire State Building has two observation decks -- the main open-air deck on the 86th floor and then the building's enclosed 102nd floor. On your way up, catch exhibits showing the building's construction, cinematic impact and its opening day in the 1930s. The Top of the Rock, atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza, provides a bird's eye view of the city skyline from 70 floors above Rockefeller Center and with indoor and outdoor offering. The Beam Experience replicates the famous 1932 photo of ironworkers seated having lunch on a high-up steel beam during the plaza's construction. Or go even further with SKYLIFT, a 360-degree adventure that puts you in a revolving, open-air glass platform. Other must-visit observation decks are the One World Observatory in Lower Manhattan, Edge at Hudson Yards and SUMMIT One Vanderbilt. Head to One Of NYC's Islands Manhattan is among other islands linked to New York City, with happening spots and fascinating histories. Staten Island has been nicknamed the forgotten borough, but it's been garnering visitation much in part to its orange-colored, no cost ferry service. Going to and from Lower Manhattan, the ferry brings passengers to Staten Island's St. George Ferry Terminal. Popular spots include the historic Richmond Town, Alice Austen House and the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden. Enoteca Maria restaurant is famous for their cooking grannies, but you can also try Sri Lankan cuisine at Lakruwana Restaurant. Connected to Manhattan via an F subway line train station and a tramway, Roosevelt Island has grown not only as a destination but also a year-round hub. It has the first Graduate Hotel property in New York City and Cornell Tech campus along with Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, a four-acre memorial to our U.S. President to Franklin that celebrates the Four Freedoms articulated in his 1941 State of the Union address. Once a military fort and then an Army and Coast Guard base, Governor's Island significant military site, serving as a British and then American fort, followed by an Army and Coast Guard base. Today, it's a public space with public art, Fort Jay and Castle Williams monuments, and QC Spa New York, a day escape with thermal baths and saunas Take a boat tour to Ellis Island, an immigration processing center that primary entry point for millions of immigrants, primarily from Europe, between 1892 and 1954 and Liberty Island are symbols Found at Pier 55, Little Island is a one-of-a-kind public park that appears to be Coney Island
Forbes
an hour ago
- Forbes
Hoping To Play With Or Be Coached By A Tennis Star?Now You Can
Carlos Alcaraz coaching resort guests at Puntacana Resort in the Dominican Republic last year. LUX Tennis With the US Open approaching, stars of the tennis world will be out in public in New York next week. On Thursday, August 21, the Lotte New York Palace will host the annual Palace Invitational in the hotel's courtyard with Carlos Alcaraz, Madison Keys, Taylor Fritz, and Sloane Stephens doing battle in pickleball. Also that evening, a few blocks away in the elegant, crystal laden Petit Salon at the Baccarat Hotel New York, Jannik Sinner and Naomi Osaka will go head to head in ping pong over a bespoke table with a Baccarat crystal net. (Guests can try it out themselves starting the next day with the hotel's Crystal Courtside Overnight experience including two tickets to the US Open, a special menu, tennis bracelet and luxury suite.) The bespoke table with Baccarat crystal net, the site of an upcoming ping pong match between Jannik Sinner and Naomi Osaka. Baccarat Hotel New York These two events will bring fans closer to tennis idols than a tournament can. But there are other possibilities to directly interact and improve their game. In November, Carlos Alcaraz will be conducting a tennis clinic and meet and greet at a resort (details still to be announced.) But he's no stranger to those events. In December, 2023 he gave a tennis clinic to the guests who managed to make the cut on the waiting list and met them for cocktails at One & Only Palmilla in Los Cabos; he also gave a clinic and volleyed with guests at Puntacana Resort in the Dominican Republic last November. Carlos Alcaraz with LUX Tennis founders Joan Soler and Tony Rajaobelina. LUX Tennis Both were the result of his association with LUX Tennis, a tennis management company created by former professional players Joan Soler and Tony Rajaobelina to provide private coaching and tennis experiences for guests at partner resorts and for individual clients. Through LUX Tennis Star Events, some of the biggest names in tennis can be a tennis fan's coach for the day: other past events include Alexander Zverev's clinic at Patina Maldives; former champion and current Alcaraz coach Juan Carlos Ferrero at Kanai Resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico (where Alcaraz was vacationing and practicing in between tournaments); Frances Tiafoe at One & Only Palmilla in Los Cabos and Iga Swiatek at Cap Juluca, A Belmond Hotel in Anguilla. Others are currently in the development stage. Part of the tennis complex at Rosewood Little Dix Bay, site of the upcoming Little Dix Bay Tennis Cup. COPYRIGHT Ken Hayden Photography Tennis tournaments are also a stage for star player interaction. When the first Little Dix Bay Tennis Cup takes place on December 12-14 at Rosewood Little Dix Bay in the British Virgin Islands, top ranked, 2017 US Open champ Sloane Stephens and recently retired Canadian champion Eugenie Bouchard will be headliners. Little Dix guests won't just be watching the tournament play, though. Both players will also conduct clinics and be on court partners with resort guests in a Pro-Am tournament. Necker Island, British Virgin Islands, the site of owner Richard Branson's Necker Cup. getty Elsewhere in the BVI, Richard Branson has such an extensive network of achievers in different fields that it's no surprise that his Necker Cup attracts a Who's Who of famous names such as Björn Borg, Rafael Nadal, Martina Navratilova and golfer Greg Norman. The six day, five night experience to be held from November 30-December 5, the 14th tournament on Branson's private island, also has a Pro-Am tournament at its center with visiting stars. But it also has a prime entertainment component with a performance by Andrea Bocelli (Branson's wife Joan's favorite artist.) All of the island's activities, including golf, are included as well. And the event is completely philanthropic with millions raised so far for Virgin Unite, the National Tennis Foundation, and other impactful charities. Baha Mar Cup If you participate in the Baha Mar Cup, you might have tournament director John McEnroe yell "You cannot be serious!" from across the net. Baha Mar The sixth edition of the Baha Mar Cup in the Bahamas, from December 11-14 is under the leadership of tennis icon John McEnroe who opened the John McEnroe Tennis Center at Baha Mar last year and Bahamian star Mark Knowles; this tournament also draws current and former stars such as Coco Gauff and Andy Roddick. (This year's lineup hasn't been announced yet.) During the four day event, resort guests can attend clinics with the pros, mingle with them at cocktail events, team with them in a Pro-Am tournament and watch them battle each other and in an inaugural event, play against non-tennis celebrities along with enjoying the culinary offerings of star chef Marcus Samuelsson who may also wind up on the court. The event is also philanthropic: proceeds benefit the Baha Mar Resort Foundation and the Mark Knowles Children's Initiative, charities dedicated to enriching the Bahamian community and nurturing the next generation of tennis talent. MORE FROM FORBES Forbes One&Only Palmilla's Special Offer: A Tennis Lesson With Carlos Alcaraz By Laurie Werner Forbes New Villas, Activities, A Stunning Setting: Greece's Costa Navarino By Laurie Werner Forbes Coming In December: Safari And Tennis With John And Patrick McEnroe In Tanzania By Laurie Werner
Yahoo
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- Yahoo
Traveling with kids? You'll want to know about this new TSA perk
The TSA is trying something new that could ease one of the biggest headaches in family travel. Here's where it's happening first. Traveling with kids is an Olympic-level challenge—but few moments on the journey test a parent's stamina quite like the airport security line. Between wrestling strollers onto the conveyor belt, corralling wandering toddlers, and fishing crumpled boarding passes from the bottom of a diaper bag, it's a high-stress obstacle course before you've even reached your gate. Does it have to be this bad? Maybe not. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is introducing a new approach aimed at making it easier for families to get through security, and if it catches on, it could be a game-changer for parents. TSA launches family lanes Late last month, the TSA rolled out dedicated family lanes at the security screening checkpoints in select airports. These lanes are designed for parents traveling with young children, giving them extra space, a bit more time, and a less rushed environment to get everyone and everything through safely. The goal: reduce stress for families while keeping the line moving for everyone else. 'Department of Homeland Security and TSA are committed to making the airport security experience as smooth and stress-free as possible for traveling families,' said Adam Stahl, senior official performing the duties of deputy TSA administrator. Who can use family lanes? The new TSA family lanes are open to any adult traveling with kids under 12 years old, according to a BabyCenter report. This includes parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or any other caregiver or guardian traveling with a young child. And yes, if Fido is coming on the family vacation, he can join you, too—the airport security family lanes are open to pets. The family lane is a convenient, but optional way to go through security. In other words, families traveling with children can still use the regular security lanes or TSA PreCheck lanes if they prefer—so you don't have to feel obligated to join if you roll up and spot a toddler mid-meltdown over putting their iPad on the conveyor belt. More than a separate line The TSA's new family lanes are more than just a separate line. The officers in those dedicated lanes will receive on-the-job hospitality screening to meet the unique challenges families face at security. Per BabyCenter, the officers will be able to help handle baby gear and make screening of breastmilk and pumping equipment smoother. At the very least, you won't get the stink-eye from other hurried travelers when it takes an extra minute to collapse a stroller or fish a pacifier out of a carry-on. In the family lane, everyone's in the same boat—and the agents are ready to help you get through it without feeling like you're holding up the entire terminal. Where are the TSA family lanes? The new family lanes are part of a larger TSA initiative called 'Families on the Fly,' which aims improve hospitality at 435 airports across the country. But you won't find these kid-friendly security checkpoints everywhere. The family lanes are slowly rolling out at select airports. The first dedicated TSA family lanes opened at Orlando International Airport (perfect for families traveling home after a Disney vacation!) and Charlotte Douglas International Airport in late July. Honolulu also recently opened dedicated family lanes at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. The TSA also plans to open family lanes at the following airports: John Wayne Orange County Airport in Santa Ana, California (SNA) Jacksonville International in Florida (JAX) Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island (PVD) Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Puerto Rico (SJU) Tampa International Airport in Florida (TPA) Fingers crossed the next rollout is a 'no shouting about water bottles' lane—where agents don't have to yell, and somehow everyone magically remembers to chug before the checkpoint.
