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New York is one of the music capitals of the world. It’s no surprise that, with many concert venues, a large population and a thriving entertainment business, New York City has a large claim on the music industry.

NYC is home to some of the biggest record labels in the country, such as Atlantic Records, Columbia Records, Def Jam, and Epic. These labels have a huge influence on the music industry are constantly scouting new and upcoming talent.

The big apple is also a place of inspiration for many people, with the bright lights, the bustling city and the dreams of making a better life. Just take a look at the song Empire State of Mind, by Alicia Keys and Jay Z, in which they pay tribute to the amazing city.

With so many concert venues and such a huge population, New York always hosts the best concerts of the year. There is always a concert to go see and they always get the major headliners. For Example, both Alicia Keys and Taylor Swift have upcoming concerts in Madison Square Garden.

If music is your passion then you will want to plan a trip to New York to get the full music experience. You will want to make sure that you bring a New York Map and a radius map of the area you will be staying in because New York is a huge place and it is easy to get lost, especially if you are walking from place to place. Once you have those then you can hit the streets and experience all different types of music, whether it be an undiscovered indie band at a local bar or a huge concert in the park, New York will make your musical senses tingle.

The best Manhatan hotel are in the heart of the action! Close to many museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, The international Center for Photography, The Frick Collection and the Guggenheim to name a few. The best shopping in the city is in the area small boutiques and big name department stores are all there. Theater and opera are available too. Everything you could want to do is there. Site seeing include the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, The Chrysler Building to name a few of the most notable. The resturaunts are many and variety endless, vegetarian, vegan, steakhouses, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Mexican, Italian and more. There are many night clubs and bars there too they go all night till 4 in the morning so you will not lack for things to do in the night time. Radio City Music Hall is a favorite to see. The Rockats are always a favorite for many. The bustle and shopping Times Square is cool and don;t forget to go at night and catch all the lights it is beautiful and amazing. Central park is nice you won’t even believe your in one of the largest cities in the world when you walk around there. It is big and quiet there are places where you can get away from the city noise and bustle. There are so many things to do and see it is all endless and overwhelming. Planning your trip will be important so you don’t miss anything you really want to see. Downtown there are the ethnic areas of Little Italy, Chinatown and areas with Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Vietnamese and Thai immigrants. Their is Battery Park in lower Manhattan that is where you get the ferry to Staten Island and the Statue of Liberty.

I’m not a New Yorker by choice, but I really have a difficult time imagining a life without Central Park. It’s my only green sanctuary, a respite in what seems to be an infinite sprawl of steel, concrete and glass. Central Park is the only place where I can collect my thoughts, get grounded, relax and just breath. I consider Central Park the lungs of New York, supplying the much needed oxygen for a busy and bustling crowd constantly on the go. I even recommend all my visiting friends to book a room a one of the Four Star New York Hotels that over look Central Park, I’ll even go so far has to pay for the room if necessary.

I actually have a friend coming to visit this weekend because there’s is a celebration of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, the founder of American landscape architecture. A true parkmaker. Olmsted, after leaving a career as a journalist partnered with an English-born gentleman named Calvert Vaux. The two of them won the Central Park design contest in 1858. After that they went to Brooklyn and created Prospect Park. Even though they were partners, it was Olmsteads voracious personality and social standing the outshone Vaux.

My visiting friend and I both have an extreme appreciation for the contributions Olmsted made to American parks in general. His fundamental design principles came from his understanding of social class structure around the world and he detested slavery and made sure that all the parks he created were accessible to all people no matter their social standings, race or religion. Truly a revolutionary in his concepts of the time. He planted his reputation, one park at a time, as America’s preeminent landscape architect. One I and my visiting friend will appreciate this weekends celebration at Central Park.