Tagged With "Rockefeller"

A rain-forest garden that Samantha calls absolutely amazing (and incredibly hot and muggy). Here, she shares the highlights.

Visit the place the Rockefellers went to escape winter. Samantha shows us around and gives its history.

Join Samantha for a visit to the extensive gardens and park land that were once the private Florida estate of the Rockefellers.

Last year Samantha and her husband were able to visit F.A.O Schwarz after being closed for 3 years. It is fun for children and adults.

Samantha shares some of the pictures she took while exploring NYC at Christmas. It is such a magical place during the holidays.

Jonathan L takes us on a walk through Manhattan to see some of the Holiday Lights

Jonathan L visits Rockefeller Center to see the Christmas Tree and other NYC Christmas destinations

    Central Park is an 843 acre urban park located in Manhattan in New York City.  It opened in 1857, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962.  Open all year, it boasts many activities such as birding, boating,...

Many people walk up and down 5th Ave. past Rockefeller Center. They look in the windows. They at the garden and at the Prometheus statue. I am not sure how many people look up at the buildings to see the decorative work built there. Originally the building and even the entrances were given different themes, and were decorated accordingly.

Samantha visits Central Park's Wollman Rink, popular with tourists and locals alike.

Jonathan L visits Rockefeller Center and finds it's transitioning to Spring

Rockefeller center at Christmas is one of those things that you just have to say "To heck with crowds!" and come to see.

Restored buildings and costumed townspeople give you the opportunity to feel as if you have stepped back into the 18th century in Williamsburg.

Beautiful! Something I need to see sometime in my life.

So classic! So beautiful!

Amazing pictures of an incredible place. We were there in October right after the set up the rink. It was so cool to see it up and running. Still wished we had been able to go back in December to see if all decked out for Christmas. It was still beautiful in fall. Thanks for sharing the wonderful pictures.

Everywhere I go I look up to see the real architecture of a building. But why is The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom displayed on 5th Avenue ?

Several of the original 14 Rockefeller Center buildings, mainly the ones facing Fifth Avenue, were to be the 'international buildings,' each named for a European country, and each intended to attract commercial and government tenants from that country, and decorated with matching art. The British Empire Building is across a promenade called Channel Gardens from La Maison Francaise; the next building up is the Palazzo d'Italia. The next two, International Building and International Building...

Thanks Paul - very interesting. Wouldn't it be wonderful if those magnificent buildings had a brief description of their history on the outside. Like the American Eagle with the Stars and Stripes carved into the sand stone facia in Church St in Liverpool !

Great piece! For years I've heard the advice don't look up or you'll look like a tourist. They just don't realize what they are missing!

Great info! If one can limit going to the theme parks, Florida is really a reasonably priced travel destination.

I haven't been to Williamsburg in decades. Your photo essay makes me want to return! Very nice piece!!

Thank you Marilyn. Hope you make it soon. I look forward to our next visit, too.

Jonathan L takes a morning trip to Rockefeller Preserve State Park for a morning walk

Jonathan L takes us on a tour of Albany's Empire State Plaza, home to New York's government center

Jonathan L brings us some of the views and art from Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate in Sleepy Hollow, New York

Jonathan L took an early fall hike at The Rockefeller Preserve State Park in Mount Pleasant, New York

On their first trip to the city, Samantha and her husband took time to visit Rockefeller Center. It is amazing and exceptional when the skating rink is open.