ECA Booklet

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ECA Booklet

• New York City
• Team Project
• Mike Hewitt
• Nicole Ansel
• Kirk Allen
• Janae Sickmeier
• Debby Lax

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Purpose of the booklet

• To ensure all ECA members felt comfortable in a
  new and different city.
• To welcome everyone to NYC
• To show the members of ECA what NYC has to offer
  when they arent in a meeting.
• To give them insider information on where to
  get the deals that the locals get.

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General Information about NYC and The Conference

• Welcome Letter from Ann Frymer
• Local Events Desk
• NYC Timeline
• Maps of local areas
• Getting to and from the airport
• The METROCARD, subway, buses, taxicabs, taxi
  stands.
• Basic Facts about NYC
• The Conference Hotel
• Streetwise Survival Strategies
• Your rights as a taxi rider
• How safe is NYC?

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Restaurants and Bars

• Local and area restaurants with a one to two mile
  radius of hotel.
• Gay and Lesbian theme bars

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Area Attractions

• Statue of Liberty
• Empire State Building
• Skyride
• Ellis Island
• Lincoln Center
• Central Park
• Atlantis Explorer
• Bloomingdales
• Bronx Zoo
• Chrysler Building
• Coney Island
• Rockefeller Center
• Rockefeller Skating Rink

• The Concourse
• Times Square
• Trump Tower
• Shakespeare Garden
• Belvedere Castle
• Titanic Lighthouse
• UN
• Virgin Megastore
• Vietnam Vets Memorial

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Broadway Shows

• Box office hours
• Aida
• Beauty and the Beast
• Cabaret
• Contact
• 42nd Street
• The Lion King
• Mamma Mia!
• The Music Man
• Oklahoma!
• Phantom of the Opera
• The Producers

• Rent
• Urinetown

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Music Bars and Nightlife

• Best College Bars
• The Scene
• Specials
• Stoned Crow
• Best Margarita Bars
• Tortilla Flats
• Best Sports Bar
• ESPN Zone
• Park Avenue Country Club

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Arts

• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Broadway and the Theater District
• Museum of Modern Art

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Sports

• Purchase tickets for MLB
• Yankee Stadium
• Shea Stadium (Mets)
• Games/Times for both
• Pro Football Sports Event

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More Attractions

• Rye Playland
• Village Underground
• Mercury Lounge
• Bowery Ballroom
• Café Wha?
• Irving Plaza
• Tonic

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Top 5 Places to Take Kids in NYC

• 1 New York Hall of Science
• 2 The New York Aquarium
• 3 Childrens Museum of Manhattan
• 4 The Bronx Zoo
• 5 The Staten Island Childrens Museum

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Ethnic Restaurants

• Chinatown dinning
• Wo Hop
• Fuleen
• Italian Restaurants
• Il Palazzo
• Pellegrinos

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Extras

• Emergency Numbers
• Notes

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Thank You!

• Are there any questions?