The Spuds Take NYC
Spuds Theater
January 16-21
Goals
- Learn to use public transportation
- Discover a favorite neighborhood
- Travel on a budget
- Try new food
- Journal daily
- Create a "next time" list
"Brooklyn's Here"
Wednesday
- LaGuardia Airport
- Queens Museum/World's Fair
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Row NYC/Theater District
- 9-11 Memorial
- Times Square
Thursday
- Fort Tyron Park
- United Palace
- Trinity Church
- Columbia College
- Birthplace of Teddy Roosevelt
- Union Square
- Wall Street
- "Mean Girls: the musical"
Holden Caulfield's NYC
Friday
- Grand Central Terminal
- St. Patrick’s Cathedral
- Rockefeller Plaza (skating)
- Ellen's Stardust Diner
- Gilder Institute
- American Museum of Natural History
- Central Park
- Optional Show
The Lower East Side
Saturday
- Lower East Side Tenement Museum
- China Town
- Little Italy
- Lincoln Center - "My Fair Lady"
- Optional Evening Show
- Tram to Roosevelt Island
Robert Moses & NYC
Sunday
- Chelsea Market
- Highline
- Washington Square
- Greenwich Village
- Statue of Liberty
- Evening Show - Prom
Jada Tran -Senior
"It was great . . the perfect amount of free and scheduled time. My highlight was seeing the United Palace and having the opportunity to see 7 shows!"
"Mean Girls!!! Kinky Boots!!! Fifth Avenue !! Manhattan!! All the parks! Empire state! Subway rides! Chelsea!! Wall Street! Fearless girl!
Anni Yoney
- Junior
"I really loved walking around Chelsea and the High Line. That part was really beautiful and quiet for being in the middle of the city. Everything was super serene in a weird urban way. I also loved Central Park; I could have sat and watched everything go by for hours.
Amelia
Bjorkland
- junior