01 May 2017
Where I Go: New York
With Frieze Week underway, architect Annabelle Selldorf reveals her favourite spots across the city
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Annabelle Selldorf. Photograph: Brigitte Lacombe. Courtesy: Selldorf Architects
For a memorable meal
47 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003
Incredible Japanese restaurant on East 12th Street between University and Broadway.
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Food at Shuko. Courtesy: Shuko
For a deli haul
254 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014
Great cheese and charcuterie; the original location on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village is a real New York experience.
For a special discovery
123 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Specialty food shop with hard to find ingredients from around the world; a visit to this jam-packed shop on Lexington Avenue in “Little India” is a mini-trip around the globe.
Madison Square Park Shake Shack at night. Photograph: William Brinson. Courtesy: Shake Shack
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For eating al fresco
Madison Ave & E.23rd St, New York, NY 10010
If you want an outdoor lunch pick-up a burger at Danny Meyer’s Shake Shack – the original (!) and enjoy the great people watching in Madison Square Park.
For nourishing the mind
33 Bond St # A, New York, NY 10012
Dashwood is a wonderful small bookstore on Bond Street specializing in books on photography.
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Dashwood Books. Courtesy: Dashwood Books
For making discoveries
160 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10016
It is always great to check-out Dover Street Market; you are bound to find something you won’t have seen anywhere else - and in an unique setting.
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Marsden Hartley, The Wave, 1940, oil on masonite-type hardboard, 77 x 104cm. Worcester Art Museum. Courtesy: the Met Breuer
For revisting a classic
Marsden Hartley's Maine at the Met Breuer
945 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10021
Marsden Hartley‘s Maine at Met Breuer is really terrific; illuminating the deep influence his native state had on his work. The recent renovation of the former Whitney building for the Met is worth a trip on its own; the Marcel Breuer building looks so fresh and more beautiful than ever.
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Installation view, 'Turner's Modern and Ancient Ports: Passages through Time' at the Frick Collection, New York. Photograph: Michael Bodycomb
For an unmissable art experience
Turner's Modern and Ancient Ports: Passages through Time at the Frick Collection
1 E 70th St, New York, NY 10021
The Frick should be on everyone's list when visiting New York, and right now they have a wonderful special exhibition that shouldn’t be missed: 'Turner’s Modern and Ancient Ports: Passages through Time'.
Tickets for Frieze New York 2017 are available here.
Main image: Fifth Avenue façade of the Frick Collection, New York. Photograph: Michael Bodycomb. Courtesy: The Frick Collection
