There are many things to do in the city of New York that do not cost and arm and a let.  Many reasonable priced hotels can be found by checking here, there are many smaller, and very charming restaurants to be found in the different neighborhoods, and for a night out one can simply spend time walking through the New York Public Library or walking through the streets of Little Italy.

During the day, nothing beats some time spent at the park, and in the city and each of the five boroughs, there is quite a selection of parks to be found, and investigated, because one thing is for certain, the history of the parks is written on the side walks and to be found in the buildings, the boathouses, the mansions and castles and the plethora of sculptures that are found in each one.

Many people of the city, visitors and New Yorkers alike, find it wonderful to spend time at the Conservatory Water in Central Park.  One of the many aspects of the parks that was designed by Frederick L. Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the water provides hours of enjoyment, as well as begin virtually surrounded by flowers and foliage.  This has been a popular meeting spot for many, many years.  During the summer months one will see a variety of battery powered boats, radio controlled boats and small sail boats on the water.

And for many years, this too has been the gathering place for the thousands of people who come each season to watch the hawks of Pale Male hatch and take their first flights from their tall apartment nests into the the trees of Central Park.  The area is steeped in family traditions and in city history, and to just take a rest on one of the benches that line the Conservatory Water, is to take in a bit of what it is that makes this one of the greatest cities in the world.