We noticed a few things this week.
A few theaters, some roasteries, that cute florist you didn’t know existed, and more cozy spots from the cities we live in.
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The Lands End Trail at the Northwest Tip of San Francisco — A 3.4-Mile Coastal Loop, a 1896 Bathhouse Ruin, and a Stone Labyrinth Over the Pacific
Where the city runs out of land and falls into the Pacific, a 3.4-mile loop walks you past the Sutro Baths ruins, a stone labyrinth on a clifftop, and the best free view of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Park at the visitor center, take the long way home.
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Walking New York City's Oldest Bridge — The 1848 High Bridge from Manhattan to the Bronx, Reopened to Pedestrians After a 40-Year Closure
The 1848 High Bridge — NYC's oldest bridge, reopened in 2015 after a 40-year closure — is now the quietest pedestrian crossing of the Harlem River.
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Ferry Building to Coit Tower via the Filbert Steps — San Francisco's 387-Step Garden Staircase Walk
A 1.4-mile walk from the Ferry Building's farmers' market to the top of Telegraph Hill, climbing the Filbert Steps' 387 wooden treads through a...
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Forest Hills Gardens to Austin Street — The 1909 Tudor Suburb Hidden Inside Queens
Walk out of Forest Hills station on the LIRR and within three minutes you're on a private cobblestone street in a 1909 English Tudor garden suburb. Walk ten...
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DUMBO to Red Hook Along the Brooklyn Waterfront — A 3.5-Mile Walk Past Two Container Ports
The walk from DUMBO's cobblestone streets to Red Hook's container piers passes through Brooklyn Bridge Park's six rebuilt piers, the Atlantic Avenue...
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Battery Park to Tribeca Along Hudson River Park — The 1.6-Mile Waterfront Walk That Crosses Four Centuries
The most continuous waterfront walk in Manhattan starts at Battery Park's 1640s Dutch colonial boundary and runs north to Tribeca's working ferry piers. It...
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Botanic Gardens to Dempsey Hill — A Sunday Morning Walk Singaporeans Take for the Coffee, Not the Trees
Singapore's only UNESCO World Heritage Site (since 2015) at the north end. The colonial-barracks-turned-restaurant district at the south. Two and a half…
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Greenpoint Ferry to the Williamsburg Bridge — A Brooklyn Waterfront Walk That Ends in Manhattan
Catch the East River Ferry to India Street. Walk south through Greenpoint and Williamsburg's industrial waterfront. Cross the 1903 Williamsburg Bridge on…
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City Hall to South Street Seaport — A Mile and a Half Through Three Centuries
Walk from City Hall down Park Row, cut through Stone Street (the first cobbled street in New Amsterdam, 1658), pass the 1719 Fraunces Tavern, end at the…
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From Inwood Hill to the Cloisters — The Two-Mile Walk That Crosses Eight Hundred Years
Start at Manhattan's last natural forest. Walk south along the ridge through Fort Tryon Park. End at a museum reassembled from five medieval cloisters above…
