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...This article is part of FT Globetrotter’s guide to New York Over the years, I’ve spent more than a few perfect days in New York without leaving Greenwich Village and the historic downtown neighbourhoods...
...You can reach the Strip District, where old-fashioned delis and diners survive alongside street stalls and, inevitably, tat shops....
...Dee and I are avid collectors and love to visit Downtown’s Gallery Row district to see what we can pick up....
...Historic downtown Savannah is a haunted grid of Victorian homes and old oak trees, drooping with Spanish moss....
...The rooms capitalise on strip-wood floors and tall sash windows to bring the downtown-loft vibes; the deli handles the pastrami and salmon brief with aplomb; and the capacious lounges and “study hall” spread...
...Occam Deli, located right in the park’s neighbouring Schwabing district, is a near-perfect spot for a coffee....
...Some are partial to breaded chicken cutlets at Belgiovine’s (“Belgie’s” to the locals) in downtown Montclair. There is also the deli counter at Rosario’s butcher shop at Watchung Plaza....
...Conceived for New York deli Dean & DeLuca (now a global chain), the installation draws parallels with the 1970s art scene in SoHo — an island of creativity within a then-dying downtown, where the original...
...I love the Hauser Wirth & Schimmel gallery that opened last year – it’s on the pulse of the downtown art scene....
...Typical of the attractions on offer in the area is the wildly popular Urban Deli, a restaurant-cum-bakery offering events such as olive oil-tasting sessions and poetry readings....
...And while you’re in the area, drop in for a glimpse of the quintessential Italian deli: Volpetti on via Marmorata....
...People continued to move around the streets of Chelsea – a downtown district popular with young people and the gay community – but most were outside their normal routines having been told by their employers...
...… Close by, the foodless T-shirt Deli displayed “new flavours” in deli cases....
...The reality, of course, is that a pint of organic Jersey milk from a Hampstead deli is likely to cost more than a quarter of a two-quart bottle from Aldi....
...BOUTIQUE OWNER: Hanneli Rupert Hanneli Rupert, born in Cape Town, owns one of the most exquisite shops in Africa, Merchants on Long, occupying a double-storey Art Nouveau building in the Mother City’s downtown...
...Even in busy Manhattan, it was hard not to stop while passing them on your way to the deli or the subway. Strangers often paused to contemplate or pray....
...A $440m renovation of its 66-block downtown area is one of the most extensive ever undertaken in the West Indies....
...For a true deli experience, have lunch at Schwartz’s, which is at the head of the class....
...Now, like other neighbourhoods near the downtown Loop [the city’s business district], it is gentrifying: Manny’s now offers valet parking....
...Dubbed “Little Odessa” by its 350,000 residents, most of them from Russia and Ukraine, the neighbourhood teems with Soviet-style restaurants, delis and food stores....
...The 32-acre park is located in the neighbourhood of Westlake, just west of downtown Los Angeles. It was built in the 1800s and at the time was considered one of the finest parks in the city....
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