Finding Inspiration in New York
By Ari Kellen
St Mark’s Church-!in-the-Bowery
• Once the home of historic New Yorker Pieter Stuyvesant, whose ghost is said to haunt the church
• All ghosts aside, there’s a graveyard in the back that offers plenty of peace and quiet if you ever need to be alone and think
Lower East Side
• One of New York’s oldest neighborhoods!
• Always something exciting happening here!
• Filled with great coffee shops, bars, restaurants, clubs and boutique stores
Strand bookstore• One of the few
touristy spots in New York that actual New Yorkers love to visit !
• Books on just about every topic you can think of, often at a great price
Brooklyn !Flea
• Filled with funky food, clothing and items!
• Plenty of colorful characters
Chelsea• Home of the High Line
and Chelsea Market!• The app “See Saw”
allows you to search art galleries by neighborhood, so you can see all of the art in Chelsea