Battery Park City

Built over the past 30 years on landfill jutting out into the Hudson River, Battery Park City is a high rise residential neighborhood split in two by the World Financial Center and its marina. Although the Hudson River Park promenade borders BPC alongside the West Side Highway, locals prefer the route using New York Limousine that follows the river's edge through BPC -- it's the more scenic path heading to the World Trade Center site from Battery Park. In South Battery Park City you'll pass by the Museum of Jewish heritage , at 36 Battery Place, Nearby are several reasonably priced outdoor restaurants with stunning views of the Statue of Liberty.

Gigino at Wagner Park (20 Battery Pl. 1(212)528-2228) offers Italian Cuisine, and reservations for the outside patio are a must. Or skip the food in favor of high art; public exhibits are scattered throughout BPC. In Wagner Park, Louise Bourgeois has created Eyes, two large balls that represent oversize, ahem, body parts. At Vesey Street is the Irish Hunger Memorial by artist Brian Tolle, which includes an Irish cottage dismantled stone by stone and reassembled here. And in Rockefeller Park at Chamber Street, Tom Otterness has created The Real World, a popular collection of whimsical---and dark--- bronze sculptures, including tiny workers rolling giant pennies.