Visiting Columbia...Any suggestions?

EDacceptee_CC · 03-23-2005, 07:41 AM

Well, Im finally going to go to NYC to see the campus, from tommorow morning to sunday morning.
Besides taking the tour of Columbia, does anyone have any suggestions of what I should do there?

ivyboy05 · 03-23-2005, 10:02 AM

find out who was accepted?

EDacceptee_CC · 03-23-2005, 10:34 AM

lol, ill try.

I dont just mean columbia, i mean in new york in general. I know theres so much to do and i only have 3 days so i want to know the best things to do period.

BandDad · 03-23-2005, 11:22 AM

We spent five nights in NYC last June so my daughter could visit NYU and Columbia. We hit the usual tourist sites, the statue of liberty, ground zero, the Empire State Building, Central Park, and the Metropolitan Museum. We felt the time we spent at Ellis Island was not a good investment since our families did not enter the U.S. through that facility. We spent a lot of time on the 6 train and found getting around to be easy. Since we enjoy eating, we sought out a great deli and great bagels and pizzas. Check a guidebook for recommendations. We also fell in love with the China Town area. We had to eat dinner there and also found some wonderful ice cream. We just enjoyed being in the city.

lilsmileycolumbian · 03-23-2005, 11:24 AM

Hey I'm going too! I'm flying out tonight and coming back Monday night. Well, I don't really know what you're interested in, but our itinerary involves touring Columbia and NYU (I'm going with some girlfriends that got into NYU), seeing the MoMA and the Met, at least one Broadway musical (we're going to stand in line at that discounted ticket place to see what we could get), an improv show and a couple of other comedy shows. If you were accepted early, don't worry if you forget to do something because you have another four years to explore the city

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prc618 · 03-23-2005, 02:05 PM

It really depends on if you're going with friends, or with your parents. If you're going with friends, there are plenty of bars in moningside heights that don't card. Also plenty of great concerts, mostly in the greenwich village area. Good jazz club called "smoke" near Columbia's campus. Obviously, there's plenty of food, and you'll never have trouble finding a great restaurant, wherever you are in Manhattan. There's the museums (Met, MoMA, and museum of nat. history) which you could go to with either friends or parents. There are plays and such, but they can be damn expensive. Really, whatever you want to do, it can be accomplished.

sexydesi · 03-23-2005, 05:31 PM

do all this at night

go to time sq..go to the village...go to a nice restaurant..do what everybody else mentioned..check out some clubs like china club or something..have cart food!..hehehe...check out a play..go to broadway and like 26th st or something and chinatown..those two places you can find nice things to buy...cool things..umm..yeah okay..HAVE FUN...just walk around everywhere...stand at the timesq station and watch w/e band or musician there playing hehe..uhh..yeah okay thats it..

thethoughtprocess · 03-23-2005, 09:12 PM

Go to Madison Square and maybe New York Comedy Club (unless you are with your parents lol)!

And are the Gates still around? Actually they probably aren't. Too bad, you could have gone to see them, they are cool. And definetely eat at one of the restaurants outside of Columbia.

birdofprey425 · 03-23-2005, 09:20 PM

We stopped at Koronet's around 112th and Broadway. It's the pizza place famous for yield-sign-sized slices (2.75 for a slice of cheese). If you go to Columbia, you'll be eating there pretty often, from the indications I've gotten, so get used to it now!

And the pizza was actually pretty good.

Also, a lot of the free papers you can pick up in NYC have listings of concerts and other stuff going on around town (I'm thinking of The Onion in particular, which you should grab anyway).

shizz · 03-23-2005, 09:56 PM

I'm actually going to be there tomorrow through saturday (but for grad school visiting, not ugrad).

I don't know if this is kosher but I was wondering if I could get list of bars that are not stringent with the carding. I'm 21 but ill be with some friends that are not.

also, are there any good clubs and jazz bars in the area? I want to get a good flavor of morningside heights life so I'm trying to avoid all the regular touristy areas like times square.

EDacceptee_CC · 03-23-2005, 10:03 PM

Thanks for helping, you guys. I will definitely try to do most of your suggestions if possible. Unfortunately, I'm going with my mom so I probably wont get to do everything I want.
But, lilsmileycolumbian, you are so right. I've been accepted and I have four years to do most everything I want in NYC. :-)

sexydesi · 03-23-2005, 10:04 PM

the Gates were soooo lame....what a waste of money!!....gahhhhh

shizz...not soo good with the clubs and bars....kinda too young to care at this point..but have fun..

i ate this place outside of columbia...they had pizza but like also yogurt and stuff on the other side...but like..the place didnt have a bathroom...***?

prc618 · 03-24-2005, 12:50 AM

shizz, the only bar I actually went to (or tried to go into for that matter) was Abbey's pub, good place, on around 110th(?) and Broadway. I dunno, just walk south on Broadway. Like I said earlier, there's a good jazz club called Smoke on 106th and Broadway. There's some student magazine (like "insider's guide to columbia" or something like that) that will actually recommend bars and other entertainment in the area. If you get a hold of a copy, it's a good guide.

barski222 · 03-24-2005, 01:25 AM

Every time I visit Columbia I go to lunch at a great Asian-fusion place across from the main gate called Caffe Swish. Meat eater or not the place is great, I reccomend the sweet and sour chicken!

thethoughtprocess · 03-24-2005, 01:31 AM

Aw, I liked the gates lol