Mayor Rudy Giuliani easily won reelection as the person responsible for restoring the shine to the big apple. In the 21^st century, country borders will become increasingly irrelevant and City- States will play a larger role much as they have for most of recorded history. The City of New York is the first among the elite cities who define themselves as global cities. Congratulations on combining the title with most improved best run as well.

We had to run off to the Carnival before we completed the major annual overhaul of carnaval.com/New York. We did complete two significant expansions to  Brooklyn and Annual NYC Parades.  You may expect major changes in October of '98 to the travel tool and New York City sections.

THE CITY

Cityguides - General Info
New York Convention & Visitor's Bureau
212-397-8200 (Mon-Fri 9am-6pm; Sat-Sun 10am-3pm) The staff is on hand to answer all questions in seven languages. 58th Street at Eighth Avenue (also 212-397-8222 ).
New York.citysearch.com
Their model of listing everyone and featuring advertisers yields best searches. Media partner is Timeout-NewYork known for solid reviews on the happenings. (18 cities) Citysearch merged with www.ticketmaster.com in August of '98
New York.sidewalk.com
Plenty of  wit or snideness on top of very comprehensive and easy to operate database. Ad animations used sparingly. 
NYNow
Our favorite New York mega-site with a good combinations of original content and well described links, worth checking out.
Urban Access Database to NY City
By AllNY.com. Search by district for Restaurants & Cafés, Bars, Clubs & Nightlife Museums & Galleries, City Sites, Sights & Tours Bookstores Workouts & Gyms Kids' and more.
City of New York City Services || Agency Links || Service Links

Links Directory
New York City Reference
Clay Irving adds the commentary to help you optimize your surfing. Nearly 60 categories to begin with.
Yahoo's Travel Guide
Yahoo had 133 listed on 7/21/97

News & Culture Media
MAINSTREAM
The New York Times
"The paper of record" requires free registration before going past home page. This web model allows them to target you with ad content and avoid.  monthly subscription fees.  Uses WebCrossing Forum software like us.
The Village Voice
Famous free weekly boasts strong search and ready, well done content makes it  top contender in many of our web categories
Newsday
Times Mirror publishes the sixth-largest metropolitan newspaper in the  country.
NYPostonline.com || Search Archives || Gossip
The best direct  news search

Where To Stay
Travel Now-New York
& thru detail & on-line reservation. Which do you prefer?
Hotel Discounts
Call 1-800-715-ROOM (7666) to book with our hotel experts. "Up to 65% off"(avg. 30%) on some nice Manhattan Hotels.
https://www.180096hotel.com
Claims to be #1 discounter w/ good list of deals for NY & 12 other global cities.

BED & BREAKFAST / APARTMENTS
Express Reservations
Since '79 Manhattan B&B & apartments from $70/night Email.
The Hospitality Company
Many Apts Studios from $90 1 bdrm from $135 212-965-1102, fax (212) 965-1149 Airport p/u also.
Adobe Bed & Breakfast
A network of homes and apartments; From $80/night-2 night min. (800) 835-8880 or (212) 472-2000.
(?404?) www.traveldata.com/biz/inns/data/bbnetny.html - B & B Net of New York
Since '86 Mr. Goldberg has been matching NY hosts & guests like you; From $60/night 212/645-8134 800/900-8134.

BUDGET
Hostels in New York City
by hostels.com growing list with e-mail, web-sites & fax.

Where to Eat
No one could possibly keep up with the fast changing New York restaurant scene but everyone enjoys trying. Over 16,000 options from the elegant Upper East Side hot spot to the classic neighborhood deli, you'll find it all here. Then there is the street food aesthetic, no culture eats on the run better than New Yorkers. As a traveler take the moment to appreciate the skills necessary to maneuver through crowded sidewalks at a brisk pace while consuming eats from New York pushcart vendors, pizzerias, pay-by-the-pound deli food bars or the ubiquitous McDonalds.
CitySearch on NY Restaurants
Powerful search engine loaded with the most Manhattan data. It is all here Cuisine, Prices, Phone, Maps, Reviews, Districts, & good directions for getting there
NewYork.Sidewalk.com/FindRestaurant  
Search by neighborhood, cuisine,  price, star rating and special option Excellent, clean info on huge number of Manhattan restaurants, no pics
NY-Now People's Restaurant Guide
Fresh ideas for Manhattan Eats. Share your plugs or pans. Search by cuisine & price

Cybercafes in New York
including the Ditto Internet Café where you can surf the internet on a high speed T-1 high-brow or engage their other high-tech services.
Restaurant Discount Cards by the insider.com

Getting Around

MTA.NewYork Bus Maps
Download one if you have Adobe Acrobat Reader.
MTA NewYork Subway Maps

Maps
Map of 5 NYC Boroughs w/ subway & train click-thru detail
by MTA Adobe Acrobat map available. If you wish to confirm your route click on the line you plan to take a bottom of screen. Manhattan Bus Map.
NYC Subway Route Map
"not by MTA" but rather a M. Adler who serves the rider's interests well including many outside links and his Sub-Talk (gripe) section.
Yahoo New York Map
Options include Driving Directions, Locate Businesses, Print Preview, Multi-pick Zoom & Pan and X marks the spot.

What To Do
Eight Ways to Spend A Weekend in NYC
by IloveNY.state 1) South Street Seaport - a complete shopping experience 2) Visit the Great Neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan like SoHo, Little Italy, Chinatown and Greenwich Village, 3) Hear the Sounds of Music (8 famous options). 4) Explore Ethnic Heritage (10 museum listings) 5) Tour the Great Museums (11 listings). 6) Marvel at the Majesty of NY's Central Park, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, or Grand Central Terminal. 7) Shop 'til You Drop 8) Tour New York City from the air, water or double-decker (14 vendors listed).

Attractions
NYC Attractions
Long list including Boroughs w/ brief descriptions, phone, hours, address & transportation plus photos you can use of NYC.
Central Park Highlights by the insider.com.

Festivals & Events
The Village Voice

Nightlife
The Hotwired RoughGuide on NY Nightlife || Drinking || Clubs
Wired Magazine no longer operates this worthwhile site based on the books

The Bar Guide by axisNY.com || Happy Hour Search
Search nearly every Manhattan Bars, User opinions, Comedy and Live Music Guide.
NYCbeer.com || Directory
Clay Felker keeps his many leading guides updated

Comedy Clubs
Comedy Clubs w/Event Listings
by AxisNY.

Dance Clubs
New York is famous for its dance club scene and if you want to make it you got to feel and look like you belong. Browsing some of these club guides to see if you feel like it.
Club NYC
Trying hard to be the definitive guide. You be the judge.
Latin Music On-Line
News flashes, reviews & interviews NYC this week club music listings.
Lists of NightClubs
by AllNY Comprehensive w/ quickie lists for Dance, Blues/Jazz, Cabaret, Piano Bars, Pop/Rock, Clubs Nightclubs Outside NYC, Topless Bars & Clubs.
Night Culture NYW
Home page greeting begins "Ah, NY's nightlife: the glamour, the danger, the freespirtedness and the damned snobbery." Find great insider info on the clubs they know e.g. "Door: Furiously elitist but easily spooked."
NYC Nightclub Guest List Reservations
Interesting approach from the shyguy.

Dance
Dance On Line
Features, review, & NYC Previews & Listings.

Museums & Galleries
20^th Century Art in NYC
NYC reputation is well deserved and long-standing here's a short synopsis.
Museum Admissions & How to Save
by insider.com.
New York Art & Cultural Exhibits
by itn.wvs.com.
New York Museums
NYC's top 50 Get the basics and often more like Ellis Island gateway to the American Dream or Tenement Museum which was the way poor people like many immigrants were housed in NYC around the turn of the century. The Jewish Museum is largest outside of Israel although San Francisco is building a bigger one.
Gallery-guide to New York
While this site maintains museum & gallery exhibition listings globally all over, their NYC list w/map is the best we know about.
Top Ten Museums by nycTourist.com
Quick overview no links
Whitney Museum
"It is increasingly clear that art museums, in particular, are on the verge of some profound changes, and the web seems to offer us all a delightful and meaningful way to explore them." D.A. Ross museum director.
Dia Center for the Arts
hopes to be the conduit or means for realizing extraordinary projects. You'll find current web exhibitions as well as access to their Permanent Collection and an admirable Arts education Program Here is their calendar & location.
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Award winning mega-site and quite elitist if you like to like or dislike self infatuation.

 Shopping
Look On-Line
tracks the fashion industry in New York and on the internet.
Bargain Shopping In NYC
by the insider.com.
Samplesale.com/NYC
Amazing comprehensiveness calendar.

Sports
New York Sports On-Line
A NY-Now web guide.
Sports by NY-sidewalk
The week at a glance. Win! Flashing ads.
Skatecity.com/NYC Map out your fun with "your
head screwed on."
NY Road Runners Club
The world's largest running organization, offers detailed info events, favorite runs, and "peak performance".

Theater
Martin's Guide to New York theatre
Good place to start w/ nice overview of How to get Tickets & Ticket Bargains.
Playbill
Sells theatre show tickets to New York, London, Toronto, and Rio de Janeiro plus offers you 1500+ links to other theatre minded sites.
The Tony's
Broadway's biggest night and the ambition of every theatre star Short synopsis of What's Playing and a nice index of Theatre related links.
Aisle Say
The Internet Magazine of Professional Stage Reviews.
Curtain Up
Reviews of most New York City Theater and the Berkshires.

Movies
New York Movies by Movie Link
Comprehensive database plus descriptions and coming attractions.
Newyork.sidewalk.com/movies
What's new, what's hot, what sucked and the where & how to act on the info
New York Post/Movies
Quickly review index of 1 to4 stars then click link for review

Tours
Helicopter Tours
Your best insight into these world famous vistas by theinsider.com.
NewYorkTalksandWalks.com || mailto:phil@newyorktalksandwalks.com
Philip Schoenberg. PhD. President: Historians, Professional Tour Guides & Speakers

Kids
Kids by citysearch
Can't beat this sidebar menu: EVENTS: Arts & Crafts, Dance, Educational Programs, Film/Video, Games & Sports, Music, Science, Storytelling, Theater SORT by 4 age groups, LOCATIONS: Libraries, Museums, Parks, Stores, Performances, Spaces, & Zoos/Gardens.
Joeboxer.com
How about some silly underwear web fun for the whole family.
Berit's Best Sites for Children
Over 600 sorted, described and rated.

Lingo
New York Terms by roughguides

Safety
Survival tips
But according to theinsider.com New York is the third most safe big city in America.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN / CARIBBEAN
            
WLIB-New York 1190am Radio || WLIB Calendar || Live RA
Caribbean Music & Talk Radio
Diaspora-Now.com
Founder A. M. Pilgrim invites you to become part of his growing network or simply visit his gallery of fine Caribbean artists 80 St. Nicholas Place, Suite 1B New York, New York 10032 Tel. (212) 491-4652
(?404?) www.mostnewyork.com/most/manual/caribeat/caribeat.htm - Caribeat by the Daily News
Caribquest.com/orgdir
List your Caribbean organization for free
Caribbean-American Chamber of Commerce
CACCI  provides business development seminars, technical assistance, referrals and training programs to its 1300 members since 1984  718-834-4544 Fax : 834-9774
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Bldg, 5. Mezzanine A, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11205
NYC African American Resources by allny.com

Africa

African Links by sas.UPenn.edus || Travel || Arts || African Studies ||
Black/African Resources || Africa Links by Country
The yahoo or definitive list. Carnaval.com supports the philosophy behind the yahoo acronym: You Always Have Other Options
(?400?) Orientation Africa by Urban.com
Beautifully designed link directory
African Intelligence by indigo-net.com
Search  for articles from:  The Indian Ocean Newsletter, Africa Energy & Mining, La Lettre du Continent and Maghreb Confidentiel & pay $3
Black Power Points/Links

BRAZILIAN
Curtindon's Brazilian Guide to New York
in Portuguese English coming we hope.
Brazzil.com Brazzil-New York listings
Brazzil-USA Calendar
published by Rodney Mello.Huge archive of excellent writing on Brazilian subjects. However, the most popular and controversial part of the print magazine (only US $3 for 12 issues in USA) which (un)covers sex in Brazil is not yet on the site.
US-Brazil.com
Trade News & services with a nice featured take on the Statue of Liberty.
BrazilTradeNY
is a project of NY Brazilian Consulate -New York for on-line info we recommend Embassy in Washington D.C. or BrazilMiami.org for Lots of Links go to Consulate General of Brazil in San Francisco.
Brazil at the United Nations in New York
BrazilonLine
Information about Brazil for an International audience published out of Southern California

GAY / LESBIAN
Gaycenter.org
Lots of Links w/ commentary.
Yahoo's List of Guides (12 as of 8/98)
Papermag's Gay guide inc.
The Village Bars East & West Beyond the Bars (clubs) East, Shop & Read and more From a perspective of " faaabulousness".