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April 23, 2024. Free shows, free concerts, free movies, free tours, free readings, worshops, lectures, etc. are New York's best kept secret! Learn all about it and do not miss the unique opportunities that only New York provides: NYC never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment whether it's day or night, weekday or weekend, summer or winter, spring or fall, January or June, May or September. If you are looking for inexpensive things to do and where to go in Manhattan today, tonight, tomorrow, or any other time, or any other day of any week - you came to the right place: just click on any day on the calendar dispayed on the every page of our site and you will see how many events you can attend in Manhattan free of charge on that very day.

New York's cultural scene is at its busiest in October and March (and the same goes for free events, free things to do), but other months of the year still offer incredible amount of high quality, off the beaten path, unique free events, free things to do which will take your breath away! So if you looking for something to do in April or November, December or February, you will find tons of free things to do, free events to go to. (In June, July and August lots of those free events take place outdoors, of course).

So start using these unique New York City opportunities today, April 23, 2024!

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Where else but in New York City can you listen to a world-class musician, discuss a book with a famous author, take a part in poetry reading, have a glass of wine at an art exhibition opening, and all that on the same day, and all that free of charge, and all of that on any day of the year, whether it's December or July, April or November!

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Free things to do, free events that take place in New York City every day of the year are truly amazing. So if you're looking for something interesting to do today (April 23, 2024) or on any other day of the year don't miss those free-of-charge opportunities that only New York provides! You can find lots of high quality, off the beaten path, unique free events, free things to do which will take your breath away!

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In addition to providing information about free events, free things to do in New York City (NYC), Club Free Time offers its members complimentary tickets to classical music concerts, dance performances and theater: when a producer wants that special buzz of the 'full house' - Club Free Time members are welcomed for their enthusiasm and sophistication!

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Experience an entirely new perspective on New York. 'Open up a whole new cultural world... in one of the most vibrant capital cities in the world, sampling cultural delights beyond anyone's wildest dream.' Rupert Parker, journalist, photographer, cameraman, and TV producer

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that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.

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that only New York provides:
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Talk | Why Does New York Look the Way it Does?

Name: Why Does New York Look the Way it Does?
Start: 2023-04-19T17:00:00Z
End: 2023-04-19T18:30:00Z
Location: New York City ( NYC )

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 1:00 pm

Free

New York has been recognized as a world metropolis, as a center of commerce, as a generator of arts, culture and entertainment, as a place of world-famous skyscrapers and as a city of hundreds of unique neighborhoods. Its buildings, streets, parks and transportation are admired and enjoyed and at the same time are often frightening and confusing. As residents, and visitors experiencing the city, we can walk by famous old and new buildings, often without giving it much thought until we begin to see some structure or use that disrupts or even destroys the sense of our city.

But why is it that New York City looks the way it does? Skyscrapers on one block, three or four story buildings on another, parks and open spaces here but not there; how did this happen? Zoning has had a relatively short history but it plays a prominent role in the shaping of most cities. Remarkably, New York has been a pioneer in the field of zoning since it enacted the nation’s first comprehensive zoning ordinance in 1916 in a 14-page text and three sets of maps which designated use, height and area in the city. And as we will see, from that relatively simple document which regulated egregious incompatible uses, zoning laws have more or less guided the city’s growth and development. It is an imperfect, complex and often heavy- handed tool for implementing planning policy.

Speaker Ethel Sheffer is an urban planner, civic and community leader and educator.

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Talk | Why Does New York Look the Way it Does?

Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 1:00 pm