doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Even more OT: headed to NYC for a long weekend.

Holland & Holland no longer have a presence in NYC (bad info posted earlier in this thread - imagine that). They moved their USA gunroom to Dallas, TX.

Beretta Gallery is still open though and would make for a great stop. See if you can take a look of Hemingway's Beretta 12 gauge O/U that is there.

I would second the American Museum of Natural History. There are also some gun collections to be found there.

As for restaurants there are so many great restaurants, some already mentioned, I would not know where to start.

As a resident of Manhattan, I add my vote for the Museum of Natural History and the Oyster Bar. At the Oyster Bar, I recommend Oysters Rockefeller, which are oysters baked with a delicious sauce. I have had them several times and think they are great. If you happen to be in lower Manhattan, visiting the World Trade Center Memorial, you may pass the Federal Reserve Building on Maiden Lane. If you go that way, say a brief vintage gun lover's prayer, because the Maiden Lane side of the Federal Reserve building is where Patrick Mullin's gunmaking shop used to be located! One of the very best American gunmakers, trained in London and Dublin, who moved to NYC and made the finest sporting guns in the era of Teddy Roosevelt and earlier.

once had a double percussion gun with mullin marked lock plates and the maiden lane address on the top rib. as i recall the barrels had english proofs...

any other mullin marked guns that come to mind?...did he ever make breech loaders?

what about other nyc based double gun makers?

Here's an oddball suggestion sure to roll family eyeballs: New York's Marble Cemetery will be open Easter Day. Theodore Gordon, the father of the American school of dry fly fishing is buried there. It's a small walled cemetery with New York notables among the occupants. http://www.marblecemetery.org/
Gil

dont go at night...

In the FWIW column, New York was way-better than I thought it would be. Even though it was perpetually a mob-scene, I never felt unsafe (lots of security everywhere, even armed military). We hired a young man who was an excellent guide (an under-employed architect) and it was almost non-stop action. Learned some great history about this country's founding (Faunce's Tavern was neat). The food was fun and very good, the hotel was also fun (but $$$$!). All in all, it wasn't what I had expected. Never made it to Beretta (closed on Sunday). Walked an average of 7-miles per day (even riding the subways). The kids had fun and the adults did too.

The view from 104 floors up:


The Lady at night from the Staten Island Ferry:


The somber stuff...

Lloyd, glad you had a great time. I was there last May and was also atop the One World Trade Center as you were. The highlight for me was watching a Peregrine falcon eyeball-to-eyeball as it seemingly hovered 25 yards away against the strong head wind looking for a pigeon 104 floors below. First one I'd ever seen.
Gil

great that you had a good visit to the big apple!

My wife and I had a trip to NYC scheduled two weeks ago. Our flight was canceled due to the impending snow storm. We regrouped and drove to New Orleans instead. We'll have to save New York for another time. Disappointed but I learned a lot in the planning process. I'll have a head start on the next attempt.

I can't recommend enough the young man that was our guide. His ability to gauge the interests of our diverse group (at least age-wise) and his depth of knowledge of the history of the City was quite remarkable. He adapted perfectly to the changing weather conditions we encountered, gave us a primer on using the subway system, knew where to go to avoid the worst of the crowds, and also where to try the best foods for the best prices. His sense of history, current culture, and trends in the various neighborhoods was also quite impressive. He clearly loves his city and wanted to impress us with what it had to offer. Surprisingly, he was a conservative New Yorker as well, and our conversations were fun and very insightful.