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Getting to The Graduate Center and around Manhattan

1. All our meetings take place at The Graduate Center. Go to Google Maps and type “365 Fifth Avenue, New York” to easily locate our superb mid-Manhattan location at 5th Avenue and 34th Street. Google Maps will give you various perspectives on our address and surroundings, as well as all of New York. The Graduate Center is across from the Empire State Building and five blocks from New York City Library, two landmark locations.
*You can also get directions here.

2. Note that The Graduate Center is on 5th @ 34th St., within walking distance of Pennsylvania Station, Grand Central Station, and Port Authority. The latter are the main transit hubs linking the city's complex transit system, including connections to airports and suburban lines.

MOVING AROUND IN MANHATTAN. If you plan on using subway or bus lines in Manhattan, keep in mind that in mid-town they normally run on a north-south direction along main avenues. Manhattan is remarkably simple in this respect. Along Fifth Avenue, divides Manhattan into EAST SIDE and WEST SIDE, traffic runs on a southern (S) or downtown direction. On the EAST SIDE the main avenues east of 5h Avenue are: Madison (N), Park (both N//S), Lexington (S), 3rd Avenue (N), 2nd  Avenue (S), and 1st  Avenue (N). On the WEST SIDE, the main avenues west of 5th Avenue are: 6th (N), 7th (S), 8th (N), 9th (S), and 10th Avenues. Broadway runs toward downtown (S), but complicates the easy pattern of parallel avenues by running diagonal with respect to the main grid. It intersects 7th Ave in Times Square (42th St.), 6th Avenue around Herald Square (34th St.), and 5th Avenue on 23th Street. 

REMEMBER: If you take public transportation, get off at 34th street stops (or nearest). If you find yourself a bit off 5th Avenue and do not feel like walking, consider the cross-town busses running along 34th Street in both East and West directions. 

3. Detailed information about The Graduate Center itself can be found in http://www.gc.cuny.edu/about_gc/. For information about all our academic programs and facilities, visit www.gc.cuny.edu.

4. The Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies functions within The Graduate Center. Information about the Bildner Center is available in www.bildner.org. If you type “Bildner” in Google, we normally come first in the hits list.

5. The MTA (Manhattan Transportation Authority) runs the city’s great public transit system. Browse their website (http://www.mta.info/) for any question you may have about suburban and city transit (including lines, routes, schedules, prices, connections to airport). Subway stations sell MetroCards you can use for both subway and bus trips, including transfers (free within 2 hours, certain limits apply). For information about MetroCards, visit http://www.mta.info/metrocard/.

6. For information about New York City, consider http://www.nycvisit.com/. You may also want to browse through http://www.nyctourist.com/.

7. Updated information about the conference itself will be found in www.cubasymposium.org.

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For more information on restaurants, nightlife, and attractions conveniently close to the conference location, please click here.

For your convenience, the following hotels are relatively close to the conference location:

The Avalon 16 East 32nd Street (Between Madison & 5th Avenue) New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-299-7000 Fax: 212-299-7002	The Carlton Hotel 22 East 29th Street New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-532-4100 Fax: 889-8683	Chandler Hotel 12 East 31st Street (between Madison & Fifth Avenues) New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-889-6363 Fax: 212-889-6699
Comfort Inn Manhattan 42 West Broadway New York, NY 10001 (between 5th and 6th Avenues) Phone: 212-947-0200 Fax: 212-894-3047	The Dylan 52 East 41st Street (between Park & Madison Avenues) New York, NY 10017 Phone: 212-338-0500 Fax: 212-338-0569	Holiday Inn Martinique Broadway 49 West 32nd Street (between 5th Avenue & Broadway) New York, NY 10001 Phone: 212-736-3800 Fax: 212-277-2703
Hotel QT 125 W.45th Street (between 6th & 7th Avenues) New York, NY 10036 Phone: 212-354-2323 Fax: 212-302-8585	Jolly Madison Towers Hotel 22 East 38th Street (off Madison Avenue) New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-802-0600 Fax: 212-213-2369	The Library Hotel 299 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10017 Phone: 212-983-9653 Fax: 212-499-9090
Metro Hotel 45 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001 (between 5th and 6th Avenues) Phone: 212-947-2500 Fax: 212-279-1310	The Roger Williams 131 Madison Avenue (At 31st Street) New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-448-7000 Fax: 212-448-7007	70 Park Avenue Hotel 70 Park Avenue at 38th Street New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-973-2400 Fax: 212-973-2439
Stanford Hotel 43 West 32nd Street  (between 5th Ave. & Broadway) New York, NY 10001 Phone: 212-563-1500 Fax: 212-629-0043	Thirty Thirty 30 East 30th Street New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-689-1000 Fax: 212-698-0023 Fax: 212-629-0043	*Rates are based on availability and seasonality.

*Further Details: To Be Announced*

For comments and inquiries please contact us at cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu.