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Comment by Dana Curatolo on November 30, 2010 at 2:10pm

Gotta say - I adore their shakes (personally don't do the burgers) - but for me, Mad Sq. Park is a great place to people watch. There's a dog park and quaint benches-- not too much more. The simplicity of it is what makes it enjoyable, for me at least. Not too many tourists and a lot of locals taking a breather from their frenetic NYC lives.

Comment by Bill Goodhart on November 30, 2010 at 2:07pm

Excellent - just the sort of feedback I want (after all these futile months on facebook). But, not to be picky, but a good friend and I experimented with our first Shake Shack, this one on Columbus and 77th - and blah! We hated it! Greasy burgers, at a high price for what we thought we just sliders, and we vowed never to return. What am I missing? Is Madison Square something different - besides a longer line?

Comment by Dana Curatolo on November 30, 2010 at 2:01pm

@Bill-- flatiron/28th street area is definitely on the up! I work around here and am certainly a fan of my surroundings. As Evelyn mentioned, Eataly is just around the corner (perfetto!) - and the Mad Sq. Park and Shake Shack make for the perfect lunch break on a spring afternoon. There's lots to discover around here.. including a superb selection of international restaurants.

Comment by Evelyn Kanter on November 30, 2010 at 1:59pm

Bill -- clicked before I could add -- if you or your family has an iPhone, iPad or iTouch, download my app "NYC Free and Frugal" which was a featured read on Tripatini recently.

Comment by Evelyn Kanter on November 30, 2010 at 1:56pm

Bill, this is a great area that's improving daily. Ed is correct -- it used to be unfit for human habitation. But neighborhoods change every decade or so. Your family will be within a few blocks of leafy (okay, not in December) and family-filled Madison Square Park and the original and fabulous Shake Shack. Sixth Avenue and 19th St. has some fab shopping, including a Bed/Bath/Beyond, discounters Old Navy and Marshall's, and my favorite discount camera store, Adorama. There's a Home Depot and a Best Buy on 23rd, and the incredible new Eataly fancy food outpost. Plus the legendary Flatiron Building, an architectural gem. And a few block north, you bump into Macy's and the Empire State Building. There's lots of great, inexpensive restaurants in the neighborhood, especially the stretch of Park Avenue South in the 20s that's lined with Indian curry restaurants. What's to worry?

Comment by Anil on November 30, 2010 at 1:05pm

@Bill: That would be a Holiday Inn express ? Anyways it is on the cusp area - two blocks from there, in each direction and you are in a totally different world all together.

Comment by Bill Goodhart on November 30, 2010 at 12:24pm

Well, on the 12th of this month I'm meeting a family of four from England on their first trip (at least for the kids) to New York at the Holiday Inn on W. 26th between 6th and 7th. Such an introduction to the Big City - but it is indeed interesting. I'll let you know how it goes!

Comment by Ed Wetschler on November 30, 2010 at 11:54am

My answer, Bill, is no way. A few decades ago I was camping out in a friend's photography studio on 28th Street after a breakup, and the neighborhood was definitely not fit for human habitation. Just for starters, the trucks would roll in every morning at 4:30 a.m. to unload flowers, and they made so much noise that the best triple-pane glass windows wouldn't have saved me.

Comment by Bill Goodhart on November 30, 2010 at 9:54am

Now, there are so-o-o-o many new hotels! And all those in the old flower district - can you imagine 20 years ago? Anyone?

Comment by A Hedonist's Guide To... on November 8, 2010 at 8:46am

Park life. Hyatt to open flagship Park Hyatt property in New York - as usual, Hg2 has the inside scoop; http://tinyurl.com/28zcjl5

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