This year marks the 25th anniversary of the sequel to the famous film “Home Alone”. Following Kevin, we go on a journey to the main places of New York: The Plaza Hotel, Central Park, the ice skating rink, the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center and several unexpected places.
The Plaza Hotel
The five-star The Plaza Hotel is one of New York’s oldest hotels and one of the most recognizable hotels in the world. The Plaza is located in the heart of the city, a stone’s throw from Central Park. For the 25th anniversary of the film, The Plaza created a “Live like Kevin” room, in which you can feel like you’re inside the movie: for $895 you will stay in a room that is exactly the same as Kevin’s room, receive four films in a backpack with Home Alone symbols, and a giant ice cream that will be served by a footman. Additionally, you can book a limousine excursion to the places where Kevin has been, including climbing the Empire State Building and skating at the Wollman Rink. By the way, did you know that the current US President Donald Trump appeared in the scene at The Plaza Hotel? Kevin asked his character where the reception was – Trump appeared in the frame for just a couple of seconds.
Book a room at The Plaza can be found here.
Address: The Plaza Hotel, 768, 5th Ave at Central Park South, Manhattan, New York
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Gapstow Bridge
The same bridge where Kevin met the lady with the pigeons is located in the southeastern part of Central Park. From here you can see The Plaza Hotel, just as Kevin saw it, as well as the skyscrapers of downtown Manhattan.
Address: Central Park South East, Manhattan, New York
Fountain in Central Park
The fountain is located on the two-level Bethesda Terrace on the shore of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, the largest lake in Central Park. Here Kevin came face to face with the bandits, but was able to escape from them by hiding in a horse-drawn cart. The upper level of Bethesda Terrace overlooks 72nd Street, and the lower level overlooks the reservoir, on the banks of which cherry trees and rhododendrons grow.
Address: Manhattan, New York
Battery Park
Battery Park is located on the southern tip of Manhattan. It offers views of the Statue of Liberty, the bay, and Brooklyn and Staten Island. From the embankment in Battery Park, Kevin looked at the Statue of Liberty through street binoculars.
Address: Manhattan, New York
Wollman Rink in Central Park
It was here that the “wet bandits” Marv and Harry skated, planning a robbery of Duncan’s toy store. Wollman Rink is one of the most famous skating rinks in the world and the largest in Central Park.
Address: Central Park, Manhattan, New York, USA
Carnegie Hall
Who would have thought that the lady with the doves was hiding from human eyes under the roof of the famous Carnegie Hall! Carnegie Hall is one of the most prestigious concert venues in the world. From his stage the world first heard the works of Dvorak, Stravinsky and Rachmaninov. At the opening of Carnegie Hall in 1891, the New York Symphony Orchestra was conducted by P.I. Tchaikovsky.
Address: Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue and West 56th Street, Manhattan, New York
Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is the most famous holiday tree in the world. She was first dressed up in 1931 next to a newly built office center named after one of the Rockefellers. Every year, the ceremony of the first lighting of the lights symbolizes the beginning of preparations for Christmas in New York and throughout America. It is near the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center that Kevin meets his mother at the end of the movie Home Alone 2. Today the tree is decorated with 30 thousand LEDs and a three-meter star made by Swarovski on the top.
Address: Rockefeller Center, 5th Avenue between 49th & 50th Streets, Manhattan, New York
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Preview photo: poster for the movie “Home Alone 2”.
