Favorite NYC modern haunts?  

Noguchi
Museum.

Cooper Hewitt Museum
ABC Carpet and Home Store
Takashimaya (the tea room is the best!)
The Arthur Avenue Italian district in the Bronx
Zabars Deli and Grocery http://www.zabars.com/
Chinatown
The bar at the W Hotel

Many thanks
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Terence Conran shop
Bunch of new design firms in Brooklyn. Not sure if you can visit them though.
I think there's a few vintage modern stores out there as well.
Haven't been to NYC in a couple years.

Sebastian Barquet
i've only visited the london gallery, which i'd recommend, but i imagine the NYC gallery would be equally worthy of a visit
http://www.sebastianbarquet.com

I've lived in NY for 20years.
The delights are endless.
The city summer issue posted below.
The first section of the High Line just opened for starters...
Interested in Arts and Architecture?
Apple Store Fifth Avenue by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
AT&T Building by Philip Johnson
Ford Foundation by Roche Dinkeloo
Friedman House, Pleasantville by Frank Lloyd Wright
Hearst Tower, New York 2006
Hoffman Auto Showroom by Frank Lloyd Wright
Lever House by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Lipstick Building by Philip Johnson
Louis Vuitton store facade by Jun Aoki
Mission of India to the UN by Charles Correa
Museum of Modern Art by Stone and Goodwin, Philip Johnson and Yoshio Taniguchi
New York State Pavilion by Philip Johnson and Richard Foster
173/176 Perry Street by Richard Meier
Prada flagship store by Rem Koolhaas (OMA)
RCA (GE) Building by Hood
Reisley House, Pleasantville by Frank Lloyd Wright
Rockefeller Guest House by Philip Johnson
Seagram Building by Mies van der Rohe
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum by Frank Lloyd Wright
Time Warner Center by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
TWA Terminal by Eero Saarinen
United Nations Secretariat by Harrison and others
http://nymag.com/guides/summer/2009/57471/

not visited this pod.
But giving my brother-in-law and his new bride a room here when they visit.
Tiny but a good location.
http://www.thepodhotel.com/yourpod.html

my nephew,
a music major at UNO found free music all over the city last summer.
(no hotel room needed) He and a buddy returned at sunrise.
http://www.summerstage.org/index1.aspx?BD=20575&page=3

Here's a couple of choices
The Vitra and Design Within Reach stores at the corner of 9th Avenue and 14th Street are both nice, and you must visit the Museum of Modern Art store.

The Pod looks fun
Thanks for the comprehensive suggestions everyone! The Pod Hotel looks perfect.

Cute short video-NY Times
(Check out the Marimekko dress)
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/07/24/style/1247463627087/on-the-str...

Thanks
Thank you Rockland!
Great!
Surely a must for somebody visiting-staying there.
Dresses matching the flowers just showing the taste of the shopers! 🙂