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Survivor Tree
The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Trinity Churchyard
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
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Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
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The Oldest Fence in New York
Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.
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Number One, Broadway
Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.
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New York Produce Exchange Property Marker
A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.
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WPA Murals of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.
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The Standard Oil Building
This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.
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Fearless Girl Statue
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
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The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.
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The SeaGlass Carousel
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
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Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
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Fraunces Tavern
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
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The Evolution Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
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The Forgotten Entrance to Clinton Hall
Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.
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Museum of the American Gangster
This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.
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La Plaza Cultural
This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.
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Tompkins Square Temperance Fountain
A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.
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Gem Spa
For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.
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41 Cooper Square
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
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The Fillmore East
A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat Commemorative Plaque
The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.
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The Former New Brighton Athletic Club
These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.
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Merchant's House Museum
New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.
