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Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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14th Street-Union Square Moving Platforms
The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.
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The Village Gate Sign
The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.
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The Lightship Frying Pan
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
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The Jane Hotel
This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
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The White Horse Tavern
Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.
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The Narrowest Building in New York
This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.
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Spring Street Salt Shed
This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.
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Ear Inn
One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).
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New York City Fire Museum
A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.
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Houston Bowery Art Wall
This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.
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Hare Krishna Tree
One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.
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Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
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Angel Orensanz Foundation
The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.
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Museum at Eldridge Street
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
Permanently Closed
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City Hall Library
An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.
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The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
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Staple Street Skybridge
Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.
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Irish Hunger Memorial
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
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WTC Station 'E' Subway Entrance
A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.
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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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Matryoshka at Wall Street Bath & Spa 88
This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.
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Rudolph de Harak Digital Clock
The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.
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The American Merchant Mariner's Memorial
Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
