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Jefferson Market Library
Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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C. O. Bigelow Apothecary
The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.
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Electric Lady Studios
Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.
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The Hangman's Elm
The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.
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The Brown Building
The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
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The Village Gate Sign
The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.
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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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Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks
Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.
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Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery
Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.
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284 Broome Street
The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.
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REI's Wall of Litho Stones
A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.
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Onieals Grand Street Bar
A prohibition era watering hole for the police.
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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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190 Bowery
The greatest real estate coup of all time.
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Edward Mooney House
Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.
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Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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Harry Jenning's Rat Pit of the Five Points
This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.
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First Shearith Israel Graveyard
Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.
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The Mulberry Bend
During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.
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African Burial Ground National Monument
This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.
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Bryant Park Bathroom
The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.
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Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
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'Dwellings' at the Breuer Building
This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.
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Bemelmans Bar
The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.
