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Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
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Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform
Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.
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One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
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New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
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Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
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Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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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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The Brown Building
The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
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City Hall Library
An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.
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Museum of American Finance
Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?
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New Yorker Hotel
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
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Delmonico's Pompeii Columns
Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.
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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.
Permanently Closed
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James Farley Post Office Museum
A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.
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The Woolworth Building
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
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Trinity Place Bank Vault Bar
This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.
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The Double Check Businessman
This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.
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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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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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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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'The Sphere'
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
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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 Wertheim Study
This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.
