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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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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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5 Beekman Street
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
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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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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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The Cross at Ground Zero
Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.
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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 Marine Grill Murals of the Hotel McAlpin
The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.
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Barthman's Sidewalk Clock
A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.
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Titanic Memorial
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
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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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St. George's Syrian Catholic Church
This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.
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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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Wavertree
After traveling the world, one of the last remaining fully-rigged three masted iron-hulled cargo ship in the world found its home in New York.
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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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Model Ship Collection at the South Street Seaport Museum
Set sail on a small scale.
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Wall Street Palisade
Wooden pavers represent a 17th-century barrier that gave Wall Street its name.
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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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Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
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Site of New York Slave Market
Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.
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Spotlight on Broadway Map
The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
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Locomotive Lawn
This diesel train serviced the Brooklyn waterfront for more than three decades.
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Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
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767 Third Avenue
A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.
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Roosevelt Island Cat Sanctuary
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
