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Graffiti Hall of Fame
For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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The Manhattan Eruv
This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.
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The "Irving House"
Nope, not Washington Irving's house.
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Tammany Hall
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
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Abandoned 18th Street Subway Station
This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.
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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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Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
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The Brown Building
The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
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The Hangman's Elm
The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.
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Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
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Gay Liberation
The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.
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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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Spotlight on Broadway Map
The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
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Times Square Hum
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
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Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
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Taste of Persia NYC
Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.
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The Weathermen Townhouse Explosion
A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.
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Second Cemetery of the Congregation Shearith Israel
New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.
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The General Worth Monument
This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.
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The Wendel House
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
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Site of the Pan Am Helipad
This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.
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Grand Central Ceiling Dark Patch
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
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Tokyo, Japan
Noumin Café
This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.
