New York, New York
‘Crack Is Wack’
In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
Physical Graffiti Building
The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
New York, New York
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.
New York, New York
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.
Brooklyn, New York
Do the Right Thing Way
Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.
New York, New York
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.
New York, New York
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.
New York, New York
Shinran Statue
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
Brooklyn, New York
Endale Arch
This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.
New York, New York
The Old McGraw-Hill Building
Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.
New York, New York
Graybar Rats
Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.
New York, New York
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.
New York, New York
The Marriage of Money and Real Estate
A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.
New York, New York
Survivor Tree
The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.
Queens, New York
Louis Armstrong House
The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.
New York, New York
The Jane Hotel
This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
New York, New York
Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
New York, New York
Jean-Michel Basquiat Commemorative Plaque
The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.
New York, New York
Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
Queens, New York
The Birthplace of Scrabble
A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.
Staten Island, New York
Holtermann's Bakery
In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
New York, New York
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace Museum
The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
New York, New York
Private Passage
Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.
