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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.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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New York Herald Monument
There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.
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The Ziegfeld Head
The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.
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The Remnants of Tin Pan Alley
The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.
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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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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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Cathedral Peacock Hutch
A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.
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First Shearith Israel Graveyard
Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.
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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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190 Bowery
The greatest real estate coup of all time.
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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.
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300 West 38th Street
Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.
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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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United Nations Delegates Lounge
What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.
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The Little Church Around the Corner
This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.
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The Old McGraw-Hill Building
Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.
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Second Avenue Subway Art
Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.
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Onieals Grand Street Bar
A prohibition era watering hole for the police.
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Hare Krishna Tree
One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.
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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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Broadway Flea Market
An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.
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Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
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The Sisyphus Stones
Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.
