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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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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
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41 Cooper Square
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
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Tammany Hall
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
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Castle Williams
In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.
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Greenwich Locksmith
Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.
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Jeffrey's Hook Light
Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.
Permanently Closed
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Site of the Beach Pneumatic Subway
Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.
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St. Stephen Bulgarian Iron Church
The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.
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Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
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The Sugar House Prison Window
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
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Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
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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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The Wizard of Park Avenue
A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.
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The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
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Sylvan Terrace
A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.
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Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
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Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
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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.
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The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
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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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'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
