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Gimbel's Bridge
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
1919
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Tannen's Magic Shop
New York's oldest magic store.
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Patent Pending
Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.
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Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
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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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Brazenhead Books
A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.
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Nero Wolfe's Brownstone
The home of one of America's most beloved fictional characters has become a real world landmark.
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The Webster Apartments
This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.
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West Side Cow Tunnels
NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.
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Acuario Cafe
A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.
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El Sabroso
This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.
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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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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 Secret Entrance to the Knickerbocker Hotel
An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.
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Times Square Station Fake Tiles
Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.
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Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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Mercury Theatre Plaque
Where the legendary Orson Welles got his theatrical start before "Citizen Kane."
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Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
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Bryant Park Escape Hatch
A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.
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Bryant Park Bathroom
The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.
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Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
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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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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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Gulliver's Gate
A quick trip around the globe through an amazing miniature exhibit.
