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Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
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Staple Street Skybridge
Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.
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Spring Street Salt Shed
This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.
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The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
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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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Gay Street
An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.
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Jefferson Market Library
Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.
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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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14th Street-Union Square Moving Platforms
The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.
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Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
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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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'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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Poster House Museum
The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.
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Toynbee Tiles
Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
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Museum of Sex
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
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El Sabroso
This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.
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Ralph Kramden Statue
An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'
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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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Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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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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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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Bryant Park Bathroom
The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.
