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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.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Trinity Place Bank Vault Bar
This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.
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The John Street Methodist Church
The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.
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Barthman's Sidewalk Clock
A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.
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'The Sphere'
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
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5 Beekman Street
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
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The Woolworth Building
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
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WTC Station 'E' Subway Entrance
A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.
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Survivor Tree
The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.
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Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
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Mysterious Bookshop
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
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The Location of Paul's Boutique
The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.
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Edward Mooney House
Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.
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Museum at Eldridge Street
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
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The General Worth Monument
This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.
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The Statue of Roscoe Conkling
A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.
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Hallett Nature Sanctuary
Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.
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Crabs of Cleopatra’s Needle
Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.
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Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.
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Bluestockings Bookstore
New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.
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Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
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Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
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Daredevil Tattoo Museum
This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.
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Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
