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The Elevated Acre
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
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Fraunces Tavern
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
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Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
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Fearless Girl Statue
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
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New York Produce Exchange Property Marker
A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.
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Number One, Broadway
Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.
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Physical Graffiti Building
The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.
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New York Marble Cemetery
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
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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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41 Cooper Square
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
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Rose Hill Historic House
The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.
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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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Nathan Hale Hanging Site
A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
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Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
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Queensboro Trolley Kiosk
A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.
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William Lescaze Townhouse
New York City's first Modernist house.
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767 Third Avenue
A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.
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The Daily News Building Globe
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
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New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
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The New York Earth Room
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
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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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The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
