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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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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
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WPA Murals of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.
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284 Broome Street
The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.
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The Remnants of Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue
Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.
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190 Bowery
The greatest real estate coup of all time.
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Audubon Mural Project
Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.
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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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Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum
You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.
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The Cross at Ground Zero
Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.
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Shinran Statue
Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.
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The Little Church Around the Corner
This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.
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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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Spotlight on Broadway Map
The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
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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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Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
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Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
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The Brown Building
The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
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The Lightship Frying Pan
Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.
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Church of the Intercession
A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.
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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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Bluestockings Bookstore
New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.
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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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New York City Police Museum
Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.
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Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
