Anthony Pisano has been collecting objects and displaying them in his Manhattan home for 32 years. It is often mistaken for an antique shop - Believe It or Not! http://vimeo.com/37093042
This is one of the few places in Manhattan which still employs a Pneumatic Tube System. Known as a "Zip Tube" it carries book requests down to the stacks many floors below!
The City Hall Subway Station, one of the most gorgeous gems in the world of transit, has been closed for decades. Now it can be viewed again by in-the-know riders of the 6 train. http://bit.ly/MxdAUu
Check the Union Square website to find out just how to read the clock: http://bit.ly/MxenVq
First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach of glass is scavenger heaven! http://atlasobscura.com/place/dead-horse-bay
Until the 1910s, horses outnumbered cars in NYC. There are still remnants of the horses including many Horse Fountains. The Evangeline Blashfield Fountain was built in 1919 so horses cld have a drink!
This building is more than just an awe-inspiring structure; it is more like an inside secret. It has been vacant for nearly a decade with parts of it shuttered since the 1940s!
6 ½ Avenue is Manhattan's newest address! It weaves in and out of buildings, outdoors and under covered arcades all the way from 51st Street to 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenue.
