Beloved early (1902) skyscraper whose peculiar shape reflects its wedge-shaped site at the intersection of 23rd Street, 5th Ave, & Broadway - a remarkable piece of urbanism. Jewel of Mad Square Park.
One of the world's finest works of architecture, designed by engineers. Crossing it on foot is one of the great urban experiences.
Unfortunately this beautiful Art Deco building’s observation deck has been closed since 1945. The marble lobby is open to visitors though, and it’s free!
"This is not just a cluster of buildings in New York City: it is a national symbol of distinguished corporate design, far and away the finest grouping of skyscrapers ever built." Paul Goldberger
New York's most famous skyscraper, and arguably its most iconic landmark. 'Famous for being tall, but deserves to be famous for being good,' Paul Goldberger opined in the 1970s. He's right.
Filled with as much great art and history as many museums, the New York Public Library is a great stop on a day where your schedule isn't swamped. Step inside & discover all the hidden gems it holds.
This manmade park, seemingly a welcome bit of nature against NYC's harsh conditions and strict grid, is actually a masterpiece of architecture. Every detail, down to the smallest rock, was planned.
Gazing awestruck at the constellations on the high vaulted ceiling of the cavernous Main Concourse was a defining aesthetic experience of my childhood. You're welcome.
A glorious park that is just the right size for the city, ringed by (mostly) great architecture that interacts pleasingly with the park's views of nature. A mini-Centra Park, if you will.
Start at the Plaza and walk up to 110th: Central Park to your left, an unbroken masonry line of fine buildings to your right. Or walk down from 57th to Madison Square Park. Two great NYC experiences!
Its gold dome, visible from Flatiron, Gramercy, East Village, Murray Hill, Kips Bay, etc, casts a protective aura. Designed by Cass Gilbert of Woolworth Building fame in 1926. His last NYC skyscraper.
Better known to architecture fans as the Metropolitan Life North Building designed by Harvey Wiley Corbett. Foursquare updated the nomenclature to "11 Madison Avenue" because of the swanky restaurant.
Where Cary Grant got into trouble in North by Northwest - and Eloise frolicked. Once NYC's most famous luxury hotel, now a hybrid hotel/condo. It was glorious in the 1960s, a bit shabby in the 2000s. Подробнее.
Designed by Modernist master Mies van der Rohe, it has a Koons Balloon Dog sculpture in its lobby and the Four Seasons restaurant (for which Rothko made paintings) off to one side.
Designed by Wallace Kirkman Harrison who also designed the UN HQ. Auditorium seats 3800. 21 chandeliers are gifts from Austrian govt. Met Tiles on seat backs allow for translation. More info in blog. Подробнее.
Imposing Moorish-Gothic melange; the only East Side building to emulate the West Side convention of the block-wide courtyard building cluster (e.g. Ansonia, Dakota). Classic prewar apartments within.
Built 1929 as New York Central Building. Conceived as part of Grand Central grouping; designed by Warren & Wetmore, architects of Grand Central Terminal. Contains portals for foot and auto traffic.
The crowning sculpture was restored after the chariot's figure fell out in 1976.
The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory offers an acre of plants from around the world under America's largest glasshouse. It's the perfect winter escape.
Amazing views of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges and Lower Manhattan can be had from Dumbo and adjoining Brooklyn Bridge Park. Plus great neighborhood for design, startups, coffee, and boho chic.
The part of Manhattan that's most like London. Many fine 19th & early 20th century houses and apartments surround a private park. Urban plan 1831, Samuel Ruggles.
Quintessential Miesian International Style glass box skyscraper. Gordon Bunshaft & Natalie de Blois, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, 1952. NYC's first curtain wall skyscraper.
Designed by architect Pietro Belluschi (with associate architects Eduardo Catalano and Helge Westermann). Acoustic design by Heinrich Keilholz. Located in the Juilliard Building.
Adjoining Bryant Park, John Howells and Raymond Hood's 1924 chocolate skyscraper inspired a Georgia O'Keefe masterpiece and was itself inspired by Eliel Saarinen's unbuilt Chicago Tribune entry.
Manhattan's only formal French garden design, ringed by noble architecture including Raymond Hood's American Radiator Building and The New York Public Library. A soothing respite from the hectic city.
Portions of five medieval French cloisters were combined to create this treasure that is run by the Met. Make sure to visit the "unicorn tapestry," which made a guest appearance in "Harry Potter."
Designed 1899. Once had a farm on its roof. Formerly a hotel, now a condo. Home to New York campus of American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Much more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ansonia
Part of the impeccable Rockefeller Center complex; famous for its Atlas Statue.
Art deco skyscraper built for the Fuller Construction Company in 1929 after they moved out of the Flatiron Building. Get off on the 38th floor and head upstairs for wonderful window views.
There is fine architecture in every block of this resurrected old shopping district filled with design and fashion studios and startups.
This is the most beautiful & stunningly designed building in Manhattan – New York’s only Frank Gehry. It’s especially amazing at night.http://bit.ly/cNK0nS
An indie park, an anti-campus. Chelsea boys, JDaters, and pretty women, dressed in rompers, promenade in front of people-watchers, perched like fashion editors on wooden benches. Подробнее.
The mirror to the East Side's Fifth Avenue across the Park. Some of the West Side's most elegant buildings may be found here, including The Beresford, The Dakota, The Majestic, and The San Remo.
If you listen closely you can hear J. Jonah Jameson yelling at Peter Parker in the building that served as inspiration for the Daily Bugle in the Spider-Man comics from Marvel Comics.
Take the Stage Door Tour to see the 20-foot-high domed ceilings and Art Deco flourishes of Roxy’s Suite, built for vaudeville producer Samuel Lionel “Roxy” Rothafel. Подробнее.
Luxurious, moody UWS coop building designed by Henry Hardenbergh (1884). John Lennon was shot and Rosemary's Baby was filmed here. More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dakota
"World's largest store." The wooden escalators, still working, date back to 1902. A mind blowing store for kids to visit, especially at Christmas.
New (and controversial) design by Morphosis: "First LEED-certified academic laboratory building in New York City. With a Platinum rating, the [project boasts] advanced green building initiatives."
Go here late at night and just sit on the sundial, take in the architecture and relax. If you need a bathroom, ask a security guard, they'll let you into the law school.
Designed by Emma Stebbins and dedicated in 1873, this fountain was the only sculpture commissioned as part of Central Park’s original design. Its official name is “Angel of the Waters.”
The largest "GOTHIC" Cathedral in the world, not the largest Cathedral! Think of Dracula's castle when thinking "Gothic Cathedral"...
Designed by architect Emery Roth in 1929. Italian Renaissance style. Prices range from $2.5MM-$31MM (w/maximum allowable financing of 50%). Famous tenants include Jerry Seinfeld. More info in our blog Подробнее.
Fastest and best Genius bar in the city, and what a view! The melding of Apple's aesthetic and Grand Central's shouldn't work at all—but it does.
The portico dates from 1903, and was designed by Stanford White for the church's original Madison Avenue location.
Only Louis Sullivan building in New York City; one of the first steel skeleton skyscrapers
Small-scale Beaux-Arts, designed James Brown Lord, 1900. (Addition: Rogers and Butler, 1954.) 'As if Grand Central ... had shrunk itself to dollhouse size and invited us in to play.' -Paul Goldberger
From the Archives: On May 14, 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower broke ground for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
The best concert auditorium in NYC hosts the world’s greatest orchestras, instrumentalists and singers. Lately, prominent world-music acts and even rock bands have been added to the mix. Подробнее.
On the north end of the park, you’ll see a row of elegant late-19th-century town houses and Washington Square Arch, patterned after the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
Dating from the days when New York tenements lacked indoor plumbing, these lovely, Roman-inspired public baths still stand. Architects: Arnold W. Brunner and William Martin Aiken, 1906.
One of Irwin Chanin's Central Park West Machine Age, twin-towered masterpieces (the other is the Century).
Wikipedia: "Completed in 1904, it is one of the original twenty-eight stations in the [subway] system. The station is on the List of Registered Historic Places in New York."
It's all about the exterior here - the building's simultaneous presence and absence, the play between its ghostly structuralism and the solid masonry of the Plaza Hotel across the street.
Hear something buzzing? The Bank of America Tower has a 5.1 megawatt generation system that produces 70% of the tower's annual energy needs.
Designed by Max Abramovitz, the hall opened in 1962 as Philharmonic Hall, as the new home concert venue of the New York Philharmonic, after the orchestra moved from Carnegie Hall.
Quiet street and neighborhood at the eastern edge of Manhattan, on a bluff overlooking FDR Drive. Apartments here had private East River boat docks in the 1920s! They're gone but the serenity lingers.
One of Brooklyn’s premier economic engines since 1801, the Brooklyn Navy Yard is now home to BLDG 92, a fascinating exhibition space and visitor’s center that pays tribute to the Yard’s history.
Believed to be the largest existing collection of late 19th-century cast iron facades in the world
Last of 5 forts built in NYC for War of 1812. Erected by students of Columbia University. Site of NY Aquarium until 1941. Now host to ferries to Liberty and Ellis Islands. More info avail via our blog Подробнее.
Check the AIA New York calendar of events & come listen to some of the greatest architects in the world give talks and moderated lectures. Подробнее.
A sunken roadway through the park, often called the 97th Street Transverse road or Transverse Road #4, connects the East and West Sides via 96th and 97th Streets.
If seeing a foreign language opera, avoid sitting on the outside seats of the 4th and 5th orchestra rows... You will not be able to see the translation screen!
For a sans-tourist view of the NYC skyline, tell security you're going to Zen Dentistry on the 69th floor. Once there, ask if they take your insurance. While they research, enjoy the view & take pics Подробнее.
Built in 1977 and designed by Architect, Hugh Stubbins. Height is 915 ft (279 m). Fact; Changes during construction led to a finished product that was structurally unsound.
Originally named the Blackwell’s Island Bridge, the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge opened to traffic in 1909 and is the longest of the East River Bridges.
Designed by Russell G. Cory, Walter M. Cory & Yasuo Matsui in 1931, Starrett-Lehigh was originally a warehouse & manufacturing center, with railroad tracks streaming right into the bottom floor.
Home of famed midcentury New York architect, best remembered today for 2 Columbus Circle, elements of whose design this building echoes.
Experience the dimly lit, claustrophobically narrow tombs and ponder art (and a great civilization) from 2,000-3,000 years in the past.
This is the ninth-tallest building in New York City and the 39th tallest in the U.S. At completion, it was revealed that the building exceeded its height limit by approx 14 feet.
Get your tickets online. Get EXPRESS! They treat you like a celebrity, worth it!
Get the Express Pass. On busy days it is well worth it because you skip ALL the lines! It saved us 2 to 3 hours.
One of the earliest skyscrapers in Manhattan; profoundly influenced later skyscraper design
1st US Capitol. Washington took his oath for presidency here. Seen in movies Ghost and Kramer vs. Kramer. Statue outside by John Quincy Adams Ward (see pediment on NY Stock Exchg). More via our blog Подробнее.
Ghostbusters Building. Dana Barrett lived on 22nd floor. Buddy the Elf's dad lived here too. 1930 bldg with brick that gets lighter going up to give impression of constant sun. Read more in our blog. Подробнее.
Until 2007 this was the site of oldest stable in NYC which provided riding lessons since 1889. Riders could rent horses to ride in Central Park. Kennedys learned to ride here. More info in our blog Подробнее.
The best place to forget that you’re in NYC is crammed with gardens, forests and other quiet nooks that are perfect for chilling out. No visit here is complete without a stop by the Cloisters. Подробнее.
Architecturally superb on the outside, with provocative homoerotic socialist-themed artwork inside.
Look west to see the august face of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, or stop at the northern end of the island to gaze at lower Manhattan and the recently topped-off One World Trade Center. Подробнее.
Stand in one corner in front of the Oyster Bar at Grand Central and have a friend stand on the other side and whisper. the other person can hear you...
6-story base, designed 1928 by Joseph Urban, commissioned directly by William Randolph Hearst. 46-story tower designed by Norman Foster, was 1st skyscraper to break ground in NYC after 9/11.
Poured concrete Brutalist modernism courtesy of I. M. Pei, 1957-63 and Title I of the Federal housing act of 1949.
Lever House on Park Avenue hosts this cast-bronze sculpture, “The New Colossus,” created by art collective the Bruce High Quality Foundation, based on inflatable union scab rats.
Lincoln Center is a group of buildings that holds one of the largest complexes for performing arts.The complex is also very worth seeing even if you’re not interested in performing arts. Подробнее.
This unique 34 floor skyscraper was completed in 1986 and was once home to Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities on the 17th through 19th floors.
First building on Morningside Heights campus; capped by largest freestanding granite dome in U.S.
Ride vintage wooden escalators dating back to 1902. Look for them on the Broadway side of the shop between the eighth and ninth floors. Подробнее.
Art-Deco twin-towered apartment complex. Built 1930-31. In Mar-2010 Conan O'Brien had his 17th/18th story penthouse on market for $35MM which included 8 baths & 7 bedroom. More info in blog. <LINK> Подробнее.
Much of the architecture in this section of the Met echoes the objects it contains. There are dim halls where you're not just looking at medieval objects—you feel that you're back in medieval times.
World-class performances aside, the Met boasts NYC's must stunning chandeliers. The 2009 restoration of the lobby's starbursts was underwritten by Swarovski -- so you know they're gonna sparkle. Подробнее.
The best place to gawk at priceless art has a collection that is seemingly endless, spanning creepy Egyptian tombs to the shimmering Impressionist paintings to an unparalleled costume collection. Подробнее.
Iconic Manhattan—from the Chrysler to the Empire State Building, from Grand Central to the Plaza Hotel and the Apple Store, it's all here!
JP Morgan collected art treasures and rare manuscripts in his mansion with adjoining library. New architecture unifies the buildings and collections into a quietly awe-inspiring experience.
See the old City Hall stop, one of NYC’s most majestic stations with vaulted ceilings and Art Nouveau skylights. Stay on the downtown 6 as it passes through the station on its way to the uptown track. Подробнее.
Best viewed at sunset, walking up Broadway from Wall Street. Designed 1907 by McKim, Mead and White, 1st building to include NYC subway station in its base. Its majesty belies its pedestrian uses.
Architecturally, the neighborhood is best appreciated between Madison & Lexington Aves from 35th to 37th Streets -- quiet blocks of noble brownstones and townhouses.
Perfect for visitors and locals alike. Learn about the rich history of NYC through photos, film, and actual living spaces.
Serene art viewing experience; superb art, media, design, and architecture collections; sure. But MoMA is also a transcendent architectural (and New York) experience.
The "visible storage" section is hardly visible... but through the glare you can at least make out Watson and the Shark.
Long a West Village neighborhood anchor, this 1876 Ruskian Gothic by Frederick Clarke Withers and Calvert Vaux was a courthouse until Giorgio Cavaglieri remodeled it into a library in 1967.
Renowned by scholars as one of the world's great research libraries. Loved by New Yorkers for the lions (Patience and Fortitude), the architecture, and beautiful Bryant Park in its back yard.
Manage your Library account on the go! Download our free iPhone app and register at nypl.bibliocommons.com. Подробнее.
One of the first securities markets in the U.S.; still the world's largest
Designed 1919, architect Guy Lowell. Monumental Neoclassical exterior (100-foot-wide steps, 10 fluted Corinthian columns) leads to painfully slow Security line. Save time by entering via back door.
Built in 1902 by architect Ralph S. Townsend and bought in 1907 by George S. Bowdoin, a philanthropist and business partner of J.P. Morgan, it is currently for sale for $6,400,000.
Checkout 'Movable Type', a media arts installation, in building lobby. Coordinated real-time fragments of quotes, archives, questions, numbers and geographic information.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire happened here in 1911 & cost the lives of 146 workers-- mostly immigrant women. From the fire's ashes grew an activist movement that improved safety conditions.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower - Tallest building in the world 1909-13; still part of the skyline a century later
Twenty story office tower completed 1922 to plans by architects York & Sawyer. Gothic vaulted ceilings in lobby; carved, gold-plated elevator doors; this place has everything.
You really can see forever! 45 seconds and the elevator takes you up 102 floors. Very much enjoyed our visit.
1 World Trade Center will reach the symbolic height of 1776 feet becoming the tallest building in the United States. Подробнее.
Expect long lines and expensive drinks – although we love the Bloody Mother. However, you’ll be rewarded with fantastic 360-degree views and, maybe, a dip in the pool.
View models from 40+ years of the iconic architect’s career, including the Getty Center and his proposal for the WTC site. The museum is open during the summer months, and an appointment is required.
"Fifth Avenue starts just north of Washington Square and goes all the way north up to 143rd street in Harlem. It is one of the world's most expensive streets." http://www.aviewoncities.com
Winner of Best Place To Take A Vigorous Walk in the Village Voice 2011 Best Of issue! Start at West 125th and head south through 109th for best walk.
17th Century survivor: freestanding Colonial-era house plus carriage house in modern midtown Manhattan.
"Royal Tenenbaum bought the house on Archer Avenue," claims Wes Anderson's film, but if you're heading south from the 375th Street Y, we suggest stopping by the corner of 144th and Convent instead. Подробнее.
Beautiful layout, modern and sleek architecture, and contemporary atmosphere. Plus amazing views!
Rockefeller Center's visual and spiritual counterpoint. Oldest Catholic Church in NYC; largest Neo-Gothic-style Catholic cathedral in North America.
One of the few surviving colonial-era churches in city; George Washington worshipped here following his inauguration; site of informal memorials following September 11 terrorist attacks
First cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church constructed in North America. Named for 5th-century martyr who fought to preserve Armenian Christianity. Doors at main entrance depict Saint Vartan.
1898. The only New York work of master architect Louis Sullivan, the man who designed Chicago, mentored Frank Lloyd Wright, and gave us the idea that form follows function. Photo NYPL.
Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral descent is a poor art-viewing experience but an unforgettable architectural one.
So dense with tourists and trendy stores it's hard to realize this was once an art enclave. Ignore the crowds and enjoy several superb blocks of 19th century prefab cast-iron loft buildings.
have one of your member friends invite you. then say, "see you on the rooftop." they'll say, "come to the libr"––"i'll see you upstairs". bring sunglasses, they help with...well, you'll figure it out
Traffic was allowed to drive through arch until 1971. Inside is 102-step spiral staircase now closed to public. 2 statues of George Washington added to north side in 1916. Full site history via<LINK> Подробнее.
1902 95 foot tall monument dedicated to New Yorkers who participated in Civil War. Original design titled "Temple of Fame" based upon Choragic Monument in Athens. Learn more about site via our blog. Подробнее.
19th century cityscape for your pleasure. Designated historic district includes NYC's largest concentration of restored early 19th century mercantile buildings -- huddled under the Brooklyn Bridge.
Rooms with skyline or river views complement the German Biergarten and swanky Living Room lounge. - Google
Thank publisher Joseph Pulitzer—yes, that Pulitzer—for stimulating enough American donations to pay for Lady Liberty’s pedestal. His statue is at the walkway near the left entrance to the statue. Подробнее.
Adorable! A mews of wee carriage houses at 150-158 East 36th Street. (See also Washington Mews and Macdougal Alley in the West Village.)
Take the tour and go up to the Top of the Rock on the same day. Go around 1pm and you can avoid most of the queues. Also try the sushi place in the basement - soooo good!!
In the 1970s, it was a place to score smack, pick up a hooker, or relieve yourself en group in an "adult" theater. Today it is Disneyland.
A great time to visit the top of this skyscraper is 30 minutes before sundown, when the sky displays an array of colors and you are able to see the lights coming alive all around NYC.
World's 1st residential skyscraper complex, built by Fred F. French in former slum district. Despite name, style is actually neo-Gothic. Lovely middle class housing; overlooks UN, 42nd Street.
Alexander Hamilton lies here, at the foot of Wall Street (an institution he made possible), in the shadow of The World Trade Center.
Former City Bank-Farmers Trust Building, now a luxury apartment building. Landmark 59-story art deco office tower designed by Cross & Cross, erected 1930-31, once fourth-tallest building in NYC.
Epitomizing Murray Hill's take on Park Avenue is this elegant J. Hampton Robb residence by McKim, Mead and White (1898), later the Advertising Club, and now cooperative apartments.
Sensual French Renaissance palazzo (Hoppin & Koen, 1909) rises unexpectedly from Little Italy's twisting, narrow streets. This was New York's Police Department Headquarters until 1973. Photo NYPL.
Yep it's a bridge, but the run from east 23rd down to here is breathtaking. Recommended.
One of the City's best spots to people watch. Go on a Saturday afternoon, check out the busy Farmer's Market, and chuckle at some of the interesting characters you're bound to see.
Designed Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier, 1952. It is the Secretariat, where thousands toil at clerical jobs, and not the General Assembly that visually defines the UN complex.
Museum Mile, Central Park, Fifth Avenue; the glory of Park Avenue; elegant side streets (especially in the 60s) of stone mansion after stone mansion.
Prettiest post office I've ever been in. Open late and lots of self serve options. Bravo.
Cass Gilbert designed Customhouse for New York Harbor; now part of the Smithsonian Institution
In 1938, workmen laid down a new 2,295-square-foot rug in the lobby, “stopping only to extricate a workman who had fallen into its folds.” Подробнее.
Check (mate) this spot out. It’s one of the most famous places to play chess in the city!
It's a BG New York City Secret! ALC's Andrea Lieberman says her husband introduced her to this cool spot where you can whisper in one corner of the room and hear it in the opposite corner.
There is sometimes a small, secret exhibit on display on the staircase. So avoided the slow, crowded elevators. Take the stairs!
Peer into the lobby and be prepared to be impressed by the grandeur. One of the oldest skyscrapers. NEW: You can finally take tours with architect's daughter http://woolworthtours.com/.
Take a tour with On Location Tours to learn about the many romantic movie scenes and TV shows filmed here and throughout the park.
Waldorf-Astoria has an abandoned train track under it! It was built atop one of Grand Central Terminal’s many early platform lots through a lease of air rights. Подробнее.
Get there early to take in the heavenly views of Manhattan while sipping on your favorite cocktail. Eventually, the masses will arrive and you’ll be fighting to keep your spot.
Named for former actress/philanthropist. Opening evening in 1965 was Danton's Death starring James Earl Jones. Building designed by Eero Saarinen who also designed St. Louis Arch. More info in blog. Подробнее.
Dean lived here in a single-room apartment on the top floor in 1954. Room measured only 12x12 ft and had a shared bathroom. He lived here prior to moving to Hollywood. More info in blog. <LINK> Подробнее.
The Dakota was built with 28" thick walls. Boris Karloff's ghost is said to haunt it. Gene Simmons of KISS was denied residency. John Lennon once owned 5 units inside here. Read more via our blog Подробнее.
Built in shadows of infamous Dakota. 13-story apartment opened in 1907 with rents of $500/month. Designed in French 2nd Empire style. Hannah and Her Sisters filmed here. More info avail via our blog. Подробнее.
1931 twin-towered co-op. 2-story apts in south tower & 1-story in north tower. Famous residents have included Tiger Woods, Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Steven Spielberg & Bono. More info in blog. Подробнее.
Architect was Paul Duboy who designed ornamentation on Soldiers & Sailors Monument. Had farm on roof including 500 chickens until city closed in 1907. Where Single White Female set. More info in blog. Подробнее.
12-story Beaux Arts bldg from 1908. Check out archway entrance along Broadway. Famous former residents include Conan O'Brien, Al Pacino. Rosie O'Donnell and Cyndi Lauper. More info via blog. <LINK> Подробнее.
Unique building amongst its neighbors. Row-house built in 1887 in Queen Ann style. Brownstone was largely removed in 1957. Walt Disney's niece was former tenant. More info available via our blog. Подробнее.
1 of only 2 remaining freestanding mansions on the grand blvd of Riverside Dr. Now Yeshiva Ketana School. Formerly home to Isaac Rice and wife Julia. Built in 1903 as gift to Julia. More info in blog. Подробнее.
7-story brick structure with limestone trim that appears averse to pointed corners. Architect Ralph Townsend lived in boat docked nearby until completion to ensure he was 1st tenant. More via our blog Подробнее.
A tiny Tudor village that is reminiscent of old London mews. Based upon homes recreated from 20th century play of the same name. Humphrey Bogart once lived here. Learn more via our blog. Подробнее.
Unique facade which AIA coins "an underrated facade." Name mockingly given to Mahattanites to describe apt living. Built in 1914 with friezes of rattlesnakes, lions, buffalo skulls. More via our blog. Подробнее.
Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has stayed here. 1973 NY Dolls played Halloween show. In 1998 comedy Coming To America Eddie Murphy received royal cleansing. Full site history via<LINK Подробнее.
6-room clapboard farmhouse is only remaining freestanding, privately owned home in Village. Nicknamed Cobble Court. Margaret Wise Brown wrote “Goodnight Moon” inside this home. Full history via<LINK> Подробнее.
Cleopatra's needle may not have been constructed in Central Park but you can thank American businessman Wm. Vanderbilt for donating $103k to have the structure moved from Egypt to NY in 1881
Oldest synagogue in continuous use in NYC. Designed by Henry Fernbach 1st prominent Jewish architect. On 8/28/98 5-alarm fire started by worker's blow torch almost claimed site. Full history via<LINK> Подробнее.
6-story palazzo constructed 1904 for Morton Freeman Plant. Plants sold mansion to Cartier for strand of pearls plus $100 in 1917. When necklace sold in 1957 worth only $170,000. Full history via<LINK> Подробнее.
An ornate-amazing Gothic reredos (the carved screen behind the altar) is supposedly the biggest in the world. Right under the central crucifix, look for St. Thomas kneeling at Christ's feet.
Good example 19th century architecture. Italianate-style brown house constructed 1853-1854 in conjunction with neighbors at 107,109,111 by developer Henry H. Butterworth. More site history via<LINK> Подробнее.
Bldg was originally built in 1928 by Abraham Lefcourt who built much of Garment District. Site was purchased in 1930 by the International Telephone and Telegraph Company. Full site history here<LINK> Подробнее.
Despite iconic status in 1987 New Yorkers voted as bldg they would most like destroyed in NYC. Each letter atop weighs nearly 4000 lbs. Seen in movies like Catch Me If You Can.More site info via<LINK> Подробнее.
At 870 feet tall, New York by Gehry is the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere and a singular addition to the iconic Manhattan skyline. Подробнее.
4-story Beaux-Arts bldg. Built 1907 to serve as Station House 2 of NY Fire Patrol. Began in 1839 and closed 2006. Purpose was to save valuables from homes for insurance purposes. Full tale via<LINK>. Подробнее.
Our favorite way to get across: taking the M train, where there's cell service and great views!
Construction on the Manhattan Bridge began in 1896. At the time, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world!
You'd best dress up -- way, way up -- to the lofty Standard of room-runner Kamil Parchomienko if you want past the curtain. Drop Kamil's name with caution, cause he's no dummy. [BlackBook] Подробнее.
If you liked the High Lind before a trillion others also did, you'll love High Bridge. Fabulous Manhattan views and a cool way to get between the Bronx and Manhattan.
The architecture is beautiful. Even without any special programs, it is one of my most favorite places. CHIHULY IS SPECTACULAR ONCE AGAIN.
Don't miss Brooklyn Museum's permanent collection of European Paintings on the 3rd floor. Experience the taste of classic Europe. Подробнее.
Did you know? The Loew’s Kings Theatre opened in 1929 as Loew’s flagship theater, with a French Renaissance style architecture inspired by the Palace of Versailles and the Paris Opera House.
