The High Line is a public park built on a historic freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side. It extends from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to West 34th Street, between 10th and 12th Avenues. Here are the facts you ought to...
When closed in 1994, Fort Wadsworth had been the longest active military site in the United States. Here are the facts you ought to know: It started in 1663 as the site of a blockhouse (a small, isolated fort in the form of a single building). Situated...
Housed in what is believed to be the oldest surviving building in Manhattan, Fraunces Tavern serves colonial style food, including “George Washington’s favorite” pot pie, along with almost 2 dozen craft beers on tap. It also doubles as a museum stocked with Revolution-era collections. Here are the facts...
The Cathedral of St. Patrick (commonly called St. Patrick’s Cathedral)...
“The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World” (French: La Liberté...
The Empire State Building stood as the world’s tallest building...