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Greeley Square

Greeley Square

Apr 18, 2014 Comments: 0

Greeley Square lies between West 32nd Street and West 33rd Street and between Broadway and Sixth Avenue, and is taken up almost entirely by a triangular park. Greeley and the neighboring Herald Squares stand today as a bow-tie square and serve as rest areas for the thousands...

Greeley Square

Herald Square

Apr 16, 2014 Comments: 0

Herald Square is formed by the intersection of Broadway, Sixth Avenue (a.k.a. Avenue of the Americas) and 34th Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was named for the New York Herald, a now-defunct newspaper formerly headquartered there. The New York Herald, founded...

Herald Square

Statue of Liberty

Apr 11, 2014 Comments: 0

“The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World” (French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in the middle of New York Harbor.  It was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the United States and is recognized as...

Statue of Liberty

Chrysler Building

Apr 11, 2014 Comments: 0

The Chrysler Building was the world’s tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931. It is still the tallest brick building in the world, albeit with an internal steel skeleton. Here are the facts you ought to know: –...

Chrysler Building

Central Park

Apr 09, 2014 Comments: 0

Central Park was the first major landscaped public space in urban America.  It was created in the late 1850s as an antidote to the turbulent social unrest, largely as the result of the country’s first wave of immigration, and a serious public health crisis, caused by harmful...

Central Park

Empire State Building

Apr 09, 2014 Comments: 0

The Empire State Building stood as the world’s tallest building for nearly 40 years, from its completion in early 1931 until the topping out of the World Trade Center’s North Tower in late 1970. Here are the facts you ought to know: – designed by William F....

Empire State Building

Manhattan Bridge

Apr 09, 2014 Comments: 0

The Manhattan Bridge was the last of the three suspension bridges built across the lower East River, following the Brooklyn and the Williamsburg bridges. Here are the facts you ought to know: – opened to traffic on December 31, 1909 (although incomplete) – took 11 years to...

Manhattan Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

Apr 07, 2014 Comments: 0

The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest and most recognizable suspension bridges in the United States. Here are the facts you ought to know: – completed and opened on May 24th, 1883 (took over 13 years to build) – at the time it opened, it was...

Brooklyn Bridge
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn
May 05, 2014

The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle the area...

Gingerbread House
Gingerbread House
May 15, 2014

Considered by many to be the most magnificent residence in...

St. Patrick’s Cathedral
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Apr 19, 2014

The Cathedral of St. Patrick (commonly called St. Patrick’s Cathedral)...

Macy’s Herald Square
Macy’s Herald Square
Apr 18, 2014

Macy’s Herald Square, originally known as the R. H. Macy...

Greeley Square
Greeley Square
Apr 18, 2014

Greeley Square lies between West 32nd Street and West 33rd...

Herald Square
Herald Square
Apr 16, 2014

Herald Square is formed by the intersection of Broadway, Sixth...

Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty
Apr 11, 2014

“The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World” (French: La Liberté...

Chrysler Building
Chrysler Building
Apr 11, 2014

The Chrysler Building was the world’s tallest building for 11...

The High Line
The High Line
Jan 31, 2018

The High Line is a public park built on a...

Empire State Building
Empire State Building
Apr 09, 2014

The Empire State Building stood as the world’s tallest building...

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