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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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The Marriage of Money and Real Estate

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.
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Broadway Flea Market

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.
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New York City Fire Museum

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.
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United Nations Delegates Lounge

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.
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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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Septuagesimo Uno

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."
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Giant Needle and Button

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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Cole Porter's Piano

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.
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Union Square Metronome

The most confusing clock in New York.
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Sylvan Terrace

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.
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Nikola Tesla Street Corner

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
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The Peace Fountain at Cathedral of St. John the Divine

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
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Clock Tower Building

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.
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High Bridge

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
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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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'Life Underground' Sculptures

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
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The Daily News Building Globe

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
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Titanic Memorial

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
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The Museum of Interesting Things

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
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El Sabroso

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.
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Barthman's Sidewalk Clock

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.
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Fearless Girl Statue

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
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6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan's Secret Street

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.