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#98 Manhattan Bridge
I love the Manhattan Bridge, but there's no doubt it's had a rocky history. For one hundred years, it's withstood more than just comparisons to its f…
16 years, 1 month ago
#58 Delmonico's Restaurant
Before Delmonico's, New Yorkers ate in taverns or oyster houses. But the city caught the fine dining bug at this family-owned business, Delmonico's R…
16 years, 2 months ago
#97 Trinity Church
Trinity Church, with its distinctive spire staring down upon the west end of Wall Street, is more than just a house of worship. Over three different …
16 years, 2 months ago
#96 The Cloisters and Fort Tryon Park
The Cloisters, home of the Metropolitan Museum's repository for medieval treasures, was a labor of love for many lovers of great European art. In thi…
16 years, 3 months ago
#95 Tin Pan Alley
The modern music industry begins.... on 28th Street? A seemingly nondescript street in midtown Manhattan contains some of the most important building…
16 years, 3 months ago
#94 Corlear's Hook and the Pirates of the East River
Avast ye mateys, there were indeed pirates in New York! Not only did they operate throughout the New York region in the 19th century, most of their g…
16 years, 4 months ago
#93 City Hall and City Hall Park
New York City Hall sits majestically inside a nostalgic, well-manicured park, topped with a beautiful old fountain straight out of gaslight-era New Y…
16 years, 4 months ago
#92 Steinway: the Piano Man
Henry Steinway, a German immigrant who came to New York in 1850, made his name in various showrooms and factories in downtown Manhattan, enticing the…
16 years, 5 months ago
#91 Haunted Tales of New York
It's time for our third annual 'ghost stories' episode, our mix of historical facts and spooky legends from the annals of New York's past.
For this ro…
16 years, 5 months ago
#90 Columbia University
We're going back to school with one of New York's oldest continually operating institutions -- Columbia University. Or should we say, King's College,…
16 years, 6 months ago