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New York City's' 100 Most Iconic Buildings and Bridges New York by Frank Ghery, 8 Spruce Street at William, Financial District. 
A American Museum of Natural History - Central Park West (77-81)(Map 4A/GRID-2A) The Ansonia - 2109 Broadwy (b/t 73-74) (Map 4A/GRID-1B) The Apollo Theater - 253 W125th St. b/t Fred Douglass and AC Powell, Harlem (Map 6/Manhattan) Apple Store (Apple Fifth Avenue) - 767 5th Ave and E58th St (Map 4B/GRID-3D) B Barclays Center - 620 Atlantic Ave at Flatbush Ave . . . . .Large rust-colored sports arena with huge overhang entrance (Map 6/Brooklyn) Belvedere Castle - Inside Central Park at 79th St(Map 4A/GRID-2A) Bloomberg Tower (and Beacon Court) - 731 Lexington Ave b/t/ E 58th and E 59th. (Map 4B/GRID-3D) Bloomingdale's -160 East 60th Street at Lexington (Map 4B/GRID-3C) Bronx Zoo - 2300 Southern Blvd . . . . .The original domed elephant building has concrete elephant heads over the columns (Map 6/Bronx) Brooklyn Bridge - East River, east of City Hall . . . . .Over 125 years old; fun to walk/bike over to Brooklyn Heights and back (Map 1B/GRID-3B) C Carnegie Hall - 881 7th Ave at W57th St. (Map 4A/GRID-2D) Castle Clinton - in Battery Park near Battery Place (Map 1A/GRID-2D) Cathedral of St. John the Devine - 1047 Amsterdam Ave at 112th St., Morningside Heights(Map 6/GRID-2B) Chelsea Piers - West Side Highway b/t 17-22) . . . . .Sports piers; originally a passenger ship terminal for the Lusitania and the ill-fated Titanic.(Map 2A/GRID-1D) Chrysler Building - 405 Lexington Ave and 42nd St. (Map 3B/GRID-3B) Citi Field - Flushing Meadows - Corona Park (Map 6/Queens) Citigroup Center - 601 Lexington Ave (53-54) (Map 4B/GRID-4D) City Hall - City Hall Park; Broadway and Park Row (Map 1A/GRID-2B) The Cloisters - 99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Inwood (Map 6/Manhattan) Columbia University - 116th St & Broadway, Morningside Heights (Map 5/GRID-2B) Coney Island Parachute Drop - Boardwalk near West 16th St. (Map 6/Brooklyn) Coney Island Wonder Wheel - 1025 Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn (Map 6/Brooklyn) D The Dakota - 1 West 72nd St at CPW (Map 4A/GRID-2B) E Ellis Island - Ellis Island in the Hudson River . . . . .The buildings millions of immigrants passed through in the early 1900's (Map 1A/GRID-1D) Empire State Building - 350 5th Ave (b/t 33-34) (Map 3B/GRID-3C) F Federal Hall - 26 Wall Street at Nassau St. (Map 1A/GRID-2C) Flatiron Building - 175 Fifth Ave at 23rd St. (Map 3B/GRID-3D) Freedom Tower (aka One World Trade Center) - West St at Vesey (Map 1A/GRID-2B) The Frick Museum - 1 East 70th at 5th Ave (Map 4B/GRID-3B) G The George Washington Bridge - Hudson River west of 179th St., Washington Heights (Map 6/Bronx) Grand Central Terminal - 89 East 42nd St and Park Avenue (Map 3B/GRID-3B) Grant's Tomb - West 122nd and Riverside Dr, Morningside Heights (Map 6/GRID-1A) H Hayden Planetarium - Central Park West and 81st St. (Map 4A/GRID-2A) Hearst Tower - 300 West 57th St at 8th Ave(Map 4A/GRID-2D) The High Line - Little West 12th Street to 34th St roughly along 10th Ave.(Map 2A/GRID-1A) Hook & Ladder 8 (FDNY Ladder 8) - 14 North Moore St at Varick(Map 2A/GRID-2D) I IAC Building - 555 West 18th Street . . . . . .InterActiveCorp's headquarters by Frank Gehry is sheathed in white glass that resemble sails(Map 2A/GRID-1A) J The Jacob Javits Convention Center - 11th Ave b/t 34-38th (Map 3A/GRID-1B) . . . . .NYC's biggest convention center Jefferson Market Library - 425 Sixth Ave at West 10th St. . . . . .Originally a court house, this High Victorian Gothic building once held a trial of Mae West in 1927.(Map 2A/GRID-1B) K L Lever House - 390 Park Avenue (53-54) (Map 4B/GRID-3D) Lincoln Center - Columbus Ave (b/t 62-65)(Map 4A/GRID-2C) "Lipstick Building" - 885 3rd Ave (53-54) (Map 4B/GRID-4D) M Macy's - 151 West 34th St (b/t Broadway and 7th Ave) (Map 3A/GRID-2C) Madison Square Garden - 4 Penn Plaza (8th Ave b/t 31-32nd) (Map 3B/GRID-2C) Manhattan Bridge - East River, off South Street . . . . Connects Manhattan with Brooklyn; a Suspension bridge - new for it's time in 1909 (Map 1B/GRID-4A) Manhattan Municipal Building - 1 Centre Street at Chambers St . . . .Massive government building used as City Hall in "Ghostbusters" (Map 1A/GRID-2A) The Met Bruer (formerly the Whitney Museum) - 945 Madison Ave at East 75th St (Map 4B/GRID-3A) Met Life Building - 200 Park Ave at 44th St. . . . . .Formerly the Pan Am building with a rooftop heliport (Map 3B/GRID-3A) Metropolitan Life Insurance Building - 1 Madison Ave at 23rd St. . . . . .Modelled after the Campanile in Venice, Italy (Map 3B/GRID-3D) The Metropolitan Museum of Art - 1000 5th Ave at 82nd St< (Map 5B/GRID-3D) MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) - 11 West 53rd St (5th-6th Ave)(Map 4A/GRID-3D) The Morgan Library & Museum - 225 Madison Ave (b/t 36-37) (Map 3B/GRID-3B) Museum of the City of New York - 1220 5th Ave (b/t 103-104) (Map 5B/GRID-3B) N New York by Gehry - 8 Spruce St at William St . . . . .76-story residential skyscraper with an undulating steel facade (Map 1B/GRID-1A) New York Chinese Scholar's Garden - 1000 Richmond Terrace, S.I. (Snug Harbor Cultural Center) (Map 6/Staten Island) New York County Courthouse (aka New York State Supreme Court Building) 60 Centre St at Pearl . . . . .Large traditional courthouse used in dozen's of movies like "Legal Eagles" (Map 1A/GRID-3A) New York Historical Society - 170 Central Park West (b/t 76-77) (Map 4B/GRID-2A) New York Public Library - 476 5th Ave (b/t 40-42) (Map 3B/GRID-3B) New York Stock Exchange - Broad at White Street (Map 1A/GRID-2C) The New York Times Building - 242 West 41st St at 8th Ave.(Map 3A/GRID-2B) O The Oculus - Church St and Dey Streets (Map 1A/GRID-1A) The Original Twin Towers (World Trade Center) - Greenwich and Fulton Streets (Map 1A/GRID-2B) P The Paramount Building - 1501 Broadway (43-44)(Map 3A/GRID-2A) Plaza Hotel - 768 5th Ave (b/t 58-59) (Map 4B/GRID-3D) Q R Radio City Music Hall - 1260 6th Ave and West 50th St.(Map 3A/GRID-3A) S St. Patricks Cathedral - 5th Ave (b/t 50-51) (Map 4B/GRID-3A) San Remo (CPW) - 145 Central Park West (74-75) (Map 4A/GRID-2A) Seagram Building - 375 Park Ave (b/t 52-53) (Map 4B/GRID-3D) Shea Stadium (demolished) - Flushing Meadows - Corona Park (Map 6/Queens) Sherry Netherland - 781 Fifth Ave at E 59th St (Map 4B/GRID-3C) The Solomon Guggenheim Museum 1071 5th Ave (b/t 88-89) (Map 5B/GRID-3A) Sony Building - (Philip Johnson) 550 Madison Ave (55-56) (Map 4B/GRID-3D) The Standard Hotel, High Line - 848 Washington St at West 13th St. . . . . .It uniquely strattles the High Line. (Map 2A/GRID-1B) Statue of Liberty - Liberty Island in the Hudson River . . . . .The famous gift from France; poem by Emma Lazarus: "Give us your tired, your poor. . ." (Map 1A/GRID-1D) T Tiffany and Company - 727 5th Ave at E 57th St (Map 4B/GRID-3D) Time Warner Center - 10 Columbus Circle at 59th Street(Map 4A/GRID-2C) Trinity Church - 75 Broadway at Wall St. (Map 1A/GRID-2C) Trump Tower - 725 5th Ave at E 56th St. (Map 4B/GRID-3D) TWA Terminal at JFK - (Jet Blue Terminal 5) - JFK Intl. Airport (Map 6/Queens) U The Unisphere - Flushing Meadows - Corona Park (Map 6/Queens) The United Nations (Le Corbusier) - 1st Ave (b/t 42-48) (Map 3B/GRID-3B) United States Court of Appeals - 40 Foley Square at Pearl . . . . .Columned courthouse used in "Night Court" (Map 1A/GRID-3A) U.S. Custom House/ National Museum of the American Indian - 1 Bowling Green At Broadway . . . . .Built over the center of the original settlement of New Amsterdam; was an art museum in "Ghostbusters" (Map 1A/GRID-2C) U.S. Post Office ( James A. Farley Post Office Building) - 8th Ave (b/t 31-32nd) (Map 3B/GRID-2C) V W Waldorf Astoria - 301 Park Ave (b/t 49-50) (Map 3B/GRID-4A) Washington Square Arch - Washington Square North and 5th Ave(Map 2A/GRID-2B) Whitney Museum of American Art - 99 Gansevoort St at Washington St. (Map 2A/GRID-1B) Williamsburg Bridge - East River east of Delancey (Map 2A/GRID-4C) Williamsburg Savings Bank Tower - One Hanson Place at Ashland Place . . . . .Old school tower that once dominated the skyline (Map 6/Brooklyn) The Winter Garden (in 3 World Trade Center) - West St. at Vestry St. . . . . .Year-round indoor space with tall palm trees (Map 1A/GRID-1B) Woolworth Building - 233 Broadway at Barclay St. (Map 1A/GRID-1A) X Y Yankee Stadium - 1 East 161st St. at River Ave. (Map 6/Bronx) Z Numbers 1 Times Square (Ball drop) - 42nd St and 7th Avenue)(Map 3A/GRID-2A) 30 Rockefeller Center - 6th Ave (b/t 50-51)(Map 4A/GRID-3A) 59th Street Bridge ( Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge) - East River and 59th Street (Map 4B/GRID-3C) 432 Park Avenue - Just west of Park Avenue on East 57th Street (Map 4B/GRID-3D) 
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