Places that Matter
Place Explorer: Manhattan
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| Place Name | Neighborhood | Borough | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-19 Beak St. | Inwood | Manhattan | A striking Art Deco apartment building |
| 109 Washington St. | Financial District | Manhattan | Tenement in the heart of vanished "Little Syria" |
| 2 Columbus Circle | Midtown | Manhattan | Controversial modernist building that once again houses an art musuem |
| 206 Bowery | Bowery | Manhattan | The last surviving Federal-style row house on Bowery |
| 211-215 Pearl St. | Financial District | Manhattan | Facades of warehouses in old Pearl St. mercantile district, two of which have been demolished |
| 27 Cooper Square | East Village | Manhattan | Former home of many notable writers, musicians and painters |
| 275 Seventh Ave. | Midtown South | Manhattan | Former home to men's apparel industry and unions |
| 32 Mott St. General Store (former) | Chinatown | Manhattan | General store that served the first wave of Chinese immigrants |
| 339 W. 29th St. | Chelsea | Manhattan | Former home of prominent abolitionists |
| 348 W. 23rd St. | Chelsea | Manhattan | Site of photographer Don Snyder's studio |
| 35 Spring St. | Little Italy | Manhattan | 19th century Federal-style row house |
| 369th Regiment Armory | Central Harlem | Manhattan | Home of the World War I Harlem Hellfighters |
| 3rd Ave. Railway Cable Railroad (site of) | Manhattanville | Manhattan | Remnants of NYC's first electric crosstown cable railway line |
| 412 E. 85th St. | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Unusual wooden farmhouse amid the New York City grid |
| 440 E. 51st St. | Turtle Bay | Manhattan | Home of Peggy Guggenheim and Max Ernst |
| 647 Hudson St. "Almanac House" | West Village | Manhattan | Former home of singer Woody Guthrie & the Almanac Singers |
| A Gathering of the Tribes | East Village | Manhattan | Iconic East Village gallery and performance space |
| ABC No Rio | Lower East Side | Manhattan | Center for volunteerism, art & activism |
| Addicts Rehabilitation Center | East Harlem | Manhattan | Center for substance abuse treatment |
| African American Wax Museum of Harlem | Central Harlem | Manhattan | Museum devoted to Afro-American art and culture, offering wax mannequins of famous African Americans |
| African Burial Ground National Monument | Civic Center | Manhattan | Colonial-era burial ground for African-Americans |
| Aguilar Branch, New York Public Library | East Harlem | Manhattan | Library named after a Sephardic Jewish author with a strong Spanish language collection |
| Alexander Calder's Terrazzo Sidewalk | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Sidewalk art by sculptor and artist Alexander Calder |
| Alhambra Theatre and Ballroom (former) | Central Harlem | Manhattan | The last standing of Harlem's historic dance halls |
| Alice Kornegay Triangle Playground | East Harlem | Manhattan | Playground named after a community advocate |
| Alice Neel Residence | East Harlem | Manhattan | Former home of Spanish Harlem portrait painter & WPA artist |
| Alleva Dairy | Little Italy | Manhattan | Little Italy's oldest cheese market |
| Almanac House | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Residence of folk revival musicians, the Almanac Singers |
| Amato Opera Theater (former) | East Village | Manhattan | The "world's smallest opera house" |
| Amity Diner | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Neighborhood restaurant threatened by real estate competition from Madison Ave. retail stores |
| Andrew Haswell Green Memorial, Central Park | Central Park | Manhattan | Memorial to notable NYC planner & reformer |
| Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts | Lower East Side | Manhattan | Art, concert & performance space in a historic synagogue building |
| Apollo Theater | Harlem | Manhattan | Legendary music and performance venue |
| Ardea, The | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Brick and brownstone detailed apartments built for the executives of the Hearn department store |
| Art Students League of New York | Midtown | Manhattan | Largest independent art school in the U.S., offering classes for budding and established artists |
| Asch Building (former), now Brown Building | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire |
| Audubon Ballroom (former) | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Former theater and dance hall, site of Malcolm X's assassination (now Mary Woodward Lasker Biomedical Research Building) |
| Audubon Park | Washington Heights | Manhattan | Residential neighborhood on John James Audubon's former estate |
| Bank Street College of Education | Morningside Heights | Manhattan | A leader in progressive teacher education for more than 80 years |
| Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Triangle (former) | Upper West Side | Manhattan | Well-used and well-loved former bookstore location |
| Barney Greengrass | Upper West Side | Manhattan | One of the last Jewish delis, known for its smoked fish |
| Barron's Exclusive Club (former) | Central Harlem | Manhattan | A popular 1920's Harlem jazz club, also known as Barron's Cabaret |
| Battery Park | Financial District | Manhattan | Home to monuments, performance events and ferry docks |
| Beekman Theatre (former) | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Lovely single-screen movie theater |
| Belvedere Castle in Central Park | Central Park | Manhattan | Castle atop Vista Rock that provides great views and houses the Henry Luce Nature Observatory |
| Benches at Isham Park | Inwood | Manhattan | Granite benches in a serene setting |
| Benjamin Franklin High School (former) | East Harlem | Manhattan | East Harlem's first public high school (now Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics) |
| Bialystoker Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing (aka Bialystoker Home for the Aged) | Lower East Side | Manhattan | Threatened historic Lower East Side elder care facility |
| Birdland | Midtown | Manhattan | One of the foremost venues for bebop in the 1950s |
| Black Madonna Chapel & Phoenix Bar | East Village | Manhattan | Storefront chapel to the Black Madonna, now Phoenix Bar |
