Home of the watershed Armory Show in 1913, which introduced America to modern art
Burial site in Lower Manhattan of over 400 Africans from the 17th and 18th centuries
Lightship, several miles offshore, that marked Ambrose Channel into New York Harbor, now at South Street Seaport
Only Louis Sullivan building in New York City; one of the first steel skeleton skyscrapers
Home of numerous inventions including the first experimental talking movies (1923), black & white and color TV, radar, the vacuum tube, medical equipment, and the development of the phonograph record
Collection of Beaux Arts buildings by Stanford White is one of the best examples of that style anywhere
The first steel wire suspension bridge; at one point the largest in the world; inspiration for Hart Crane's poem, "The Bridge"
Exemplary collection of 19th-century architectural styles; first historic district in New York City
One of the few remaining buildings by George B. Post; innovative structural system
Home of Andrew Carnegie, now the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
The Green Lung of the city; one of the most visited city parks in the world; designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.
Oldest synagogue continuously in use by a New York City Jewish congregation; built in a Moorish Revival style to recognize importance of that period in Jewish history
New York City's Chamber of Commerce; established in 1768; prototype for the organization
Art Deco skyscraper; distinctive feature of Manhattan skyline; at one point world's tallest building
Early church design by Richard Upjohn; valuable interior artwork
Only surviving pre-Revolutionary War manor house in New York City; site of unsuccessful peace conference in 1776
Pioneering adult education center; site of famous anti-slavery speech by Abraham Lincoln
Combination of Renaissance architectural styles by Henry Hardenbergh; setting for Rosemary's Baby and the shooting death of John Lennon
One of the oldest synagogues in the U.S.; first built by Jews from Eastern Europe
Duke Ellington, the legendary jazz composer and bandleader, lived in Apartment 4A from 1939–61
Former tallest building in New York, former world's tallest building, and internationally-recognized symbol of the city
One of the earliest skyscrapers in Manhattan; profoundly influenced later skyscraper design
Considered the World's first Skyscraper. Distinctive triangular building at Madison Square; world's tallest 1901-1911
Building marked the start of John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s putting the vast family fortune to philanthropic purposes
Island in NY Harbor which served various branches of the US Military from 1783 until the late 1990s; future uses are still being decided
Beaux-Arts architecture; historic rail gateway to New York City; largest train station in the world by number of platforms
Popular tourist attraction in the 1850s; most famous New Yorkers who died during the second half of the nineteenth century buried here
Home of Alexander Hamilton: member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention, American statesman, first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Founding Father; facade is oldest surviving structure in Manhattan
One of the nation's first settlement homes where new immigrants and the poor could find assistance
Tunnel underneath the Hudson River, connecting Manhattan and New Jersey; civil engineering landmark; one of the earliest ventilated tunnels
USS Intrepid: One of the most active U.S. ships during World War II; today a museum moored along the West Side
Home of Rufus King, a signer of Declaration of Independence and early U.S. Senator from New York
First building on Morningside Heights campus; capped by largest freestanding granite dome in U.S.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower - Tallest building in the world 1909-13; still part of the skyline a century later
Office, Library, and now Museum of J. P. Morgan; the Panic of 1907 ended in the Library
Home to one of the country's largest and most important banks since 1908
One of the leading botanical gardens in the world and home to many plant laboratories
One of the first securities markets in the U.S.; still the world's largest
Original home of the Whitney Museum, the first devoted to 20th-century American art
Only surviving 17th-century ecclesiastical frame building in New York; in almost continuous use since 1696
Edwin Armstrong developed FM radio in this Columbia University building
Extensive collection of art and theater memorabilia; interior redone by Stanford White
French Renaissance-style building; outstanding example of American hotel architecture; visible from much of lower Central Park; setting for Kay Thompson's popular Eloise series of children's books
Important station on Underground Railroad when Henry Ward Beecher was pastor
Columbia University building; site of first splitting of uranium atom in U.S. and other milestones in development of atomic bomb
Successful urban planning projects of 20th-century America; changed Midtown Manhattan; originating site of popular NBC television programs Today and Saturday Night Live
First and only home for retired merchant seamen in U.S.
Home church of Harry Thacker Burleigh, African-American singer who helped establish the spiritual in the liturgy of many American faiths
One of the few surviving colonial-era churches in city; George Washington worshipped here following his inauguration; site of informal memorials following September 11 terrorist attacks
One of the most impressive collections of 1880s interior decoration outside of a museum; only armory actually owned by the unit for which it was constructed
Harry F. Sinclair, the oil industrialist, lived here from 1918–1930; now part of the Ukrainian Institute; often used in filmmaking and television production
Believed to be the largest existing collection of late 19th-century cast iron facades in the world
Preserved tenement building that housed hundreds of immigrants; now the heart of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Originally built as the Third Judicial District Courthouse; faced with demolition, public outcry led to its reuse as a branch of the New York Public Library
Home of Samuel J. Tilden, former New York State governor and loser of the bitter 1876 presidential election
"America's Town Meetings of the Air" radio programs from here in the 1930s created public-affairs media
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory - Site of one of the worst industrial disasters in the US, which led to many workplace reforms
Historic courthouse connected to Tammany Hall, now used by NYC's Department of Education
Built in 1893 by a wealthy businessman in order to provide his favorite charities a low cost location for their operations
Cass Gilbert designed Customhouse for New York Harbor; now part of the Smithsonian Institution
Mansion for the Van Cortlandt family built in 1748 and used during the American Revolution
Voorlezer's House - Oldest known surviving schoolhouse in America; owned by the Staten Island historical society
Illustrates transition from rural cemetery to 20th-century styles; notable dead buried here include Robert Moses and R.H. Macy
One of the oldest —and most famous — skyscrapers in New York City; one of the tallest buildings in the New York City. Completed 1913.
