02/20/09

Manhattan Places of General Interest

This list originated from the Fodor's 2006 guide to New York City and appear in no particular order (they will follow some general order to their appearance in the guidebook).

1.            Battery Park & Castle Clinton (Broadway & Battery Place)

2.            Bowling Green (foot of Broadway)

3.            Hanover Square (81 Pearl St)

4.            Museum of American Financial History (28 Broadway)

5.            Staten Island Ferry (State St & South St)

6.            Wall Street

7.            World Financial Center & WTC Site

8.            Criminal Courts Building (100 Centre St)

9.            New York County Courthouse (60 Centre St)

10.        Bowery (Columbus Park)

11.        Doyers Street (at Pell St)

12.        Kim Lau Square

13.        Mulberry Street (between Broome St and Canal St)

14.        Charlton Street (w of 6^th Ave)

15.        King of Greene Street (72-76 Greene St)

16.        Queen of Greene Street (28-30 Greene St)

17.        SoHo Grand Hotel (310 West Broadway)

18.        Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce St)

19.        Chumley’s (86 Bedford St)

20.        Gay Street (Between Christopher St & Waverly Pl, especially #s 12 & 14)

21.        Grove Court (10-12 Grove St)

22.        Isaacs-Hendricks House (77 Bedford St)

23.        Jefferson Market Library (425 6^th Ave)

24.        Northern Dispensary (165 Waverly Pl)

25.        Patchin Place and Milligan Place

26.        The Row (1-13 and 19-26 Washington Sq N)

27.        St. Luke’s in the Fields (487 Hudson St)

28.        St. Luke’s Place (esp. # 4, 6, 12, 14, 16)

29.        17 Grove Street

30.        75 ½ Bedford Street

31.        Twin Peaks (102 Bedford St)

32.        Twin Sisters (39 and 41 Commerce St)

33.        Washington Mews

34.        Washington Square Park (5^th Ave & 4^th St)

35.        White Horse Tavern (567 Hudson St)

36.        Hogs & Heifers (859 Washington St)

37.        The Highline (Little West 12^th St at Washington St)

38.        Alamo (Astor Pl & Lafayette St)

39.        Colonnade Row (428-434 Lafayette St)

40.        Joseph Papp Public Theater (425 Lafayette St)

41.        McSorley’s Old Ale House (15 E 7^th St)

42.        Merchants House Museum (29 E 4^th St)

43.        Gem Spa [egg cream] (131 2^nd Ave)

44.        The Strand (828 Broadway)

45.        Stuyvesant Street (esp. #21 and Renwick Triangle)

46.        Arnold Constable Dry Goods Store (881-887 Broadway)

47.        B. Altman Building/SIBL (188 Madison Ave) [free tours Tues & Thurs @2pm]

48.        Gramercy Park & surrounding buildings (esp. 16, 15, 29, 19)

49.        Madison Square Park (23^rd St & 5^th Ave)

50.        B. Altman Dry Goods Store (621 6^th Ave)

51.        Cushman Row (406-418 W. 20^th St)

52.        Empire Diner (210 10^th Ave)

53.        Hugh O’Neill Dry Goods Store (655-671 6^th Ave)

54.        James N Wells House (401 W 21^st St)

55.        London Terrace (W 23^rd & 9^th Ave)

56.        St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (346 W 20^th St)

57.        Siegel-Cooper Dry Goods Store (620 6^th Ave)

58.        Algonquin Hotel (59 W 44^th St)

59.        New Amsterdam Theater (214 W 42^nd St)

60.        Shubert Theater (225 W 44^th St)

61.        Times Square Visitors Center [Embassy Theater] (1560 Broadway)

62.        Beekman Place (E of 1^st Ave between 49^th and 51^st Sts)

63.        Bryant Park (6^th Ave & 40^th St)

64.        Tudor City (1^st and 2^nd Aves from 40^th to 43^rd Sts)

65.        UN Building [with tour, $11.50] (1^st Ave & 46^th St)

66.        CBS Building (51 W 52^nd St)

67.        Channel Gardens (5^th Ave between 49^th and 50^th Sts)

68.        Citicorp Center (Lexington Ave beween 53^rd and 54^th)

69.        GE Building (30 Rockefeller Plaza)

70.        Lever House (skyscraper) (390 Park Ave)

71.        Radio City Music Hall (1260 6^th Ave)

72.        Seagram Building (375 Park Ave)

73.        Grand Army Plaza (5^th Ave & W 58^th St)

74.        Museum of Television & Radio (25 W 52^nd St)

75.        Saks Fifth Avenue (611 5^th Ave)

76.        Sony Building (550 Madison Ave)

77.        Tiffany & Co. (727 5^th Ave)

78.        Trump Tower (725 5^th Ave)

79.        21 Club (21 W 52^nd St)

80.        Americas Society (680 Park Ave)

81.        Carl Shurz Park (near East River, E 84^th to 90^th Sts)

82.        The Carlyle (35 E 76^th St)

83.        Knickerbocker Club (2 E 62^nd St)

84.        Lotos Club (5 E 66^th St)

85.        Metropolitan Club (1 E 60^th St)

86.        Roosevelt Island Tramway (2^nd and 59^th St)

87.        Temple Emanu-El (1 E 65^th St)

88.        Metropolitan Museum of Art (5^th Ave & 82^nd St)

89.        Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden (421 E 61^st St)

90.        Museum of the City of New York (1220 5^th Ave)

91.        Columbus Circle (Broadway and 8^th Ave)

92.        Hotel des Artistes (1 W 67^th St)

93.        Lincoln Center & Metropolitan Opera House (62^nd to 66^th St between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave)

94.        Bernard College (Broadway & W 117^th St)

95.        Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Ave)

96.        Columbia University (116^th St & Broadway) – Low Library has visitor center

97.        Riverside Church (490 Riverside Dr)

98.        Abyssinian Baptist Church (132 Odell Clark Pl)

99.        City College (138^th St & Convent Ave)

100.    Cotton Club (666 W 125^th St)

101.    First Corinthian Baptist Church (1912 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.)

102.    Lenox Lounge (288 Malcolm X Blvd)

103.    Strivers’ Row (W 138^th & 139^th Sts from Powell Jr. & Douglass Blvds)

104.    The Cloisters (Fort Tryon Park)