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Union Square is one of the most important and most crowded epicenters in New York City. It was named because it marked the place where Bowery and Broadway met, making it one of the most important intersections in the world during the 19th Century. Union Square park has long been a site of... more

From porthole to just plain pimpery. The maritime building was originally designed as the headquarters for the sailor's union in the 60's. It later became a shelter for estranged teenagers. In its final incarnation, it is the genius brainchild of hoteliers McPherson and Goode, who turned its... more

A crown jewel even among the opulent, antique boutique hotels of midtown Manhattan, the St. Regis was built by Gilded Age giant John Jacob Astor, frustrated by what he considered the city's inadequate lodgings, to provide guests he couldn't accommodate in his own homes the kind of luxury and... more

An accomplished expression of the ideals of the midcentury-hegemonic International Style, and the most expensive office building ever constructed at the time of its opening, the Seagram building is all the more remarkable for having been designed co-operatively by two acclaimed architects, American... more

One of the city’s great cultural treasure chests, the New-York Historical Society was founded to preserve the city’s history…in 1804. It was so long ago, the city was often still spelled with a hyphen and the Hudson River School art that now highlights the permanent collection was still more... more

An international organization headquartered in New York and dedicated to preparing both Americans and Asians for their “shared future,” the Asia Society is one of the city’s most significant philanthropic dump-buckets, an educational and curatorial institution known more for its lavish... more