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Much maligned and much beloved, the Roseland continues to be a relevant, if fair-weather, New York rock venue nine decades after it was founded to showcase the biggest names in Big Band jazz. As many as 2,500 ticketholders can pile into the general admission hall and fight for a place near the... more

Now the dance mecca of Manhattan, the neo-Moorish New York City Center was built in 1923 as an assembly hall for an obscure society, obscurely named, The Ancient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The City protected the peculiar architectural landmark after ownership reverted, footing the... more

Perhaps the best midsize music venue in New York, the Hammerstein Ballroom is a two-tiered, 12,000-square foot general admission concert hall. Built in 1906 by Oscar Hammerstein (father of Oscar Hammerstein II, of the musical theater tag-team Rogers & Hammerstein) to compete with the comparatively... more

Once a legendary speakeasy, the midtown 21 Club is now the ultimate Establishment establishment, a semi-private club run with a compelling vision for how Old Money should eat and socialize. The exterior is decorated with dozens of striking, intricately detailed cast-iron jockey sculptures, given... more

This dreary grey apartment building with a blue awning is a perfectly average pre-war structure in Midtown Manhattan. The fourteen-story building boasts an ugly blue awning, and a bar in the ground floor called Faces and Names. Perhaps the apartment building is best known for the infamous poker... more

Hampshire House is one of the most distinct buildings to line the storied street of Central Park South. The building’s most distinguishing feature is the copper roof with twin chimneys, making the edifice the only building in the surrounding area with a green top. Hampshire House was built in... more