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240 feet tall, the Statue of Liberty is New York's most enduring icon, a symbol of the open arms with which the city has always welcomed foreign cultures and foreign peoples. A gift from the French intended to promote the name of French Republicanism, the statue features an 89-foot-stall pedestal,... more

A charming little portion of Central Park that never quite emerged from the exuberant, extra-urban eighties, this adult playground sits at the northern end of the manicured Mall, a park boulevard that recalls the aristocratic paths of London's best parks. Here, though, something much less stuffy is... more

The Irish Hunger memorial is two blocks south of Ground Zero. It is a block square installation on two levels, containing stones from all the counties of Ireland. A veritable half-acre of Ireland, the memorial remembers the potato famine of the 1840's that drove hundreds of thousands of Irish... more

A landmark more than a destination for most New Yorkers, this Riverside Park memorial to distinguished general and less-distinguished president Ulysses. S. Grant is thought to be the largest mausoleum in the United States, a granite and marble fortress modeled on 'the original mausoleum,' the tomb... more

Commanding a post at the foot of Fort Hamilton Parkway and the entrance to Upper New York Bay in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Fort Hamilton is a former coastal defense site of the United States Army. During the first half of the 19th century, the United States was compelled to expand the fortifications... more

The Unisphere in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is a giant stainless steel globe, the largest representation of the Earth ever created. Constructed by the United States Steel Corporation for the 1964-65 World’s Fair, it was the icon of the Fair and a symbol of world peace. The Unisphere was... more