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The Zebra building is an interesting condominium located near the Port Authority. It is called "The Zebra" because of the black and white striped facade.

Sailor’s Snug Harbor was founded on Staten Island in 1808 by Captain Robert Richard Randall. At the time of its opening, in 1833, Sailor’s Snug was the only home exclusively for retired merchant seamen in the entire U.S. By 1900 it housed approximately 1,000 retired sailors. However, in 1976,... more

Pomander Walk, the little city-within-a-city, stretches from 94th to 95th street, between Broadway and West End Avenue. This pedestrian-only path is named after a play entitled “Pomander Walk”, a romantic comedy written by Thomas J. Healy. The play is set on a small street in Georgian London,... more

The Bartow-Pell Mansion is a museum located in Pelham Bay Park in The Bronx. The house itself was built in 1842. The Bartow-Pell estate's long history began in 1654 when Thomas Pell, an English doctor from Connecticut, bought the land from the Siwanoy Indians as part of a nearly 50,000-acre tract.... more

Built in 1864, The Broken Angel House has been transformed by its owner, artist Arthur Wood (a Brooklyn native), from an ordinary four story tenement building into a public work of art. The building was purchased by Wood in 1972, for a mere $2,000. Wood envisioned the building as a 100 foot... more

A life-size diorama, the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, on Gramercy's East 20th Street, is a recreation of the childhood home of the man who became America's 26th president. (The original structure burnt down in 1916, but the house was rebuilt in 1923 and refurnished with... more