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57th Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan

Founded by Andrew Carnegie

Designed by William B. Tuthill 

1891, opened  

Committed  to making the finest music

of every genre accessible to as many people as possible

 

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Public park at the center of Manhattan, 843 acres                                                                           

1857, opened                                                                                                                                                      

1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux  improve and expand the park                                                

1873, construction completed                                                                                                                            

1962, designated a National Historic Landmark 

 

The Maine Monument–south entrance to Central Park                                                                                      

Commemorates the 260 American sailors who died when the battleship Maine exploded off of Cuba, 1898

The gilded bronze figures reflect America’s new position as a dominant world force

 

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Intersection of Eighth Avenue, Broadway, Central Park South (West 59th Street), and Central Park West, at the southwest corner of Central Park   

Named for Christopher Columbus                                                                                                                      

Designed by William P. Eno                                                                                                                                

The monument at the center, created by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo                                                                 

1892, erected to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ landing in the Americas  

1905, completed, renovated a century later   

 

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Located at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York harbor

America’s “Golden Door”

1892-1954, 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island 

Architects Edward Lippincott Tilton, William Alciphron Boring

1990 re-opened as a national museum of immigration

 

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Federal Hall on Wall Street

1700 built  as New York’s City Hall                                                                                                                               

1789 site of George Washington’s  inauguration as the first President of the United States 

Nation’s first capitol building under the Constitution                                                                                                     

First sitting of United States Congress                                                                                                                             

Bill of Rights drafted and ratified there by the first Congress                                                                                      

First sitting of United States Supreme Court                                                                                                                

1812 building demolished   

 

Federal Hall National Memorial                                                                                                            

1842 former Federal Hall site built as the United States Custom House                                                            

Served as sub-Treasury building                                                                                                                                 

Now a national memorial commemorating the historic events that occurred there 

Displays the Bible on which Washington took his inaugural oath and a brass relief of Washington kneeling in prayer at Valley Forge

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. National Memorial

New York City Landmark

 

George Washington                                                                                                                                            

Bronze sculpture by John Quincy Adams Ward                                                                                         

Located on the front steps of Federal Hall National Memorial                                                                             

1883 unveiled to commemorate Washington’s first inauguration                                                          

Washington took the oath on the balcony approximately where the statue stands 

 

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10 Lincoln Center Plaza                                                                                                                                                  

1950s and 1960s, built as part of the “Lincoln Square Renewal Project”                                                                   

1962, 1964 and 1966, opened respectively, the Center’s three main buildings, Avery Fisher Hall (formerly Philharmonic Hall), David H. Koch Theater (formerly New York State Theater) and Metropolitan Opera House

Architects: Max Abramovitz: Avery Fisher Hall, Philip Johnson: the David H. Koch Theater, Wallace Harrison: the center’s master plan and the Metropolitan Opera House

 

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1785 Congress met in New York City under the Articles of Confederation                                                      

1789  New York became the Nation’s first capital, under the United States Constitution  

City for the first U.S. Congress, first U.S. Supreme Court, and the drafting of the Bill of Rights

Hosted inauguration of George Washington as the first President of the United States                                     

“The Empire City”                                                                                                                                                        

“The Big Apple”                                                                                                                                                  

“The City that Never Sleeps”                                                                                                                                     

“The Melting Pot”

 

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1260 Avenue of the Americas,  Rockefeller Center New York City  

An entertainment venue  

Showplace of the Nation, Radio City

1932,  built                                                                                                                                                       

Architect Edward Durell Stone and interior designer Donald Deskey                                                               

1978, interior declared a city landmark

 

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Connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn

One of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States

Designer John Augustus Roebling

1883, completed 

1964, designated a National Historic Landmark

 

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350 Fifth Avenue (between 33rd and 34th Streets)

Arichitects Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates

1931, opened 

 

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“The Met”                                                                                               

1000 Fifth Avenue                                                                                                                                                   

1870, founded                                                                                                                                                         

Architects: Roche-Dinkeloo, McKim, Mead, and White

 

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Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd streets

1895, established

Architects John Merven Carrère and Thomas Hastings 

1965, designated a National Historic Landmark 

 

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11 Wall Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City

The NYSE, the “Big Board”

The world’s largest stock exchange

Late 18th century, famous as America’s financial center, 24 of the United States’ first and most prominent brokers signed an agreement that outlined the common commission-based form of trading securities

Occurring under a “Buttonwood” (Sycamore) tree, marked beginnings of investment community of Wall Street and creation of  New York Stock Exchange.

1817, officially founded 

Architect George B. Post

1978, designated a National Historic Landmark 

 

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Located on New York’s Liberty Island

Gift from France

Designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

1886, dedicated

 

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Emma Lazarus

 

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Located on New York’s Liberty Island

Gift from France

Designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

1886, dedicated

 

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Emma Lazarus

 

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Junction of Broadway and 7th Avenue between West 42nd and West 47th

Major commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan

The Broadway theater district

“The Crossroads of the World,” “The Great White Way”

 

George M. Cohan—Bronze statue of American entertainer, playwright,                                           

composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and producer

Designed by George John Lober                                                                                                                

1959, dedicated

 

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New York City’s financial district

Eight blocks, Broadway to South Street, East River, Lower Manhattan

Home of the New York Stock Exchange 

17th century, name derived from defensive wall erected by Dutch settlers located at the southernmost part of Manhattan, during a war with the English threatening to spill over onto the island’s American colonies.

Although never used for its intended purpose and years after its removal, the wall left a legacy behind in the name

 

Charging Bull, the Bowling Green Bull

Stands in Bowling Green Park near Wall Street in Manhattan

7,100 lb bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica

1989 given to the people of New York 

Symbol of aggressive financial optimism and prosperity

 

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Located at the foot of Fifth Avenue 

Landmark in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village

1826, city bought the land 

 

Washington Arch–

1892, a permanent marble arch to celebrate the centennial of George Washington‘s inauguration as President of the United States (1789)

New York architect Stanford White                                                                                                                 

Modeled after the 1806 Arc de Triomphe in Paris                                                                                           

Arch’s inscription: “Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair. The event is in the hand of God.” (As President of Constitutional Convention of 1787, Washington’s advice to  Delegates)  

 

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One East 161st Street, South Bronx, New York City

“The House That George Built”

Home ballpark for the New York Yankees

2009, opened

 

1923-2008, The Original Yankee Stadium                                                                                                                                              “The House That Ruth Built”
“The Big Ballpark in the Bronx”
“The Cathedral of Baseball”
“The Stadium”       

 

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