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LOWER
MIDTOWN
CHELSEA &
THE GARMENT
DISTRICT
East Side
GRAMERCY &
THE FLATIRON
GREENWICH DISTRICT
VILLAGE
3 Appellate Court EAST VILLAGE
This small marble Locator Map
palace is said to See map pp16–17
be the world’s
busiest court­ E
house. U Key
N
E Suggested route
N A V
O
S
I
D
M A 2 New York Life
Insurance Company
This spectacular building by
Cass Gilbert bears his trade­
mark pyramid­shaped top.
4 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Vast vaulted entrances mark each corner.
2 3 R D

S T R E E T
0 Gramercy Park
Only residents can use
the park itself, but
23rd Street everyone can enjoy the
E peace and charm of the
U subway (line 6)
N area around it.
E
K A V
R
P A 9 The Players
Actor Edwin Booth founded
this club in 1888.
The Brotherhood Synagogue was a
Friends’ Meeting House from 1859 to
1975, when it became a synagogue.
q The Block
Beautiful
This is a tree­lined
stretch of East 19th
Street. No particular
house is outstanding,
but the street as a
whole is lovely.
Pete’s Tavern
E has been here
E U
A C N since 1864.
L E Short­story writer
G P D A V O. Henry, a well­
N I known chronicler
I R of the city, wrote
V H
R T “The Gift of the
I
Magi” in the
second booth.

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