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w Eataly
200 Fifth Ave. Map 8 F4. Tel (212)
229-2560. q Astor Place, 8th St.
Open 9am–11pm daily.
∑ eataly.com
Celebrity chef Mario Batali
began this Italian restaurant and
food market in 2010, and it has
remained an incredibly popular
venture. The market offers a great
range of wine, cheese, bread,
seafood, and meat, sourced
locally or flown in from Italy.
Highlights include a fresh gelato
counter, a Nutella Bar, and the
Caffè Vergnano espresso bar.
La Piazza is an enoteca (wine The towers of the Empire State, Metropolitan Life and Con Edison
shop) that serves wine and
antipasti (standing only). conceived by Henry Hardenbergh enormous green market, which
The rooftop has a lovely beer in 1910, the architect best known sells all sorts of seasonal produce.
garden, La Birreria, that offers for such buildings as the Dakota Statues in the square include
home-made sausages and hand- (see p212) and the Plaza (see p177). that of George Washington and a
crafted ales from Bologna under The 26-story tower was built by Lafayette by Bartholdi. The square
a retractable roof, which opens Warren & Wetmore, the same firm is flanked by restaurants, gourmet
on sunny days. Batali now oper- that designed Grand Central supermarkets, and depart ment
ates restaurants and food markets Terminal. Near the top of the stores. Nearby stands the Decker
all over the world, although he tower, a 38-ft (11.6-m) bronze Building, where Andy Warhol
still lives in Greenwich Village. lantern was built as a memorial to moved his studio in 1968. The
Con Ed’s employees who died in Union Square Theatre, once the
World War I. The tower itself is not headquarters of the Demo cratic
e Stuyvesant as tall as the nearby Empire State Party, is another landmark.
Square Building, but when it is lit up at
night, it makes an attractive
Map 9 B5. q 3rd Ave, 1st Ave. showpiece, in addition to a potent y The Little Church
symbol of the company that Around the Corner
This oasis, in the form of a pair of keeps Manhattan and the other
parks divided by Second Avenue, four boroughs shining. 1 E 29th St. Map 8 F3. Tel (212) 684-
was part of Peter Stuyvesant’s 6770. q 28th St. Open 8:30am–6pm
original farm in the 1600s. It was daily. 5 12:10pm Mon–Fri; 8:30am &
still in the Stuyvesant family 11am Sun. For lectures & concerts,
when the park was designed see website. 7 8 Sun, after 11am
service. ∑ littlechurch.org
in 1836; Peter G. Stuyvesant
sold the land to the city for the Built from 1849 to 1856, the
nominal sum of $5 (much to Episcopal Church of the
the delight of those living nearby, Transfiguration is a tranquil retreat.
who saw real estate values It has been known by its nick-
jump). A statue of Stuyvesant name since 1870, when Joseph
by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Jefferson tried to arrange the
stands in the park, along with a funeral of fellow actor George
sculpture of Czech composer Holland. The pastor at a nearby
Antonín Dvořák, who lived Greenmarket day at Union Square church refused to bury a person
nearby in the 1890s. of so lowly a profession. Instead,
t Union Square he suggested “the little church
around the corner.” The name
r Con Edison Map 9 A5. q 14th St-Union Sq. stuck and the church has had
Farmers’ Market. Open 8am–6pm
Building Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat. special ties with the theater
ever since.
145 E 14th St. Map 9 A5. Created in the 1830s, this park The south transept window, by
q 3rd Ave, 14th St-Union Sq. joined Bloomingdale Road (now John La Farge, shows Edwin Booth
Closed to the public. Broadway) with the Bowery Road playing Hamlet. Jefferson’s cry of
The clock tower of this building, (Fourth Avenue or Park), hence its “God bless the little church around
which dates from 1929, is a local name. Today, it is an inviting the corner” is commemorated
landmark. The building was public space, best known for its in a window in the south aisle.

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