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          4. Macy’s                                        MIDTOWN WEST
           One of the                                       & THE THEATER
        biggest depart­                                      DISTRICT
       ment stores in the
       world, Macy’s has
         something for
                                                       CHELSEA & THE
           everyone.                                  GARMENT DISTRICT
                   The Greenwich Savings Bank               GRAMERCY &
            34th Street   (now the Haier Building) is a   GREENWICH  THE FLATIRON
                                                             DISTRICT
                                                     VILLAGE
           subway (lines B,   Greek temple to banking with   Locator Map
           D, F, M, N, Q, R)  huge columns on three sides.  See map pp16–17
                                                   Key
                                     3 Herald Square
                                    The New York Herald      Suggested route
                                   Building’s clock is now
                                  situated where Broad way   0 meters  100
                                    meets Sixth Avenue.
                                                   0 yards  100
        W   3 6 T H   S T R E E T
                                       2. Empire   Greeley Square
                                       State Building  is more of a traffic
                                       The observation   island than a
                                       deck of this   square, but it
                                       quintessential   does have a
                                       skyscraper is a   fine statue
                                       great place to   of Horace
                                       view the city.   Greeley,
                                                 founder of
                                                 the New
                                                 York Tribune.
                                                         Little Korea is
                                                         an area of Korean
        W   3 4 T H   S T R E E T
                                                         businesses. In
                                                         addition to
                                                         shops, there are
                                                         restaurants nearby
                                                         on West 31st and
          A Y                                            32nd streets.
          W
         D     W   3 3 R D   S T R E E T
         A
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 E                            1 Marble Collegiate
 H   A V                        Reformed Church
 T                             This 1854 church was
 X                          built in the Gothic Revival
 I
 S                            style. It became famous
                              when Norman Vincent
                              Peale was pastor here.
                                                    The Life Building,
                                                    designed by Carrère &
                                                    Hastings in 1894, at
                                                    19 West 31st Street housed
                                                    Life magazine when it
                                                    was a satirical weekly.
                                                    It is now a hotel.


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