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Trump Tower is CENTRAL
UPPER
Donald Trump’s PARK EAST SIDE
Paley Park signature tower
is a tiny and contains
green oasis, luxury residences. UPPER
known as MIDTOWN
a “vest- Roosevelt I.
pocket” park. LOWER
East River
MIDTOWN
Locator Map
See map pp16–17
3 IBM Building
A peaceful atrium is found
at the base of this polished Key
black granite building.
Suggested route
Sony Building has a very
distinctive “Chippendale” top.
0 meters 100
0 yards 100
2Tiffany & Co.
w Lever House Renowned for its discreet
This building is one of luxury, this iconic store
A V E N U E “glass-box” buildings contains many precious
the most prominent
jewels (see p322).
in New York.
A V E N U E

E 5 3 R D S T
M A D I S O N Park Avenue Plaza is a

bulky glass prism containing
an airy atrium.
F I F T H Racquet and Tennis Club, a Renaissance 0 General Electric Building
The spiky pinnacle of
this building, built in 1931,
palazzo–style building, provides squash is meant to symbolize
electrical waves.
and tennis courts for its members.
A V E N U E 9 St. Bartholomew’s
Church
A Byzantine dome sets this
place apart from other
E 5 1 S T S T
Midtown churches.
P A R K

51st Street
subway (line 6)
q Waldorf-Astoria
Old-world elegance has attracted
many famous guests to this hotel,
from movie stars to heads of state.

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