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Each map in this section New York’s Best: Museums Museum of
New York’s museums range from the vast scope of
the Metropolitan Museum to the personal treasures
concentrates on a specific of financier J. Pierpont Morgan’s own collection. Several Modern Art Morningside
Picasso’s She-Goat (1950) is
museums celebrate New York’s heritage, giving visitors
among the impressive
Heights and
collection on display in the
an insight into the people and events that made the city
theme: Museums, Architecture, what it is today. This map features some highlights, with Intrepid Sea, Air renovated Museum of Harlem City of New York
Modern Art (MoMA).
a detailed overview on pages 40–41.
Museum of the
and Space Museum Costumes, works of art, and
Multicultural New York, and This military and maritime history museum and detailed picture of New York’s past.
household objects (such as this
also traces the progress of flight
1725 silver dish) create an intricate
exploration. It is housed in a large aircraft
carrier situated at Pier 86.
Remarkable New Yorkers. The top Upper West
Side
of Natural History
The Morgan Central American Museum
sights are shown on the map; Library & Museum Hudson R iver Park have fascinated generations of visitors here.
Dinosaurs, meteorites, and much more
One of the world’s
finest collections of
manuscripts, prints,
other sights are described on this rare French Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian
and books includes
Design Museum
Bible from 1230.
Whitney Museum Midtown A wealth of decorative arts is displayed in
the following two pages. of American Art the Theater East Side industrialist Andrew Carnegie’s former
West and
Upper East Side mansion.
This exceptional collection
Upper
District
includes many views of New
York. One of the best is Brooklyn
Bridge: Variation on an Old Theme
(1939), by Joseph Stella.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Upper Painting and sculpture by almost all major
Midtown avant-garde artists of the late 19th and
Chelsea 20th centuries fill Frank Lloyd Wright’s
Lower East Side and the stunningly renovated building.
Tenement Museum Garment Lower
Tours of this cramped District Midtown
Each sightseeing area is 1863 tenement building
highlight the living
conditions faced by Gramercy Metropolitan
color-coded. immigrant families.r Greenwich and the Of the millions of works in
Museum of Art
Flatiron
East R iver 12th-dynasty Egyptian
District
Village
its collection, this
faïence hippo is the
Ellis Island East museum’s own mascot.
This museum vividly re-creates Village
the experiences of many millions SoHo and
of immigrant families. TriBeCa
0 kilometers 2
Lower East Side 0 miles 1
Lower Manhattan
and the Civic Center
Brooklyn
Brooklyn The Frick Collection
The collection of 19th-century railroad magnate
Museum Henry Clay Frick is displayed in his former
home. Masterpieces include St. Francis in the
Desert (about 1476–8) by Giovanni Bellini.
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2 Tiffany & Co. 4 St. Thomas
Tiffany’s: 727 5th Ave. Map 12 F3. Church Practical Information
Tel (212) 755-8000. q 5th Ave-53rd 1 W 53rd St. Map 12 F4. Tel (212) 757-
St, 5th Ave–59th St. Open 10am–7pm 7013. q 5th Ave–53rd St. Open 7am–
Mon–Sat, noon–6pm Sun. 6pm daily. 5 frequent. ^ 7 8 lists all the information you
∑ tiffany.com. after 11am service & concerts.
Immortalized by Truman ∑ saintthomaschurch.org
Capote in his famous 1958 This is the fourth home for this need to visit every sight,
novel Breakfast at Tiffany’s, parish and the second on
this prestigious jewelery store this site. Today’s church was
was founded in 1837 and built between 1909 and 1914 including a map reference
remains a must-see for both to replace an earlier structure
fans of the book and film buffs. destroyed in a fire in 1905. The
Entrance to the captivating Tiffany & Co., With weathered wood and previous building had provided to the Street Finder at the
Fifth Avenue green marble interiors, the the setting for many high-
19th century. The most lavish of
1 Fifth Avenue Art Deco store is still best society weddings of the late
described by Capote’s fictional
Map 12 F3–F4. q 5th Ave–53rd St, Holly Golightly: “It calms me these was in 1895, when heiress back of the book.
5th Ave-59th St.
down right away . . . nothing
Consuelo Vanderbilt married the
very bad could happen to you English Duke of Marlborough.
In 1883, when William Henry there.” A bronze figure of Atlas The limestone building, The Beatles’ Paul, Ringo, and John on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964
Vanderbilt built his mansion at holds a clock on his shoulders Entrance to Tiffany & Co., the exclusive in French-Gothic style, has
Fifth Avenue and 51st Street, he above the doorway. jewelry emporium a single asymmetrical tower relive classic Olympic moments. The museum was the brain child
started a trend that resulted in Next door stands the Trump and an off-center nave, novel World War II footage might be of William S. Paley, a former head
palatial residences stretching as Tower, a glittering, expensive solu tions to the architectural chosen by students of history. of the CBS TV network. It opened
far as Central Park, built for apartment and office tower 3 IBM Building problems posed by its corner Six choices at any one time can in 1975 as the Museum of Broad-
wealthy families such as the rising above a gaudy six-story 590 Madison Ave. Map 12 F3. position. The richly carved, be selected from a computer casting on East 53rd Street. It was
Astors, Belmonts, and Goulds. atrium. Built in 1983, there is q 5th Ave. Garden Plaza shimmering white screens catalog that covers a library of so popular that, in 1991, it moved Numbers refer to each
Only a few remain to attest to an impressive 80-ft- (24-m-) Open 8am–10pm daily. 7 behind the altar were designed over 50,000 programs. The to this hi-tech $50 million home.
the grandeur of the era. high indoor waterfall inside, by architect Bertram Goodhue selections are then played in
One of these is the Cartier while the exterior is lined with Completed in 1983, this 43-story and sculptor Lee Lawrie. small private areas. There are
store at 651 Fifth Avenue, once hanging gardens. The tower is tower was designed by Edward Carvings in the choir stalls, larger screening sections and a 5 St. Patrick’s sight’s position on the
the home of Morton F. Plant, a flamboyant monument to Larrabee Barnes. It is a sleek, dating from the 1920s, include theater for 200, where Cathedral
millionaire and commodore affluence by the business five-sided prism of gray-green modern inventions such as retro spectives of See pp174–5.
of the New York Yacht Club. magnate and 2016 presidential polished granite, with a the telephone, plus presidents artists and area map and its place
As retailers swept north up the candidate Donald Trump. cantilevered corner at 57th Roosevelt and Wilson, and directors are
avenue – a trend that Street. The Garden Lee Lawrie himself. shown. There
began in 1906 – Plaza, with its are also photo in the chapter.
society gradually bamboo trees, is exhibits and
moved uptown. In open to the public 5 Museum of memorabilia.
1917, Plant moved to and has been Modern Art
a mansion at 86th redubbed “The See pp168–71.
Street, and legend Sculpture Garden.”
has it that he traded Eight new works,
his old home to which change four 6 Paley Center
Pierre Cartier for a times a year, are on for Media
perfectly matched view at any one time.
string of pearls. Near the atrium is a 25 W 52nd St. Map 12 F4. Tel (212)
Fifth Avenue has work by American 621-6600. q 5th Ave–53rd St.
been synonymous sculptor Michael Open noon–6pm Wed–Sun (to 8pm
Thu). Closed public hols. & ^ 7
with luxury goods Heizer, entitled 8 = ∑ paleycenter.org
ever since. From Levitated Mass. Inside
Cartier at 52nd Street a low, stainless-steel
to Henri Bendel at tank is a huge slab of In this one-of-a-kind repository
56th and Tiffany and granite that seems to museum, visitors can watch The Visitors’ Checklist
Bergdorf Goodman float on air. and listen to a collection of
at 57–58th, you will On the corner entertainment and sports
find many brands of 57th Street and documentaries from radio and provides the practical
symbolizing wealth Madison Avenue television’s earliest days to the
and social standing is Saurien, a bright- present. Pop fans can see the
today, just as Astor orange abstract early Beatles or a young Elvis information you will need
and Vanderbilt did sculpture by Presley making his television
over a century ago. Interior of the Trump Tower atrium Alexander Calder. debut. Sports enthusiasts can Watch 1960s television star Lucille Ball at the Paley Center for Media
to plan your visit.
Detailed information on each sight
3All important sights in each area are described
in depth in this section. They are listed in
order, following the numbering on the
Area Map. Practical information on 174  NE W Y ORK CIT Y AREA B Y AREA UPPER MID T OWN  175
opening hours, telephone numbers, 8 St. Patrick’s Cathedral This chapel honors the Saint Elizabeth Ann VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
. Lady Chapel
Seton Shrine
The bronze statue and
The Roman Catholic Church originally intended
Blessed Virgin. The
Practical Information
screen depict the life of
websites, admission charges, and this site for use as a cemetery, but in 1850 stained-glass windows the first American to be 5th Ave and 50th St.
portray the mysteries of
Archbishop John Hughes decided to build a
Map 12 F4.
the rosary.
canonized a saint. She
Tel (212) 753-2261.
founded the Sisters of
cathedral instead. Many thought that it was
Open 6:30am–8:45pm daily.
Charity (see p78).
facilities available is given for each foolish to build so far beyond the (then) city 5 frequent Mon–Sat; 7, 8, 9,
limits, but Hughes went ahead anyway.
10:15am & noon, 1, 4 (in Spanish)
Archi tect James Renwick built New York’s finest
& 5:30pm Sun. 7 = Concerts,
Gothic Revival build ing, one of the largest recitals, lectures.
∑ saintpatrickscathedral.org
sight. The key to the symbols used Catholic cathe drals in the US. The cathedral, Transport
which seats 2,500 people, was com pleted
q 6 to 51st St; E, V to Fifth Ave.
in 1878, though the spires were added
@ M1–5, M50, Q32.
can be found on the back flap. between 1885 and 1888.
. Great Organ and
Pietà Rose Window
American Measuring 26 ft (8 m) in diameter,
sculptor William the rose window shines above the
O. Partridge great organ, which has more than
created this 7,000 pipes.
Pietà in 1906.
The statue
stands at the
side of the
Lady Chapel.
The facade of each major sight is The cathedral’s Fifth
shown to help you spot it quickly. Avenue facade
Stars indicate the most interesting . Great Bronze Doors
The massive doors weigh 20,000 lb
architectural details of the building, (9,000 kg) and are adorned with
important religious figures.
and the most important works of
art or exhibits on view inside. . Baldachin KEY 1 The Cathedral Facade’s exterior
The great baldachin rising wall is built of white marble. The
over the high altar is made Stations of the Cross spires rise 330 ft (101 m) above
entirely of bronze. Statues Carved of Caen stone in Holland, the pavement.
of the saints and prophets these reliefs won first prize in the Main entrance 2 Crypt
adorn the four piers field of religious art at the Chicago
supporting the canopy. World’s Fair in 1893. 3 Lady of Guadalupe
New York’s major sights
4These are given two or more full pages in the sightseeing
area in which they are found. Notable buildings are dissected
to reveal their interiors; and museums and galleries have
color-coded floor plans to help you find particular exhibits.
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