This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

Set sail on a small scale.

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.