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important showcase for major photographers, especially photojournalists. Its past exhibi-
tions have included work by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Matthew Brady and Robert Capa.
Herald Square
SQUARE
(cnr Broadway, Sixth Ave & 34th St; B/D/F/M, N/Q/R to 34th St-Herald Sq)
This crowded
convergence of Broadway, Sixth Ave and 34th St is best known as the home of
Macy's
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department store, where you can still ride some of the remaining
original wooden elevators to floors ranging from home furnishings to lingerie. But the
busy square gets its name from a long-defunct newspaper, the
Herald,
and the small,
leafy park here bustles during business hours. In order to cut down on some of the area
gridlock, Broadway, from 33rd to 35th Sts has been turned into a pedestrian plaza.
West of Herald Sq, the
Garment District
has most of New York's fashion design of-
fices, and while not much clothing is actually made here anymore, for anyone into paw-
ing through dreamy selections of fabrics, buttons, sequins, lace and zippers it is the place
to shop.
From 31st St to 36th St, between Broadway and Fifth Ave,
Koreatown
is an interest-
ing and lively neighborhood with an ever-expanding number of good restaurants and au-
thentic karaoke spots.
Hell's Kitchen
NEIGHBORHOOD
(Clinton;)
For years, the far west side of Midtown was a working-class district of tene-
ments and food warehouses known as Hell's Kitchen - supposedly its name was
muttered by a cop in reaction to a riot in the neighborhood in 1881. A 1990s economic
boom seriously altered the character and developers reverted to using the cleaned-up
name, Clinton, a moniker originating from the 1950s; locals are split on usage. New,
primarily inexpensive ethnic restaurants exploded along Ninth and Tenth Aves between
about 37th and 55th Sts. Thrift-store lovers should visit the
Hell's Kitchen Flea Market
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( 212-243-5343; 39th St btwn Ninth & Tenth Aves; 7am-4pm Sat &
Sun; A/C/E to 42nd St)
, boasting 170 vendors of vintage clothing, antique jewelry, peri-
od furniture and more.
Museum of Arts & Design
MUSEUM
(MAD;
www.madmuseum.org
;
2 Columbus Circle btwn Eighth Ave & Broadway; adult/child $16/free;
10am-6pm Tue-Wed & Sat-Sun, to 9pm Thu & Fri;
A/C, B/D, 1 to 59th St-Columbus Circle)
