Travel Reference
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Best Places of Worship
St Patrick's Cathedral
A neo-Gothic wonder and the largest Catholic cathedral in Amer-
ica. (
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Grace Church
Rescued from disrepair, it's now one of the daintiest structures in the city,
complete with spires and ornate carvings. (
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Trinity Church
Stunning stained glass accents what was once the tallest structure in New
York. Don't miss the on-site cemetery. (
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Temple Emanu-el
This imposing Romanesque synagogue on the Upper East Side has
ceilings that are painted in gold. (
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Best Beaux Arts Beauties
Grand Central Terminal
Crowned by America's greatest monumental sculpture, The
Glory of Commerce, this romantic ode to train travel also features a ballroom-like con-
course capped by a celestial vaulted ceiling. (
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New York Public Library
A vision in Vermont marble, this Midtown marvel takes civic
architecture to elegant heights. (
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Best of the Rest
Whitney Museum of American Art
Modernism doesn't get more brutal than this: Mar-
cel Breuer's inverted staircase structure looks like the very well-designed lair of an action
movie villain. (
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New Museum
SANAA's stacked-cube structure has a translucent aluminum exterior that
is all kinds of sexy. (
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Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright's inverted ziggurat structure is as quintessen-
tially New York as Lady Liberty, yellow taxis and the deco-fabulous Chrysler Building. (
Brooklyn Bridge
Featured in countless films, TV shows and music videos, this Neo-
Gothic wonder is one of the world's most handsome connectors. (
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