Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Harlem
1 2 5 T H
S TRE E T
EAST 116TH STREET
Morningside
Heights
EAST 116TH STREET
CENTRAL PARK
NORTH
EAST 110TH STREET
Central Park
The vast swath of green provides an 843-
acre respite from the concrete of the city.
The man-made park took 16 years and more
than 500,000 trees to complete
(see pp26-7).
Upper
West Side
9
Upper
East Side
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
It would take
weeks to see
all the treasures
of this museum.
It houses one
of the greatest
collections of the
Western world
and spans
5,000 years
of culture
(see
pp28-31).
Central
Park
8
0
7
Roosevelt
Island
WEST 57TH ST
EAST 57TH STREET
2
3
Midtown
6
1
Herald
Square
Chelsea
Flatiron
Gramercy
Park
WEST 14TH STREET
Union
Square
EAST 14TH STREET
East Village
Greenwich
Village
SoHo
Lower
East
Side
Guggenheim Museum
This Frank Lloyd Wright building
is a work of art in itself, and a fitting
frame for a major collection of
contemporary art
(see pp32-3).
Little
Italy
TriBeCa
Chinatown
Civic
Center
American Museum of Natural History
Long famous for its dinosaurs, the museum
moves into the space age with the dramatic Rose
Center for Earth and Space
(see pp34-7).
South St
Seaport
Lower
Manhattan
Battery
Park
1
miles
0
km
1
7
