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New-York Historical Society
New York's oldest museum,
founded in 1804, has organized
much of its vast collection into
the 4th floor Henry Luce III
Center, which displays 40,000
objects divided into areas such
as paintings, sculpture, furniture,
silver, tools, and, notably, Tiffany
lamps. Other galleries are used
for changing exhibits. The society
also maintains a research library.
d 2 West 77th Street at Central Park
West Map G2 Open 10am-6pm
Tue-Sun; Library 10am-5pm Tue-Sat
(Tue-Fri in summer) www.nyhistory.org
Admission charge
American Museum
of Natural History
The mammoth museum whose
holdings include 32 million
artifacts (see pp34-7) .
Lincoln Center
for the Performing Arts
Built on 15 acres in the 1950s,
transforming slums into a giant
cultural complex, the Lincoln
Center houses an array of venues:
the Metropolitan Opera; the New
York City Opera and Ballet; the
New York Philharmonic; the
Lincoln Center and Walter Reade
theaters; Avery Fisher and
Alice Tully halls; and the Julliard
School (see p50) . In the summer,
popular Mostly Mozart concerts
take place, and free concerts are
held in the adjacent park. In
October 2004, Jazz at the Lincoln
Center moved to its new
headquarters in the Time Warner
building at Columbus Circle . d
Columbus to Amsterdam avs, between
62nd & 66th sts Map G2 Tours
10:30am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm, & 4:30pm
daily Admission charge
Columbus Circle
One of the largest building
projects in New York's history is
transforming this neglected urban
plaza into an important public site.
The redevelopment has attracted
national and international business-
es, such as giant media company
Time Warner, which now has its
headquarters in an 80-storey
skyscraper. The new building
contains shops, entertainment,
restaurants, and the Mandarin
Oriental hotel. It is also the new
home of Jazz at the Lincoln Center,
the world's first performing arts
facility dedicated to jazz. Other
buildings in Columbus Circle include
Hearst House, Trump International
Hotel, and the Maine Monument. d
Columbus Circle Map H2
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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