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engineer, John A. Roebling. It is
now a symbol of New York, and
those who walk the 1-mile (1.8-
km) span are rewarded with fabu-
lous views of city towers seen
through the artistic wire cablework.
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(Manhattan side) Park Row near
Municipal Building
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Map Q4
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Woolworth Building
Built in 1913, this has one of
New York's great interiors; marble
walls, bronze filigree, a mosaic
ceiling, and stained glass com-
bine to magical effect. Architect
Cass Gilbert also had a sense of
humor - sculptures include Five
and Dime mogul Woolworth
counting nickels and Gilbert
himself cradling a model of the
building. It set the standard for
the skyscrapers that followed in
the 1920s and 1930s
(see p44)
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Broadway, between Park Pl & Barclay
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South Street Seaport
The cobbled streets, buildings,
and piers that were the center of
New York's 19th-century seafaring
activity (known as “the street of
sails”) have been restored as a
tourist center. There are shops,
food stalls, restaurants, a museum
with many seafaring exhibits, a
fleet of tall ships for boarding, and
plenty of outdoor entertainment.
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Map Q4
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Open Nov-Mar: 10am-7pm
Mon-Sat, 11am-6pm Sun; Apr-Oct:
10am-9pm Mon-Sat, 11am-8pm Sun
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www.southstseaport.org
AT&T Building
Built in 1922, this is a monu-
ment to excess but fun to see
nevertheless. The façade is said
to have more columns than any
other building in the world, and
the vast lobby is a forest of marble
pillars. Close by at 120 Broadway,
the former Equitable Building,
built in 1915, is of note for another
excess: the immense bulk of the
building was responsible for the
nation's first skyscraper zoning
regulations.
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195 Broadway
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Open office hours
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Free
Brooklyn Bridge
When it was completed in
1883 linking Manhattan and
Brooklyn, this was the largest
suspension bridge in the world
and the first to be built of steel. It
took 600 workmen and 16 years
to build, and claimed 20 lives,
including that of the designing
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Brooklyn Bridge
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Bas-relief caricature of architect Cass Gilbert, the Woolworth Building
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