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  2. Museum of the City of New York - Wikipedia

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    The Museum of the City of New York ( MCNY) is a history and art museum in Manhattan, New York City, New York. It was founded by Henry Collins Brown, [ 1 ][ 2 ] in 1923 [ 3 ] to preserve and present the history of New York City, and its people. It is located at 1220–1227 Fifth Avenue between East 103rd to 104th Streets, across from Central ...

  3. Fifth Avenue - Wikipedia

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    Construction. Commissioned. March 1811. Fifth Avenue is a major and prominent thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The avenue stretches downtown (southward) from West 143rd Street in Harlem to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan is the most expensive shopping street in the world.

  4. List of tallest buildings in New York City - Wikipedia

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    New York has played a prominent role in the development of the skyscraper. Since 1890, ten of those built in the city have held the title of world's tallest. [29] [G] New York City went through two very early high-rise construction booms, the first of which spanned the 1890s through the 1910s, and the second from the mid-1920s to the early ...

  5. Toy Center - Wikipedia

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    The Toy Center's entrance on Fifth Avenue; the clock seen below is in profile on the right The sidewalk clock, manufactured in 1909, outside the Toy Center. The Toy Center, also known as the International Toy Center, is a complex of buildings in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City, that for many years was a hub for toy manufacturers and distributors in the United States.

  6. List of Manhattan neighborhoods - Wikipedia

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    Lenox Hill MN31. 60th to 77th Streets; the East River to Park Avenue. Carnegie Hill. 86th to 98th Streets; 3rd to 5th Avenues (centered at East 91st Street and Park Avenue) Yorkville MN32. 79th to 96th Street; the East River to 3rd Avenue (centered at East 86th Street and 3rd Avenue) Upper West Side MN12.

  7. Willard D. Straight House - Wikipedia

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    Willard D. Straight House. The Willard D. Straight House was the New York City residence of Willard Dickerman Straight. The mansion is at 1130 Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner with East 94th Street. It is located in the Carnegie Hill neighborhood on the section of Fifth Avenue known as Museum Mile and is one of only three houses remaining ...

  8. List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from ...

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    130 West 57th Street Studio Building. October 19, 1999 [38] 140 West 57th Street Studio Building (The Beaufort) October 19, 1999 [39] 144 West 14th Street. November 18, 2008 [40] 145 & 147 Eighth Avenue Houses. November 17, 2009 [41], [42] 152 East 38th Street House.

  9. Saint Thomas Church (Manhattan) - Wikipedia

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    St Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue. /  40.76083°N 73.97611°W  / 40.76083; -73.97611. Saint Thomas Church is an Episcopal parish church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York at 53rd Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Also known as Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue or Saint Thomas Church in the City of New York, the ...