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The Strand Bookstore is an independent bookstore located at 828 Broadway, at the corner of East 12th Street in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, two blocks south of Union Square. [1][2] In addition to the main location, there is another store on the Upper West Side on Columbus Ave between West 81st and 82nd Streets, [3 ...
Cooper Square is a junction of streets in Lower Manhattan in New York City located at the confluence of the neighborhoods of Bowery to the south, NoHo to the west and southwest, Greenwich Village to the west and northwest, the East Village to the north and east, and the Lower East Side to the southeast. Cooper Square looking uptown in 1957.
The Broad Street station of the New York City Subway, served by the J and Z trains, originally contained two staircases that led to the sidewalk directly outside the New York Stock Exchange Building. [7] One stair was closed in 2002, following the September 11 attacks, while the other was closed in 2012. [8]
The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres (6.9 to 7.3 ha) of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the East River to the east. [4] Completed in 1952, the complex consists of several ...
Designated NYCL. Church & rectory: March 15, 1966. Church houses: February 22, 1977. Grace Church is a historic parish church in Manhattan, New York City which is part of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. The church is located at 800–804 Broadway, at the corner of East 10th Street, where Broadway bends to the south-southeast, bringing it in ...
1676. Broad Street is a north–south street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Originally the Broad Canal in New Amsterdam, it stretches from today's South Street to Wall Street. The canal drew its water from the East River, [1] and was infilled in 1676 after numerous fruit and vegetable vendors made it difficult ...
The New York Times Building is a 52-story skyscraper at 620 Eighth Avenue, between 40th and 41st Streets near Times Square, on the west side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Its chief tenant is the New York Times Company, publisher of The New York Times. The building is 1,046 ft (318.8 m) tall to its pinnacle, with a roof height of 748 ft ...
Lafayette Street is a major north–south street in New York City's Lower Manhattan. It originates at the intersection of Reade Street and Centre Street , one block north of Chambers Street . The one-way street then successively runs through Chinatown , Little Italy , NoLIta , and NoHo and finally, between East 9th and East 10th streets, merges ...