Union Square
Union Square is an important and historic intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, located where Broadway and the former Bowery Road – now Fourth Avenue – came together in the early 19th century; its name denotes that “here was the union of the two principal thoroughfares of the island” rather than celebrating either the Federal union of the United States or labor unions .
Directions: Take the 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, or W to Union Square.
Flatiron Building
The Flatiron Building is a triangular 22-story steel-framed landmarked building and is considered to be a groundbreaking skyscraper. Upon completion in 1902, it was one of the tallest buildings in the city at 20 floors high and one of only two skyscrapers north of 14th Street – the other being the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower, one block east.
Directions: From Union Square, walk north on Broadway to 23rd Street.
Madison Square Park
Madison Square is a 6.2-acre public park at the northern end of the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan. Notable buildings around Madison Square include the Flatiron Building, the Toy Center, the New York Life Building, the New York Merchandise Mart, the Appellate Division Courthouse, the Met Life Tower, and One Madison Park, a 50-story condominium tower.
Directions: From the Flatiron Building, walk directly east.
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper whose name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. It stood as the world’s tallest building for nearly 40 years, from its completion in early 1931 until the topping out of the original World Trade Center’s North Tower in late 1970. Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the tallest building in New York, until One World Trade Center reached a greater height in April 2012. The Empire State Building is currently the fifth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States and the 34th-tallest in the world.
Directions: From Madison Square Park, walk north on 5th Avenue to 33rd Street.
The Morgan Library
The Morgan Library & Museum was founded to house the private library of J. P. Morgan in 1906, which included manuscripts and printed books, some of them in rare bindings, as well as his collection of prints and drawings. The library was designed by Charles McKim of the firm of McKim, Mead and White and cost $1.2 million. It was made a public institution in 1924 by J. P. Morgan’s son John Pierpont Morgan, Jr., in accordance with his father’s will.
Directions: From the Empire State Building, walk left on 5th Avenue and take a right on East 36th Street.
Bryant Park
Bryant Park is a 9.6-acre privately managed public park located in Manhattan. Bryant Park is located entirely over an underground structure that houses the library’s stacks, which were built in the 1980s when the park was closed to the public and excavated; the new library facilities were built below ground level while the park was restored above it.
Directions: After leaving the Morgan Library, take a left on 37th Street. Then take a right on 5th Avenue. Take another right on 40th Street. Bryant Park is located on the north side of the street.
New York Public Library
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library, originally called the Central Building and still more widely known as “the New York Public Library,” is the flagship building in the New York Public Library system. The branch opened in 1911. The Library’s famous Rose Main Reading Room is lined with thousands of reference works on open shelves along the floor level and along the balcony, lit by massive windows and grand chandeliers, and furnished with sturdy wood tables, comfortable chairs, and brass lamps.
Directions: The New York Library is located directly to the East of Bryant Park. Exit Bryant Park on 42nd Street and turn right on 5th Avenue to enter the library.
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal is a commuter, rapid transit railroad terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It covers 48 acres (19 ha) and has 44 platforms, more than any other railroad station in the world. The terminal serves commuters traveling on the Metro-North Railroad to Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess counties in New York, as well as to Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut. In addition, it contains a vast interior main concourse.
Directions: Exit the library and turn left on 5th Avenue. Take a right on 42nd Street and continue to Park Avenue where you can enter Grand Central Terminal on the north side of the street.
United Nations
The headquarters of the United Nations is a complex in New York City that has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952. It is located on spacious grounds overlooking the East River.
Directions: From Grand Central, turn right on 42nd Street and continue walking until you reach 1st Avenue where you will turn right.
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