The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is defined by its white, coiled structure that resembles a ribbon spiraling upward into a cylindrical stack. This unusual form, which contrasts sharply with the rectangular grid of Manhattan, was the vision…
90s Action New York
See the real Manhattan locations that survived alien activity, a massive gold heist, and a giant lizard in blockbusters like Men in Black, Die Hard, and Godzilla.
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1. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
2. Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden is a circular, drum-shaped arena that rises directly above the platforms and tracks of Pennsylvania Station. While its name connects it to a park more than twenty blocks to the northeast, this is actually the fourth…
3. 1 Police Plaza
One Police Plaza, the stark concrete headquarters of the New York Police Department, appears in Die Hard with a Vengeance as the desperate command center for the city’s response to a series of bombings. In the film, Detective John McClane…
4. Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is defined by its massive stone towers, constructed from limestone, granite, and cement, which reach two hundred seventy-seven feet above the East River. These two Gothic-inspired arches support a complex web of…
5. Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York occupies an entire city block in the Financial District, its exterior composed of deeply rusticated limestone and sandstone blocks. Designed by architects York and Sawyer and completed in nineteen…
6. Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Ventilation
The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel ventilation building is recognizable by its severe, granite-faced design, which rises like a monumental block near the southern tip of Manhattan. Completed in nineteen fifty, it is one of four structures built…