You can identify the Whitehall Terminal by its soaring, seventy-five-foot-high glass wall that faces the harbor, acting as a massive lens looking out toward the Statue of Liberty and the waters beyond. This structure, which opened in two…
Spider-Man and Marvel NYC
This tour traces the cinematic history of Spider-Man and the Avengers across New York City, visiting iconic landmarks from the Raimi trilogy to the Battle of New York.
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1. Whitehall Terminal
2. Anthology Film Archives
The Anthology Film Archives occupies a former municipal courthouse on the southeast corner of Second Avenue and East Second Street. Its heavy, institutional masonry stands apart from the surrounding streetscape, reflecting the building's…
3. Flatiron Building
The Flatiron Building anchors a tight, triangular lot where Broadway slices diagonally across Fifth Avenue, creating a sharp, twenty-two-story prow that narrows to just six feet at its northern tip. Completed in nineteen oh two, the…
4. 101 Park Ave
One hundred one Park Avenue is a sixty-two-nine-foot tall office skyscraper that defines the street corner with a sliced-off southwest angle. Designed by architect Eli Attia and completed in nineteen eighty-two, the tower occupies the site…
5. New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is defined by its massive white marble facade and the two famous marble lions, Patience and Fortitude, that flank its Fifth Avenue entrance. This Beaux-Arts landmark occupies the former site of the Croton…
6. Tramway Plaza
Tramway Plaza is a small triangular park located between Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Streets along Second Avenue in Manhattan. You can identify it by the base station for the Roosevelt Island Tramway, which sits at its edge. This plaza marks…
7. Bethesda Terrace
Bethesda Terrace is defined by its two-level structure of New Brunswick sandstone, which connects the southern promenade of the Mall to the water’s edge of the Lake. Conceived in the eighteen fifty-eight Greensward Plan by Frederick Law…
8. Bow Bridge
Bow Bridge is identified by a graceful, low-lying cast-iron arch that spans the Lake, connecting the formal lawns of Cherry Hill to the tangled woods of the Ramble. Completed in eighteen sixty-two, it was designed by the park’s co-designer…
9. Low Memorial Library
Low Memorial Library is a massive, Neoclassical structure crowned by a broad granite dome. You can identify it by its prominent temple-front entrance, which features ten fluted Ionic columns and an attic story inscribed with the words The…