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A Callery pear tree became known as the "Survivor Tree" after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks at the World Trade Center. The tree was removed from the rubble, and after its recovery and rehabilitation, was returned to the Memorial in 2010.


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American Museum of Natural History in Theodore Roosevelt Park across the street from Central Park.The original Victorian Gothic building was opened in 1877.


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A three-story copper Gimbel’s skybridge, built in 1925, at Herald Square.


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The bronze statue (1876) of statesman William Seward, United States Senator and Secretary of State in Madison Squrae Garden. More than 250 subscribers, among them General Ulysses S. Grant and Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt , contributed to the monument’s $25,000 cost. Seward is said to be the first New Yorker to be honored with a monument in the city.


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The “Fearless Girl” statue, which faces Wall Street’s “Charging Bull” sculpture in lower Manhattan, is slated to be moved from its current location by the Bowling Green park to face the New York Stock Exchange by the end of the year.


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“Wind Sculpture” by British-Nigerian artist's Yinka Shonibare MBE near the southeast entrance of Central Park.


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Yellow daffodil, a symbol of rebirth, in Central Park. Mayor Bloomberg named the daffodil the official flower of New York City in 2007 in the honor of Daffodil Project , the largest volunteer planting effort in city history.


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Yoshino cherry trees blooming along the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir in Central Park. Some of these trees were a gift from Japan sent to New York more then a century ago.


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The Central Park Mall, designated the "Promenade" in Olmsted and Vaux's "Greensward" plan of 1857 was modeled on the formal allées of the great European parks, like Versailles.The elms were planted by 1920.


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Talbots, 525 Madison Ave, built in 1926. The first Talbolts shop was opened in 1947 by Rudolf and Nancy Talbot.


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Cherry trees in Central Park. April 18, 2018


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Bryant Park. April 18 2018


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Gapstow bridge, built in 1896 by Howard & Caudwell, in Central Park,East Side at 62nd Street


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Central Park lamp post and Star magnolia (M. stellata), one of the earlier blooming magnolias with a soapy-sweet fragrance


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View of the Upper West Side's famed San Remo co-op building from Central Park lake in spring


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Lombard Lamp illuminates this corner of Central Park where a long, winding staircase leads up from the Pond to the Grand Army Plaza. A replica of the ornate streetlights that grace the Lombard Bridge in Hamburg, Germany, the lamp was presented to Central Park in 1979 — a symbolic gift of friendship and goodwill from officials of that city.


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Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Magnolia Plaza wth star magnolias (Magnolia stellata) in full bloom. April 13, 2018


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Tulips near Brookfield Place, originally known as the World Financial Center


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Museum of Jewish Heritage, estableshed in ‎1997, a living memorial to the Holocaust. By providing the story of the Holocaust through the experiences of those who lived and died, the museum serves as a memorial and tribute to their heritage, and a lesson to be learned.


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"Self Portrait" (1989) by American artist Keith Haring at 51 Astor Place. The artist created this sculpture a year before his death (AIDS).


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The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building, completed in 1902 and 1909 Cast Iron Street Clock.


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1221 Avenue of the Americas, the part of the later Rockefeller Center expansion. Facade is similar to the walls of the former World Trade Center towers. A large metal triangle arranged so the Sun aligns with its sides at solstices and equinoxes.


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The Washington Square Arch built in 1892 celebrates the centennial of George Washington's inauguration as President of the United States in 1789.


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A mural of the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca at the corner of Canal and Lafayette, Chinatown "Out in the sky, no one sleeps. No one, no one.No one sleeps.Lunar creatures sniff and circle the dwellings"( Sleepless City, Brooklyn Bridge Nocturne)


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Tiffany Clock on top of Grand Central Terminal is the largest Tiffany clock in the world at 13 feet in diameter.


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Washington Mews, a little alley north of Washington Square Park, lined on each side with two-story carriage houses that were converted into artists’ studios, including those of Paul Manship (who sculpted the Rockefeller Center fountain’s golden “Prometheus”) and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the museum that bears her name.


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41 Cooper Square, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis, the academic building for The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art built in 2009


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Eagle, designed by Albino Manca, is the centerpiece of the East Coast War Memorial, erected in 1963 and dedicated by former U.S. president John F. Kennedy


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1211 Avenue of the Americas, News Corp. Building, completed in 1973 as part of the Rockefeller Center extension is a homehome to Fox News and The Wall Street Journal. A wind-powered sculpture “Annular Eclipse” by George Rickey is installed in front of it in 2017.


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The Easter Bonnet Parade on Fifth Avenue near Rockefeller Center


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      • American Museum of Natural History in Theodore Roo...
      • A three-story copper Gimbel’s skybridge, built ...
      • The bronze statue (1876) of statesman William Sew...
      • The “Fearless Girl” statue, which faces Wall Stree...
      • “Wind Sculpture” by British-Nigerian artist's Yi...
      • Yellow daffodil, a symbol of rebirth, in Central P...
      • Yoshino cherry trees blooming along the Jacquelin...
      • The Central Park Mall, designated the "Promenade" ...
      • Talbots, 525 Madison Ave, built in 1926. The first...
      • Cherry trees in Central Park. April 18, 2018
      • Bryant Park. April 18 2018
      • Gapstow bridge, built in 1896 by Howard & Caudwell...
      • Central Park lamp post and Star magnolia (M. stell...
      • View of the Upper West Side's famed San Remo co-op...
      • Lombard Lamp illuminates this corner of Central Pa...
      • Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Magnolia Plaza wth sta...
      • Tulips near Brookfield Place, originally known as...
      • Museum of Jewish Heritage, estableshed in ‎1997, a...
      • "Self Portrait" (1989) by American artist Keith...
      • The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Build...
      • 1221 Avenue of the Americas, the part of the later...
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