Things to Do in Midtown

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Bryant Park
An oasis amid skyscrapers, this is one of Manhattan's most popular...
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Chrysler Building
A monument to modern times and the mighty automotive industry...
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Daily News Building
One of the city's most unusual lobbies resides in Raymond Hood's...
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David Findlay Jr. Fine Art
This gallery concentrates on American 19th- and 20th-century...
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Edwynn Houk
The impressive stable of 20th-century photographers here includes...
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GE Building
Rising up on the Lower Plaza's west side is the 70-story (850-foot-tall)...
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Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central is not only the world's largest (76 acres) and...
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Greenberg Van Doren
This gallery exhibits the works of young artists as well as retrospectives...
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Lower Plaza
At the complex's center is the sunken Lower Plaza, site of the...
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Marian Goodman
The excellent contemporary art here includes Jeff Wall's staged...
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Marlborough
With its latest branch in Chelsea, Marlborough has raised its...
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New York Public Library (NYPL) Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The "Library with the Lions" is a1911 masterpiece of Beaux-Arts...
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Pace Wildenstein
The giant gallery—now in Chelsea as well—focuses...
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Peter Findlay
Covering 19th- and 20th-century works by European artists, this...
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The Plaza
With two sides of Central Park and 5th Avenue at its doorstep...
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Radio City Music Hall
This icon of New York City was built to enchant everyone who...
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Rockefeller Center
If Times Square is New York's crossroads, Rockefeller Center...
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Seagram Building
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a pioneer of modern architecture, built...
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Sony Building
Designed by Philip Johnson in 1984, the Sony Building's rose-granite...
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Sony Wonder Technology Lab
Have kids in tow? The free Sony Wonder Technology Lab in the...
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Spanierman
This venerable gallery deals in 19th- and early-20th-century...
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St. Bartholomew's Church
Known to locals as St. Bart's, this handsome 1919 limestone-and-salmon-color...
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
The country's largest Catholic cathedral (seating approximately...
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Tibor de Nagy
Founded in 1950, this gallery shows work by 20th-century artists...
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Top of the Rock
Rockefeller Center's multifloor observation deck, first opened...
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United Nations Headquarters
Officially an "international zone" and not part of the United...
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University Club
Among the best surviving works of McKim, Mead & White, New...
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