5 Iconic Buildings to Explore in Manhattan

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Manhattan

This is the most populous city in the United states and the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass and is also home to the headquarters of United Nations.

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Iconic Buildings to Explore in Manhattan

Belvedere Castle

Belvedere Castle is a folly in Central Park in Manhattan. It contains exhibit rooms and an observation deck, and since 1919, it has also housed the official Central Park weather station. Its name comes from belvedere, which means "beautiful view" in Italian.

Castle Clinton National Monument

Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton, previously known as Castle Garden, is a circular sandstone fort now located in Battery Park, in Manhattan built from 1808 to 1811, it was the first U.S. immigration station, it has also functioned as a beer garden, exhibition hall, theater, and public aquarium. Castle Clinton National Monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.

Empire State Building

THis is a 102 story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building has a roof height of 1,250 feet. the building is the seventh-tallest building in New York City, the sixth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States, and the 45th-tallest in the world. It is also the sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.

St. Patrick's Cathedral

This Mighty structure is a Decorated Neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in the Manhattan city of Newyork and it is a prominent landmark of the city and the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.

Tenement Museum

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is a National Historic Site. The Museum's two historical tenement buildings were home to an estimated 15,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 2011. The museum, which includes a visitors' center, promotes tolerance and historical perspective on the immigrant experience.

Map of Iconic Buildings to explore in Manhattan