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Arctic Brotherhood Hall
The most outlandish building of the seven-block historical corridor along Broadway St and possibly the most photographed building in Alaska is this defunct Arctic Brotherhood Hall, now home of the Skagway Convention & Visitors Bureau. The original driftwood, 8833 pieces of it, that covers the façade were attached in 1899 and extensively renovated, piece-by-piece, in 2005.
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Joseph Smith Memorial Building
East of the Brigham Young Monument is the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, which was, until 1987, the elegant Hotel Utah. Inside, there's a large-screen theater with eight daily screenings of the 65-minute Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration, about Mormon beliefs.
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Jacob Javits Convention Center
NYC’s sole convention center is a four-block construction located way on the outer reaches of Manhattan’s west side. Designed by IM Pei, the behemoth of glass and steel – either loved or reviled by most New Yorkers – hosts hundreds of events each year, from auto shows and dentist conventions to travel expos and an annual Gay Life Expo (in November).
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Physical Graffiti Cover
6 Physical Graffiti cover Cross Second Ave at 6th St and head down the block-long strip of Indian restaurants and curry shops. At First Ave, turn left, rejoin St Marks Place and turn right. The row of tenements is the site of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti cover, and where Mick and Keith sat in 1981 in the Stones’ hilarious video for ‘Waiting on a Friend.’
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Citicorp Building
A scrubby ’hood of unused warehouses not that long ago, Long Island City is eyed by many professionals seeking the ‘new Brooklyn.’ The boom sprang from the unlikely 48-story Citicorp Building, built in 1989, and – more importantly – its growing devotion to art, particularly evidenced by the PS1 Contemporary Art Center.
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Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club
A mass of Harleys is lined up outside the New York chapter of the Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club. For heaven’s sake, don’t go inside; but know that drunken carousing still goes on here, prompting occasional busts by the police. Who says the East Village is sanitized?
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Atlantic City Convention Hall
Built in 1929 and recently refurbished as part of a multi-million dollar project, this magnificent hall is, among other things, the former site of the Miss America Pageant. Take a look at the superb interior of the main hall, and the 33,112-pipe organ, which is the largest of its kind in the world.
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Modulighter
Modernist architect Paul Rudolph's need for independent, situational lighting created the Modulighter company, dealing in, of course, lights. It's also spawned this fantastic house on the East Side, built in Le Corbusier's modular style and best seen at night when lit from inside.
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Renaissance Center
GM's glossy, cloud-poking headquarters is a fine place to grab a bite (in the Wintergarden), take a free hour-long tour (Monday through Friday at noon and 2pm) or embark on the riverfront walkway.
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Dakota Building
A turreted, gabled building described in 1884 as so far uptown it was in 'the Dakotas,' this sand-colored gem quickly became the epitome of cool, housing Boris Karloff, Rudolph Nureyev, Lauren Bacall and, most famously, John Lennon, who was fatally shot at its gated entrance.
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Charlie Parker’s Home
Facing Tomkins Square Park is jazz-sax great Charlie Parker’s home. The gifted performer died at 34 in 1955 and is remembered today through the annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival each August (www.summerstage.org).
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Court of Two Lions
At the corner of Royal and Toulouse Sts stand a pair of houses built in the 1790s. The corner house, the Court of Two Lions, has a well-known gate on the Toulouse St side, flanked by marble lions atop the entry posts.
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Truman Capote’s Home
The leafy, brownstone-filled streets of Brooklyn Heights, ‘America’s first suburb,’ are perfect for a stroll. Perhaps detour to Willow St to see Truman Capote’s home, where he wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's.
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Ebbets Field
The former site of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ ballpark is Ebbets Field. The stadium closed in 1957 when the team moved to Los Angeles, and was replaced by the uninspiring Ebbets Field Apartments in 1960.
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Sons of Norway Hall
Sons of Norway Hall is the large white building with the colorful rosemaling built in 1912 and the center for Petersburg's Norwegian culture. Come on down and play bingo at 19:00 on Saturday; 'O-32,' ja shore you betcha.
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K&B Plaza
K&B Plaza is a modish office tower dating to 1963 with an indoor-outdoor sculpture gallery. The outdoor sculptures, featuring Isamu Noguchi’s The Mississippi, can be viewed anytime.
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Hollenbeck Youth Center
East of East Los Angeles' Mariachi Plaza is a nondescript building housing the Hollenbeck Youth Center where Oscar 'Golden Boy' de la Hoya punched himself into shape for the 1992 Olympic gold medal.
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Virginia State Capitol
Designed by Thomas Jefferson, the capitol building was completed in 1788 and houses the oldest legislative body in the Western Hemisphere, the Virginia General Assembly, established in 1619. Free tours.
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Hyatt Hotel
Another Sunset Strip icon is the Hyatt Hotel, where Led Zeppelin raced motorcycles in the corridors and Keith Richards dropped TVs off balconies back in the 70s, earning the place the nickname the Riot House.
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Center Plaza
One of the highlights of City Hall Plaza is the sweeping curve of the modern Center Plaza , which mirrors Sears Crescent, one of the few buildings that remains from the Scollay Sq days. The plaza sometimes hosts public gatherings and summertime performances.
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Center Church on the Green
The Georgian-style 1812 Center Church on the Green, a fine New England interpretation of Palladian architecture, harbors many colonial tombstones in its crypt.
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United Church
The 1814 United Church, at the northeastern corner of the green, is a Georgian-Palladian work.
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Avart-Peretti House
Avart-Peretti House is where Tennessee Williams wrote A Streetcar Named Desire .
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State Capitol
The X-shaped capitol is the largest outside Washington, DC, and marks the heart of downtown. Tours are available on the hour most days, or you can go up to the observation deck on your own for a view. Recently the capitol has been the site of big-time protests pitting state Democrats against Republicans.
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