34th Street retail district

• Macy’s, “The World’s Largest Store”, and the holdout in Herald Square
• How all those stores got there!

Empire State Building

• Why did such a tall building get built so many years ago?
• Why was at that location before it got built?

Times Square history

• Longacre Square and the New York Times
• How all those lights got there!

New York Public Library 'lions' and Bryant Park

• Do those lions have names? (they do)
• What was at that location before the library and the park?

Chrysler Building

• Why does it look a little like the Empire State Building?

Grand Central Terminal

• Is it a “terminal” or a “station”?
• Why are the stars on the ceiling backwards?
• Why were there more trains stopping there many years ago?
• Why did the building almost get demolished?
• See the “whispering gallery”