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EXPLORE THE NORTHWEST PART OF MIDTOWN, VIEWING IMPORTANT LANDMARKS ON MADISON AVENUE , THEN HEAD OVER TO ROOSEVELT ISLAND ON THE TRAM FOR SOME GREAT SKYLINE VIEWS ...
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Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and its growth over the years
SONY Tower
IBM Building (590 Madison Ave.)
Fifth Avenue upscale retail important stops - Trump Tower, Tiffany's
432 Park Ave. - the nation's tallest residential building
Central Synagogue
Bloomingdale's and the surrounding retail district (Serendipity, Dylan's Candy)
Tram ride to Roosevelt Island:
- Why does the tram exist in the first place?
- History - Blackwell's Island, Welfare Island - hospitals, prisons, asylums
- Great views of Midtown and Upper East Side skylines
- FDR Four Freedoms Park
- Smallpox Hospital ruins
- Journalist Nelly Bly
- North Point Lighthouse
- The "Octagon"
NOTE: On this walk please bring a METROCARD, either an unlimited ride pass or with at least 2 fares for the Tram. Visit a restaurant on your own upon return on 2nd or 3rd Avenues.
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Google maps - approximate route ...
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Roosevelt Island and northwest Midtown
NYC Five Boro Tours
![Ryan Joseph Daley [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roosevelt_Island_Tram_Car.jpg "Ryan Joseph Daley [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons")