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Who are the architects of Grand Central Terminal? - ANSWER Warren and Wetmore, Reed and Stem What subway lines do NOT stop at Times Square? - ANSWER 4/5/6, B/D/F/M, A/C/E, G, L What borough has Edgar Allan Poe's cottage? - ANSWER The Bronx Where can you find the greatest concentration of cast iron buildings in the world? - ANSWER SoHo (SOuth of HOuston) What's a nickname for the AT&T Building? - ANSWER Golden Boy What was the original function of the building that holds Tavern-on-the-Green, an exclusive, eccentric restaurant in Central Park? - ANSWER It was a sheep barn What are some of Wallace K. Harrison's accomplishments as an architect? - ANSWER United Nations, Rockefeller Center, Battery Park City, master plan for Lincoln Center and Metropolitan Opera House, Albany's Empire State Plaza, Corning Museum of Glass What famous book did Jacob Riis write about the conditions in tenement houses, to motivate social reform? - ANSWER How the Other Half Lives Who designed the outside of the Statue of Liberty? The inside? - ANSWER Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi; Gustave Eiffel Who designed the Washington Square Arch? - ANSWER Stanford White Who sculpted Bethesda Fountain? Where is it? - ANSWER Emma Stebbins; Central Park What home of a Founding Father was moved from its original location to St. Nicholas Park? - ANSWER Hamilton Grange (Alexander Hamilton's home) What is the oldest continuous Protestant organization in New York City? - ANSWER Marble Collegiate Church Where was West Side Story filmed? - ANSWER Lincoln Center What's at Arthur Avenue in the Bronx? - ANSWER Belmont, the "Little Italy of the Bronx" What is the oldest Jewish synagogue in New York City (founded in 1654), and where is it? - ANSWER Congregation Shearith Israel, W 70th Street and Central Park West Where is the Islamic Cultural Center, the first mosque built in the US, which faces Mecca? - ANSWER 1711 Third Avenue, between E 96th Street and E 97th Street Who was Malcolm Shabazz? What two locations on W 116th Street are named for him? - ANSWER Malcolm X's grandson; Malcolm Shabazz Mosque and Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market (market for African goods and clothes) The Kosciuszko Bridge spans what waterway between Brooklyn and Queens? - ANSWER Newtown Creek Where is the New Wave Festival held each year? - ANSWER Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Which great painters are on display at the Hispanic Society of America? - ANSWER El Greco, Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, and others What is CBGB? - ANSWER A music club that opened in the East Village in 1973 and helped launch punk and new wave music. "Country, BlueGrass, and Blues." Police, the B-52s, the Talking Heads, and Blondie played here. What is a bialy? - ANSWER A Jewish pastry similar to a bagel but without a hole. Usually covered with onions. What is unique about wooden water towers? - ANSWER Wood expands when wet, preventing leaks. Cheaper to build and maintain. Water freezes later than in steel. Where is the New York City Panorama, the largest architectural model in the world? - ANSWER Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park What is the largest Jewish congregation in New York City? - ANSWER Temple Emanu- El Where was the Bill Cosby Show shot? Where were the Huxtable family supposed to live? - ANSWER St. Luke's Place in the West Village; Brooklyn Heights Where are the great works of Picasso found? - ANSWER The Gagosian Gallery, which has 3 locations in NYC and numerous worldwide Who designed the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque? - ANSWER Sabbath Brown Who were the original owners of the Dutch farmhouses in the Brooklyn Museum? - ANSWER Jan Martense Schenk & Nicholas Schenk What is the Dahesh Museum? - ANSWER Only museum in US devoted to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting works by Europe's academically trained artists of the 19th and early 20th century. What is the newest museum on Museum Mile? - ANSWER The Neue Galerie at 1048 5th Avenue. Austrian and German art, donated by Ronald Lauder, a cosmetics mogul. In C. Vanderbuilt's old house. What is the best example of Art Deco architecture in New York City? - ANSWER Chrysler Building What is a brownstone? - ANSWER Originally, a rowhouse built almost entirely of brown sandstone. Later, was faced with brownstone only. What is the tallest structure in New York City outside of Manhattan? - ANSWER Citigroup Building in Long Island City, Queens, at 663' or 48 stories tall The Ansonia Hotel was known for what unusual features? - ANSWER "All of the above": The world's largest swimming pool, a rooftop farm with goats and pigs, an indoor fountain with seals. It was home to Babe Ruth, Igor Stravinsky, Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman, and others. What is the nickname of the Woolworth Building? - ANSWER The Cathedral of Commerce What is the 21 Club? - ANSWER A famous speakeasy from the '20s. There is a row of famous jockeys out front. Where is the Forbes Gallery? - ANSWER 60 Fifth Avenue, near 12th Street What is the current name of Hurtig and Seamon's? - ANSWER Apollo Theater What and where is the second oldest monument in New York City? - ANSWER The Worth Monument, 25th Street and Broadway