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Incredible Historic sites in NYC John Partilla

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Incredible Historic sites in NYC

John Partilla

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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace:

National Historic Site

Located in a recreated brownstone

on 28 East 20th, locals and tourists

can visit the exact location where

President Theodore Roosevelt was

born. Although this is technically the

original building where the president

was born, it was reconstructed in

1919 by the Theodore Roosevelt

Association. Visitors can actually

take a tour of this historic residence

in the Flatiron District near the

elegant, sophisticated neighborhood

of Gramercy Park.

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Former Location

of Edward

Hopper’s Studio

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A historic site at 3 Washington Square North, Edward

Hopper’s previous art studio is currently owned by New

York University. A very prominent realist painter, Hopper

depicted everyday scenes in the city focused on common

themes connected to authentic feeling and emotion.While

several other artists suffered financially during the Great

Depression, Hopper’s career began to skyrocket in the

Great Depression, when major museums such as the

Whitney Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of

Art offered thousands for his previously underappreciated

work.

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Downtown at 26 Wall Street built as New York City Hall

in 1700, Federal Hall held historic federal hall events in

American history, ranging from the site of George

Washington’s inauguration to the first time the Bill of

Rights was introduced to congress. The building’s history

reflects the democratic values and principles on which

the United States was founded as seen by the Greek and

Roman aesthetic qualities highlighted in the building’s

structure.

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Designed by Ithiel Town and

Alexander Jackson Davis,

the columns resembled the

Greek Acropolis while the

doomed high ceiling is a

tribute to the Roman

Pantheon. In other words,

the architecture was

designed to accurately

reflect the fundamental

ideals of young America.

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Grand Central Terminal

Architects Warren and

Wetmore built this

grandiose public

transportation hub in 1903

in a majestic, Beaux­Arts

aesthetic style that quickly

marked this station as a

work of art in its own right.

Located at 42nd street and

Park Avenue, Grand

Central Terminal is one of

the most visited tourist

destinations in the world.

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