Tour Guide NYC (ACTUAL Questions And 100% Verified CORRECT Answers
When did the 5 boroughs consolidate?1898 - Honored with Manhattan Municipal Building with Civic Fame statue on top.
Where is the Star Walk?Theatre 80 St. Marks, the former home of the Pearl Theatre Company.
What was the original name of the Cotton Club?Club Deluxe
What is the name of the garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Museum, famous for its cherry trees?Japanese Hill And Pond Garden
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What's the nickname of the AT&T building?Golden Boy
Where is the Gotham Hotel, and what is it now called?700 Fifth Ave at 55th Street - The Peninsula
What is Civic Fame?A 25-foot tall golden statue on top of the Manhattan Municipal Building. Designed by Adolph A. Weinman to celebrate the merging of the 5 boroughs in 1898.
Where is the Dakota Building, who designed it, and who is living or has has lived there?Central Park West (Eighth Ave) and W. 72nd Street. Henry Hardenbergh design. Lauren Bacall, Connie Chung & Maury Povich, Roberta Flack, Rudolf Nureyev, Boris Karloff, Judy Garland, John Lennon
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Name buildings designed by Henry Hardenbergh Dakota, Plaza, Schermerhorn Building, the original Waldorf Astoria on 5th (Empire State Building there now), Willard, Copley Plaza
What was the Campbell Apartment?An opulent space in GCT, occupied by a friend of William Kissam Vanderbilt. Police thought it was lived in when they saw a shower and toilet. It is now an opulent bar.
Where can you find a famous smallpox hospital?Roosevelt Island. Designed by James Renwick, Jr.
Equitable Building - Who, where, when. What did it cause?Ernest Graham, 120 Broadway, 1915, Zoning setback restrictions resulting in the Wedding Cake Silhouette architecture.
What was Chumley's?
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