St. Michael's Church (Episcopal)

225 West 99th Street, on Amsterdam Avenue. Designed by Robert W. Gibson and constructed in 1891. The AIA guide doesn't have much to say except for noting its somber-ness and the fact that there are mosaics and Tiffany glass windows inside. This building was heard at the Landmarks Preservation Commission to have it designated as an individual landmark about a year ago and no decision has been made yet. (That was drawn from my own knowledge, not that of the AIA guide. More of their stuff on page 353.)

HOW TO GET THERE: Take the 1, 2, or 3 to 96th Street. Walk north three blocks and east one block.

Bowery Savings Bank

130 Bowery, between Grand and Broome Streets. Constructed 1893-1895, and designed by McKim, Mead & White. The AIA guide says it's right on the edge of Little Italy, but I think it may now be in the heart of Chinatown. The AIA also says it's "one of the great spaces of New York" and that you should "go in." Whoops? More on page 85.

HOW TO GET THERE: Take the J or M to Bowery and walk west or take the B or D to Grant Street and walk north.

Flatiron Building

Located at 175 Fifth Avenue, East 22nd Street to East 23rd Street. Originally called the Fuller Building, designed by Daniel H. Burnham & Co, and constructed 1901-1903. The facade was restored in 1991 by Hurley & Farinella. I don't find any of the other information interesting enough to sum up, so you'll have to go to page 197 of your AIA guide.

HOW TO GET THERE: Take the R, W, or 6 train to 23rd Street. Have a burger at the Shake Shack while you're near Madison Square Park.

Brooklyn Borough Hall

Formerly Brooklyn City Hall. Located at 209 Joralemon Street, at Cadman Plaza West and Court Street. Designed by Vincent C. Griffith and Stoughton & Stoughton, and constructed 1845-1848. Cupola was designed by Gamaliel King and constructed in 1898.

Greek Revival building with a Victorian cupola (crazy!). The design was originally intended to mimic New York's City Hall, but preferences changed as a lot of time elapsed between the original idea and actually starting to get things done. More on pages 638-639.

HOW TO GET THERE: Take the 2, 3, 4, 5, N, M, or R to Court Street and/or Borough Hall.

First Church of Christ, Scientist

1 West 96th Street. Constructed in 1903, and designed by Carrère & Hastings (you may know them as Those Guys Who Designed The New York Public Library). The AIA guide describes this structure as "Exciting." Yes, exciting is its own sentence. And it's bold. Cute. More on page 366.

HOW TO GET THERE: Take A (late night only), C, B to 96th Street & Central Park West. Or take the 1, 2, 3 to 96th Street and walk east.

Brooklyn General Post Office

Let's take a break from the South Street Seaport and head to another borough, eh? This is a photo of the Brooklyn General Post Office, located at 271 Cadman Plaza E., as well as the statue of Henry Ward Beecher. The Post Office building was originally constructed between 1885 and 1891 and designed by Mifflin E. Bell and William A. Freret. The north half was done by James Wetmore in 1933.

The statue guy, Henry Ward Beecher, was apparently a preacher and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was originally in front of Borough Hall but was moved to the new Cadman Plaza for decoration. More on page 640.

HOW TO GET THERE: Take the 2, 3, 4, 5, N, M, or R to Court Street and/or Borough Hall. Walk a little bit west.

21-23 Peck Slip and 251 Water Street

On the left is 21-23 Peck Slip, which was designed by Richard Morris Hunt and constructed in 1873. The insides were originally intended to be lofts for the trustees of the Roosevelt Hospital. On the right side is 251 Water Street, which was designed by Carl F. Eisenbach in 1888. This entire series of building is now a Best Western. More info on Page 37 of your AIA guide.

HOW TO GET THERE: Take the A, C, J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, or 5 to Fulton Street, walk east until you see the South Street Seaport (the pedestrian mall portion), and then walk north two blocks.

Pier Pavilion, Pier 17

Constructed in 1984, designed by Benjamin Thompson & Associates, with The Eggers Group as consulting architects. More info on page 35 of your AIA guide.

HOW TO GET THERE: Take the A, C, J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, or 5 to Fulton Street and then start walking east until you see...the East River.

Titanic Memorial Lighthouse

This is at the entrance to the South Street Seaport, on Fulton Street between Pearl and Water Streets. The structure was originally placed on top of the Seamen's Church Institute Building on South Street and actually functioned as a lighthouse until 1968, when the Church Institute was demolished. The lighthouse structure was then reerected in 1976. It's pretty adorable. More info on page 31 of the AIA guide.

HOW TO GET THERE: Take the A, C, J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, or 5 to Fulton Street and then start walking east.

The Schermerhorn Row Block

2-18 Fulton Street, 189-195 Front Street, 159-171 John Street, 91-92 South Street. Constructed between 1811 and 1850. These were originally warehouses and counting-houses, and then were altered in the 1800s to provide food and drink to the crowds that started coming after the Fulton Ferry from Brooklyn began docking here. This block was restored in 1983 by Jan Hird Pokorny. More info found on page 33 of your AIA guide.

HOW TO GET THERE: Take the A, C, J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, or 5 to Fulton Street and then start walking east. This particular block is on the southeast side of the pedestrian mall.

The "Bogardus" Building

(picture taken of area under canopy at rounded corner of building)

15-19 Fulton Street. This building is actually a reerection of a James Bogardus building that was destroyed for various reasons. This version of the structure was completed in 1983 by Beyer Blinder Belle. The inside probably serves overpriced, bleh food, but I guess that's something for my other blog. More information about the actual building on page 32 of your AIA guide.

HOW TO GET THERE: Take the A, C, J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, or 5 to Fulton Street and then start walking east. A few more Southstreet Seaport posts are coming, so these directions will be ingrained into your mind soon.

207-215 Water Street

Part of the "South Street Seaport Museum Block." These were all originally designed/constructed in the mid-1800s and were used as warehouses at the time. They're now used for touristy things. And cultural-ish things. This information (and more) can be found on page 31 of your AIA Guide to New York City.

HOW TO GET THERE: Take the A, C, J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, or 5 to Fulton Street and then start walking east. The South Street Seaport is hard to miss.