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Women’s knits, clothing, and shoes by American, Italian, and French designers sold at discount.

Though dwarfed by countless taller structures today, this unusual building – its shape conforming to a triangular plot of land – remains striking, a symbol of the beginning of the skyscraper era. Its slim, rounded façade is as proud as a ship’s prow sailing up the avenue. Completed in 1902, it anchored the north end of the prestigious Ladies’ Mile shopping district, located between Union and Madison squares. The designer, famous Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, included detailed Italian Renaissance decoration on the building from top to bottom, much of it in terra-cotta.

This 21-story, triangular-shaped building has intrigued New Yorkers since it was built by Daniel Burnham in 1902; the shape was so unusual that people took bets on whether it would topple. The secret was in the steel frame support, which was used instead of traditional heavy stone walls: a precursor of skyscrapers to come.

An intimate modern French restaurant with a small menu that shows meticulous dedication.

A mix of Peruvian, Cuban, and Chinese cuisine; Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken is a specialty.

Here, at the heart of the city’s wholesale flower district, you can hardly see the sidewalk for the masses of greenery, shrubs, and flowers. Manhattan’s largest concentration of shops selling houseplants, trees, blooming plants, and all manner of flowers, fresh, dried, and artificial can be found here; if you can’t find what you want, it probably doesn’t exist. The district extends along 6th Avenue roughly from 25th to 30th streets.

The site of two World Fairs, this is now a spacious park with picnic areas, fields for cricket and soccer, paths for bikers and skaters, boating lakes, and many other attractions. The New York Mets’ Shea Stadium, the U.S. Tennis Center, the New York Hall of Science, and the Queens Museum of Art are also here. The Unisphere, the symbol of the 1964 World Fair, still stands.

Proudly stocking 100 types of champagne, several of which are available by the glass, this former speakeasy successfully blends high-end opulence and a sumptuous menu with a romantic atmosphere and friendly service.

The food and the well-muscled clientele are attractions at this Chelsea standby.