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The mansion of industrialist Henry Clay Frick, with indoor garden court and reflecting pool, is the setting for his exceptional collection of Old Masters, French furniture, and Limoges enamels. Look for Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Hals in the West Gallery; Holbein, Titian, and Bellini in the Living Hall.

Trendy lounge with a live D.J., round stainless steel bar, and conversation pit.

Soaring 70 stories into the sky, this dramatic skyscraper, designed by Raymond Hood in 1931–3, has shallow setbacks that recede into the distance. Part of the greatness of Hood’s design is the contrast between the building’s height and surrounding Rockefeller Center.

Sophisticated Tuscan food keeps this stylish room filled with Lincoln Center-goers at night.

Expect big names and equivalent price tags at this blue-ribbon gallery with two locations, two floors uptown and a Chelsea address with the lofty spaces necessary for exhibiting large-scale art. Damien Hirst, Anselm Kiefer, Richard Serra, and Cy Twombly are among the contemporary artists represented.

This 1931 Art Deco building has a clock whose arms grasp at lightning bolts.

America’s oldest Episcopal seminary was founded in 1819. This campus was built around two quadrangles in the 1830s, on a site donated by Clement Moore, who taught at the seminary. The main building, added in 1960, includes a library with the largest collection of Latin Bibles in the world. There are lovely inner gardens (9th Avenue entrance).

Fans say this tiny café serves the best Italian food on the Upper West Side, at the most reasonable prices, which explains the constant lines.

Designed and cast in 1883, a bronze Washington on a massive granite pedestal lifts his hand from the Bible after being sworn in.