DK Travel : New York

With its skyscrapers, great museums, and bright lights of Broadway, New York is a city of superlatives. There are countless sights that have to be seen, but a handful are truly definitive of the city. These highlights illustrate the very best.

Lever House

This 24-story building of glass and steel by Gordon Bunshaft was the first “glass box” in New York.
Library Hotel

Books fill this 60-room themed hotel. Each floor is devoted to a Dewey Decimal System category, like the Arts or Philosophy, with appropriate volumes in each room. Includes a rooftop sitting room and terrace.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Built on 15 acres in the 1950s, transforming slums into a giant cultural complex, the Lincoln Center houses an array of venues: the Metropolitan Opera; the New York City Opera and Ballet; the New York Philharmonic; the Lincoln Center and Walter Reade theaters; Avery Fisher and Alice Tully halls; and the Julliard School (see Avery Fisher Hall). In the summer, popular Mostly Mozart concerts take place, the central fountain plaza becomes a dance floor, and free concerts are held in the adjacent park. In October 2004, Jazz at the Lincoln Center moved to its new headquarters in the Time Warner building at Columbus Circle.
Liquor Store Bar

The building dates to 1804 and was once a liquor store, but now it’s a comfortable, low-key place to have a beer.
Lismore Hosiery Co.

Stored away in boxes stacked floor to ceiling are name brands in underwear and socks for men and women at bargain prices. To take advantage of the savings, know the brand and size you need.
Lombardi’s

Pizza doesn’t come much better than at this unpretentious old-timer that turns out delectable thin-crust pies.
Lombardi’s Pizza

On everybody’s list of best-in-town for its thin crust, coal oven pizza (see Lombardi’s).
Londel’s Supper Club

Part of the new Harlem, with upscale ambience, waiters in tuxedos, delicious Southern fare, and good live jazz on weekends.
Long Island Vineland Tour

Tour of vineyards and taste wines made at east Long Island.
Lotus

A mix of dining room, bars, lounges, and dance floor.

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