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Moorhead & Moorhead 83 Canal St, No 309/ Eldridge St, New York neighborhood: Chinatown hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: unknown architect: unknown The firm explores issues of function and materiality. Projects range in scope and scale, from furniture and exhibition design to architecture. subway: B, D to Grand St, F to E Broadway. bus: M9, M22, M103. 
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Morgan Library & Museum: Thaw Conservation Center 225 Madison Ave/ 36th St, New York neighborhood: Murray Hill hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 15 per tour building date: 1852 architect: Thaw Conservation Center, Samuel Anderson Architect, 2002 other architects/consultants: Campus buildings, McKim, Mead & White, 1906; expansion, Renzo Piano Project, 2006. This 5,600-sq-ft facility and laboratory promotes the conservation of works on paper and a place for conservation studies. subway: B, D, F, Q to 42nd St, 4, 5, 6, 7, S to Grand Central, 6 to 33rd St. bus: M2, M3, M4, Q32. other transportation: PATH to 33rd St.      
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Morris-Jumel Mansion 65 Jumel Terr/ 160th St, New York hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 1765 architect: Roger Morris; remodel, Stephen Jumel ca. 1810. Manhattan’s oldest house headquartered General George Washington in 1776. It houses Colonial, Federal and Empire style period rooms as well as an unusual octagonal drawing room. subway: A to 168th St, C to 163rd St, 1 to 157th St. bus: M2, M3, M18, M101. 
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Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden 421 E 61st St/ 1st Ave, New York hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 50 building date: 1799 architect: One of Manhattan’s oldest buildings, the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum was a popular country resort in the days when the city ended at 14th Street. Walking through its eight early 19th-century rooms is a trip back in time. subway: N, R, 4, 5, 6 to 59th St/ Lexington Ave. bus: M15, M31, M57.
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MTA Substation 225 W 53rd St/ Broadway , New York hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 25 per tour building date: 1901, opened 1904 architect: Heins & LaFarge other architects/consultants: William Barclay Parsons, McKim, Mead & White Take a rare opportunity to tour a power station hidden beyond an unassuming façade. Awe-inspiring machinery awaits. subway: E to 50th Street bus: M31, M57 
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Murray's Cheese 254 Bleecker St/ 6th Ave, New York hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 10 per tour building date: 2004 architect: Store, Sol Niego; cheese caves, Herve Mons, 2005. Centuries-old techniques of cheese aging are used in the underground cheese caves in this specially designed facility. subway: A, C, D, E, F, V to W 4th St. bus: M5, M6, M20.
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Museum of Arts and Design 2 Columbus Circle/ 59th St, New York neighborhood: Midtown hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 25 per tour building date: 1964; renovated 2008 architect: Renovation, Brad Cloepfil/ Allied Works Architecture; structural engineer, Robert Silman Associates. Manhattan's newest museum celebrates and explores how craft, art, and design intersect in the visual arts today. subway: A, B, C, D, 1 to 59th St-Columbus Circle. bus: M5, M7, M10, M20, M104.
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Museum of the City of New York 1220 5th Ave/ 103rd St, New York neighborhood: East Harlem hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 8 per tour building date: 1932 architect: Joseph Freelander; gallery and renovated courtyard, Polshek Partnership Architects, 2008. Originally created to accommodate the city’s historical collection, this late Georgian-style building houses a new, spectacular modern gallery and a renovated courtyard. subway: 2, 3 to 110th St, 6 to 103rd St. bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M106.
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New Church, The 114 E 35th St/ Park Ave, New York neighborhood: Murray Hill hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 15 per tour building date: 1858 architect: James Hoe; renovation, Thoresen and Linard, Architects, 2007 This Italian-Renaissance Revival-styled church was modified in 1866, 1901 and 2007. With a performance space and a garden, it contributes to the special architectural and historic character of Murray Hill. subway: 6 to 33rd St. bus: M98, M101, M102, M103.
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New Museum 235 Bowery/ Prince St, New York neighborhood: Lower East Side hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 25 per tour building date: 2007 architect: Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa/ SANNA with Gensler, New York. This contemporary museum resembles a stack of boxes piled on top of each other. It is clad in a seamless, anodized expanded aluminum mesh and rises 174 ft above street level. subway: F, V to 2nd Ave, J, M, Z to Bowery, R, W to Delancey St, 6 to Spring St. bus: M6, M103.
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New School, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, The 66 5th Ave/ 12th St, New York hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 30 per tour building date: 2008 architect: Lyn Rice This new campus center for Parsons The New School for Design combines the ground level of four historic buildings to form an innovative, contemporary urban quad. The project received a 2009 National AIA Honor Award. subway: L, N, R, Q, W, 4, 5, 6 to Union Sq, F, V to 14th St/ 6th Ave, 1, 2, 3, to 14th St/ 7th Ave. bus: M2, M3, M5, M6, M7. 
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New School: Orozco Room 66 W 12th St/ 5th Ave, New York hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 30 per tour building date: 1930 architect: Joseph Urban The Orozco Room houses José Clemente Orozco's important 1931 mural cycle, “A Call for Revolution and Universal Brotherhood,” which is the earliest mural commission by a Mexican modernist in New York. Talk co-sponsored by El Museo Del Barrio. subway: A, C, E, F, V to 14th St, 4, 5, 6, N, Q, R to Union Sq. bus: M14.
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New York City Marble Cemetery, The 52-74 E 2nd St/ 1st Ave, New York hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 500 building date: 1831 architect: Perkins Nichols One of only two non-sectarian burial grounds in Manhattan, it contains 258 underground marble vaults and has seen the funerals of many distinguished citizens, including President James Monroe. subway: D to Broadway/ Lafayette, F, V to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker St. bus: M15, M21.
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New York Marble Cemetery 41 1/2 Second Ave/ 2nd St, New York hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 1830 architect: unknown NYC’s oldest non-sectarian burial ground is a half-acre garden oasis with 156 underground vaults. With no markers on the grass, only plaques on the walls indicate the family names. subway: D to Broadway/ Lafayette St, F, V to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker St. bus: M15, M21.
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New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, The 476 5th Ave/ 42nd St, New York hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 25 per tour building date: 1911 architect: Carrere & Hastings; interior renovation, Davis Brody Bond, LLP, 2005 The library sentries Patience and Fortitude guard this landmark building, constructed on the site of the old Croton Reservoir. Its magnificent spaces include the South Court Education Center, the Rose Main Reading Room and the renovated Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. subway: B, D, F, V, 7 to 42nd St-Bryant Park, 4, 5, 6, 7, S to Grand Central. bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M6, M7, M42, M104, Q32.
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