Still home to the office of the Mayor and the Chambers of New York City, New York City Hall is the oldest functioning city hall in the United States. Located in Lower Manhattan in City Hall Park (Civic Center), the city hall was finished in 1812 and is registered as a National Historic Landmark. Today, the building is still one of the most visited structures in the city due to its French Renaissance architecture and its Georgian-style construction on the interior of the building. The city hall is surrounded by beautiful gardens and adjacent government buildings and you can always find politicians and government workers milling around during lunch hour. The building is also a popular landmark often seen in movies and television shows filmed in New York City like Ghostbusters and Spin City.
With its brick exterior and the Beaux-Arts facade, Hook and Ladder 8 was used as the Ghostbusters headquarters in the beloved movie Ghostbusters. Hook and Ladder 8 is an operational fire station, but you can spot the Ghostbusters sign proudly painted on the sidewalk in front of the building. Stop by to snap some photos or this iconic building.
Since its construction in 1952, Pier 57 on Hudson River Park has emerged as a center for a fun outing for locals and tourists in the area. Along with a number of commercial offices it also houses restaurants, shops, an exhibit space, and more. But the stand-out feature of this site registered in the National Register of Historic Places is its landscape public park and the pavilion restaurant based on its rooftop.
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