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Hidden & Miniature in NYC
Hand-picked by Gothamly and checked against each place’s own site. Nobody paid to be here.
Mmuseumm
A dead-serious museum inside a freight elevator — viewable 24/7 through the peepholes.
The Hess Triangle
500 square inches of pure spite: ’Property of the Hess Estate Which Has Never Been Dedicated for Public Purposes.’
75½ Bedford Street
New York’s narrowest house — 9½ feet wide; Edna St. Vincent Millay managed fine.
Old City Hall Station
Stay on the downtown 6 past the last stop and glide through the abandoned 1904 chandeliered station.
The Times Square Hum
Max Neuhaus’s unmarked sound work has droned under a grate since 1977. Most never notice. Now you will.
Dream House
La Monte Young’s magenta-lit eternal drone — one chord, sustained since 1993. Shoes off, mind altered, donation suggested. Check MELA for open days.
The Graybar Rats
Look up at the canopy rods: bronze rats climbing the mooring lines of a “ship,” with rosettes shaped as rat heads. 1927’s strangest architectural joke.
Abandoned Ellis Island Hospital
Untapped New York & Save Ellis Island open the contagious-disease wards & autopsy rooms, closed since 1954, in groups of six · 90 min
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