53rd Street (Manhattan)

40°45′46″N 73°58′54″W / 40.76278°N 73.98167°W / 40.76278; -73.98167 (53rd Street (Manhattan))

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53rd Street is an east–west street in

• 312 and 314 East 53rd Street, east of Second Avenue, are two of a few remaining wooden houses in Midtown and Upper Manhattan.
• 303 East 53rd Street was
  Muppet headquarters between 1963 and 1968 when Jim Henson
  rented space in the building.
• The Lipstick Building stands at Third Avenue.
• Lexington Avenue
  , at the corner of 53rd Street.
• The
  Park Avenue, between 52nd Street and 53rd Street, designed by the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, in collaboration with the American Philip Johnson
  and completed in 1958.
• Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
  , and completed in 1952.
• 12 East 53rd Street, a townhouse used by LIM College and a New York City designated landmark.
• The Stork Club was one of the more famous nightclubs in New York City during the 1930s–1950s. It was located at 3 East 53rd Street, just off Fifth Avenue.
• Paley Park, on the former site of the Stork Club, is a 4,200-square-foot (390 m²) pocket park that has been recognized as one of the finest urban spaces in the United States.^[1]
• Saint Thomas Church is located at Fifth Avenue
  .
• The block between Fifth and
  53 West 53rd Street
  .
• The block between Sixth and Seventh Avenues has the
  Sixth and a Half Avenue.^[2]
• A section of 53rd at Eighth Avenue was named Jerry Orbach Way in 2007 in honor of the actor, who had lived there for 25 years.^[3]
• The
  Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Colbert's predecessor, David Letterman, sometimes used the street for segments of the show.^[4]
• The
  Wendy Williams Show
  was taped at 433 West 53rd.
• Power Station is a recording studio at 441 West 53rd.
• A building at
  AT&T Long Lines
  . It extends about halfway to Eleventh Avenue and doesn't have windows; there are only two small rectangular openings located just above the two flagpoles on either side of the front door, giving access to the flags.
• The street ends at DeWitt Clinton Park at Eleventh Avenue.

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