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The Landmark is so far on the west side of Manhattan Island that is used to be on the waterfront before 12th Avenue was built on landfill (link to the Landmark Tavern). The Landmark dates from 1868 and looks the part. The bar itself was carved in 1839 from a single mahogany tree; the front door is the original speakeasy door. History at the Landmark is dyed into the wood. Legend accounts at least three ghosts on the premises. One is an Irish girl who arrived starving during the Great Hunger, only to die on the third floor of the Landmark when that floor was designated as a flophouse. Another ghostly presence is attributed to a Confederate soldier who was mortally wounded in a bar fight and died in a bathtub on the second floor. In its speakeasy days the Landmark was frequented by George Raft, the gangster/actor who grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen. More recently, the Landmark was featured regularly in episodes of "Spin City" (in at least one drinking game related to watching "Spin City" you're supposed to quaff when the Landmark is shown).
The Landmark is so far on the west side of Manhattan Island that is used to be on the waterfront before 12th Avenue was built on landfill (link to the Landmark Tavern). The Landmark dates from 1868 and looks the part. The bar itself was carved in 1839 from a single mahogany tree; the front door is the original speakeasy door. History at the Landmark is dyed into the wood. Legend accounts at least three ghosts on the premises. One is an Irish girl who arrived starving during the Great Hunger, only to die on the third floor of the Landmark when that floor was designated as a flophouse. Another ghostly presence is attributed to a Confederate soldier who was mortally wounded in a bar fight and died in a bathtub on the second floor. In its speakeasy days the Landmark was frequented by George Raft, the gangster/actor who grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen. More recently, the Landmark was featured regularly in episodes of "Spin City" (in at least one drinking game related to watching "Spin City" you're supposed to quaff when the Landmark is shown).
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