55 Water Street

The tiered escalators to heaven continually assist those adventurous enough to make the climb to the Plaza perched above the FDR Drive at 55 Water Street—overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge and the Downtown Heliport—lush greenery in a concrete sandbox. Go at lunch on a weekday in June to gawk at the masses in suits, loosening their ties with hands in Au Bon Pain and Pret Manager emblazoned paper bags, shedding their disdain for New Jersey across the bay as they masticate and smile.