,url-https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripexpert.com%2Fimages%2Fmarker-fade%402x.png(-73.96739,40.771282)/-73.97654503583908,40.75984192053791,11.872788960965705/1280x214@2x?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoidHJpcGV4cGVydHdlYiIsImEiOiJja2Fud3l2MDcwbXZ0MndyeGF3eGI3ZWhzIn0.zLqNa1RECyZZadF8zfQM5w)
Empire State Building vs Frick Collection
Both are rated highly by reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Frick Collection ranks marginally better than Empire State Building. Frick Collection comes in at #1 in New York City with endorsements from 12 reviewers like Lonely Planet, Not For Tourists and Concierge.
Empire State Building
Fodor's
Concierge
Lonely Planet
Frommer's
Condé Nast Traveler
Show All Reviews
350 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY 10118
From $0 /night
Fodor's
"The Empire State Building is an art deco monument to progress, a symbol for New York City, and a star in some great romantic scenes, on- and off-screen."
Full review
Concierge
"With the tragic demise of the World Trade Center, this symbol of New York is again the city's most recognizable skyscraper and, at 1,050 feet, its tallest."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The Empire State Building – actually a very glorified office building – is the most famous member of the New York skyline."
Full review
i
Getting here very early or very late will help you avoid delays.
Frommer's
"There’s no better introduction to New York than a visit to the Empire State Building... the apex of the New York skyline."
Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"Remains one of the city's most beautiful—and popular—attractions, with thousands of people visiting every day."
Full review
Frick Collection
Fodor's
Concierge
Lonely Planet
Time Out
Condé Nast Traveler
Show All Reviews
1 E. 70th St., New York, NY 10021
From $0 /night
Fodor's
"Everything here is a highlight. The Portico Gallery, an enclosed portico along the building's 5th Avenue garden, houses the museum's growing collection of sculpture."
Full review
Concierge
"A real find among the city's museums, this collection housed in an exquisite Beaux Arts mansion on the Upper East Side represents the personal holdings of Henry Clay Frick."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This spectacular art collection sits in a mansion built by prickly steel magnate Henry Clay Frick, one of the many such residences that made up Millionaires’ Row."
Full review
Time Out
"The opulent residence that houses a private collection of great masters (from the 14th through the 19th centuries) was originally built for industrialist Henry Clay Frick."
Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
Editor's Pick
"Housed in an exquisite Beaux Arts mansion on the Upper East Side represents the personal holdings of Henry Clay Frick."
Full review
