# New York, 1986: Places 13 entries. Page 1 of 1. [Web catalog](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/) | [JSON navigation](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/index.json) - [Cab Curb](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cab-curb/) (nyc-1986-cab-curb; place; [New York, 1986 \(nyc-1986\)](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/)): The curb lane outside the cafe where a 1980s yellow taxi idles through rain and streetlight reflections, with older sedans and boxy traffic moving beyond it. [Markdown](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cab-curb/index.md) | [JSON](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cab-curb/record.json) - [Cafe Counter](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cafe-counter/) (nyc-1986-cafe-counter; place; [New York, 1986 \(nyc-1986\)](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/)): A narrow 1986 diner-cafe counter with vinyl stools, chrome napkin holders, glass pastry case, coffee urns, paper checks, ceramic cups, and a tired night-shift rhythm. [Markdown](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cafe-counter/index.md) | [JSON](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cafe-counter/record.json) - [Cafe Entrance](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cafe-entrance/) (nyc-1986-cafe-entrance; place; [New York, 1986 \(nyc-1986\)](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/)): The glass entry door and vestibule of the cafe, with neon reflected in the wet glass, a paper specials sign, umbrella stand, rubber mat, and view toward the sidewalk. [Markdown](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cafe-entrance/index.md) | [JSON](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cafe-entrance/record.json) - [Cafe Pay Phone Alcove](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cafe-payphone/) (nyc-1986-cafe-payphone; place; [New York, 1986 \(nyc-1986\)](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/)): A small alcove near the restrooms with a wall-mounted pay phone, paper phonebook, scratched metal shelf, coin return, and warm overhead light. [Markdown](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cafe-payphone/index.md) | [JSON](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cafe-payphone/record.json) - [Cafe Window Table](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cafe-window-table/) (nyc-1986-cafe-window-table; place; [New York, 1986 \(nyc-1986\)](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/)): A small late-night New York cafe table beside rain-streaked glass windows, with warm table light, Formica, chrome trim, paper menu, pie plate, coffee cup, sugar dispenser, and the wet street visible outside. [Markdown](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cafe-window-table/index.md) | [JSON](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-cafe-window-table/record.json) - [Conservation Corridor](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-conservation-corridor/) (nyc-1986-museum-conservation-corridor; place; [New York, 1986 \(nyc-1986\)](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/)): A narrow staff corridor with beige acoustic tile, a humming fluorescent ceiling grid, brown commercial carpet, dark wood baseboards, and one wood-veneer conservation-room door with a brass lever and simple STAFF ONLY plaque. [Markdown](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-conservation-corridor/index.md) | [JSON](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-conservation-corridor/record.json) - [Dark Conservation Room](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-conservation-room/) (nyc-1986-museum-conservation-room; place; [New York, 1986 \(nyc-1986\)](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/)): A shadowy museum workroom containing linen-draped frames, empty easels, rolling worktables, archival crates, and a bare far wall on which an impossible clown shadow can appear without a physical source. [Markdown](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-conservation-room/index.md) | [JSON](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-conservation-room/record.json) - [False Exit Corridor](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-false-exit-corridor/) (nyc-1986-museum-false-exit-corridor; place; [New York, 1986 \(nyc-1986\)](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/)): A narrowing institutional corridor with a pulsing red incandescent exit sign and one crash-bar door that impossibly returns to the opening gallery. [Markdown](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-false-exit-corridor/index.md) | [JSON](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-false-exit-corridor/record.json) - [Opening Gallery](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-opening-gallery/) (nyc-1986-museum-opening-gallery; place; [New York, 1986 \(nyc-1986\)](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/)): A closed 1986 municipal museum gallery with institutional beige walls, a black-and-white marble floor, dark wood trim, glass vitrines, a low wood bench, a marble bust, and an analog wall clock fixed at 2:13 a.m. [Markdown](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-opening-gallery/index.md) | [JSON](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-opening-gallery/record.json) - [Rainy Sidewalk](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-rainy-sidewalk/) (nyc-1986-rainy-sidewalk; place; [New York, 1986 \(nyc-1986\)](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/)): A wet New York sidewalk outside the cafe at 12:30 a.m., with steam, streetlight reflections, period storefront signs, newspaper boxes, pay-phone glow, and puddles on dark pavement. [Markdown](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-rainy-sidewalk/index.md) | [JSON](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-rainy-sidewalk/record.json) - [Repeating Portrait Gallery](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-portrait-gallery/) (nyc-1986-museum-portrait-gallery; place; [New York, 1986 \(nyc-1986\)](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/)): A long brown-carpeted gallery lined with anonymous nineteenth-century-style portraits, brass picture lights, glass cases, and repeating views of the same marble bust and bench; no recognizable artwork or readable labels. [Markdown](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-portrait-gallery/index.md) | [JSON](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-portrait-gallery/record.json) - [Subway Entrance](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-subway-entrance/) (nyc-1986-subway-entrance; place; [New York, 1986 \(nyc-1986\)](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/)): A nearby stairwell down to the subway with period railings, damp concrete, old enamel signage, and warm underground light rising into the rainy street. [Markdown](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-subway-entrance/index.md) | [JSON](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-subway-entrance/record.json) - [Three-Door Junction](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-three-door-junction/) (nyc-1986-museum-three-door-junction; place; [New York, 1986 \(nyc-1986\)](/field-guide/collections/nyc-1986/places/)): A square liminal junction with three identical wood-veneer doors on its north wall, brown carpet, beige walls, one flickering fluorescent fixture, and an old incandescent EXIT sign above the center door. [Markdown](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-three-door-junction/index.md) | [JSON](/field-guide/entities/nyc-1986-museum-three-door-junction/record.json)