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My Empire State of Mind

1. Manhattan Plaza Practice Rooms

484 W 43rd St (10th Ave), New York, NY
Event Space · Hell's Kitchen · No tips or reviews

Alicia KeysAlicia Keys: This is my childhood! I grew up right here on this street. It shaped me in so many ways and when I pass by it makes me reminisce about where it all began.

2. Barnes & Noble

8.7
555 5th Ave (at W 46th St), New York, NY
Bookstore · Midtown East · 140 tips and reviews

Alicia KeysAlicia Keys: This is my favorite place to go and pick out books! I always get so caught up looking through the shelves and end up spending hours here!

3. Former Tower Records Space

Broadway and 4th Street, New York, NY
Art Gallery · NoHo · 1 tip

Alicia KeysAlicia Keys: There used to be a Tower Records here where I had one of my 1st signings. It had the best variety of all kinds of music! Every time an album of mine comes out I pick a store to go buy a few copies lol

Shubert Theatre is one of My Empire State of Mind.

4. Shubert Theatre

9.1
225 W 44th St (btwn 7th & 8th Ave), New York, NY
Theater · Theater District · 93 tips and reviews

Alicia KeysAlicia Keys: My mother exposed me to broadway early! Since she loves the theatre so much she helped to instill it in me. It was like being transported to a whole other world once I stepped through those doors...

5. Locksmith

500 Lenox Ave (135th St and Lenox Ave), New York, NY
Historic and Protected Site · Central Harlem · No tips or reviews

Alicia KeysAlicia Keys: We did the video 4 "You Don't Know My Name" at my FAVORITE breakfast spot where I'd go 2 write Songs in A Minor. Later it burnt down! So sad! I can only imagine the history of people that walked there

6. Professional Performing Arts School

New York, NY
High School · Hell's Kitchen · 2 tips and reviews

Alicia KeysAlicia Keys: I started going here when I was 12, a few years after it opened. I liked to consider myself a mix between cool AND brains! I worked hard for it! I was really proud when I graduated as valedictorian.