New York City Attractions
This gift from France has become the symbol of New York City.
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The greatest skyscraper on earth features an observatory on the 86th floor.
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The design of this first large city park in the U.S. has been copied all over the world.
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This magnificent 19th century bridge connects Brooklyn and Manhattan.
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The site of the New Year's Eve celebrations is always crowded with tourists.
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This skyscraper, once in the running for the world's tallest building, is still one of New York's tallest.
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Raymond Hood's black neo-gothic tower with gilded Art Deco crown is one of several historic buildings around Bryant Park.
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Lower Manhattan's largest park sits at the tip of Manhattan island.
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This neighborhood in Lower Manhattan was created on top of soil excavated for the construction of the WTC nearby.
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This 52 acre (21 ha) large botanic garden has a very diverse collection with a beautiful Japanese garden as one of its highlights.
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This historic district is considered America's oldest suburb.
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Brooklyn's Museum of Art is one of the largest and best museums in New York City.
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A small but very pleasant park surrounded by great architecture.
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Named after a Union Army general, this is a beautiful park bordering the East River. New York's Mayor has his official residence here, in Gracie Mansion.
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Construction of this cathedral started in 1892 and it is expected to take at least another 100 years before it will be finished.
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One of the world's tallest buildings when it was completed in 1929, the Chanin Building was the first of a series of iconic highrises around Grand Central Terminal.
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New York's Chinatown, founded by immigrants in 1870, is a large neighbourhoud located on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
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One of the most famous and most beloved of all skyscrapers in New York City.
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One of Midtown's largest towers rests on 114ft tall supporting columns, opening up space for a church at its base.
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Completed in 1811, this is one of New York's finest architectural treasures.
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This museum of medieval art is housed in a building composed of several authentic European cloisters and chapels.
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The campus of New York's oldest university features many magnificent buildings.
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This traffic circle near central park features a monument to Christoffer Columbus at its center.
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Coney Island is a seaside resort in Brooklyn with a historic Ferris Wheel and roller coaster, the Cyclone.
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This Art Deco skyscraper by Raymond Hood is best known for the giant globe in the building's lobby.
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The first luxury apartment in the Upper West Side, at the time considered as far as Dakota, hence its name.
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This memorial in Battery Park, Lower Manhattan is dedicated to the many US soldiers who died overseas.
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Now home to the Immigration Museum, Ellis Island was the immigrant gateway to America from 1892 to 1954.
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One of New York's finest classical buildings is located in bustling Wall Street, at the site where George Washington was inaugurated as the country's first president.
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New York's Fifth Avenue is the world's most famous shopping street.
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This triangular building immediately captured the imagination of New Yorkers when it was built in 1903.
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Not as famous as its Brooklyn namesake, this plaza sits at the edge of Central Park.
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Featuring a monumental arch, this grand plaza was designed as the gateway to Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
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This great railway station was built in 1913 for the New York and Harlem Railway Company.
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General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife are entombed in this imposing pantheon-like building.
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This museum with an important collection of modern art is housed in a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Originally an elevated railroad line for freight trains, the High Line was converted and opened in June 2009 as a long elevated park.
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The USS Intrepid aircraft carrier serves as a unique environment for a museum displaying among others many helicopters and airplanes.
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Originally a courthouse, this elegant building was saved from the wrecking ball and is now used as a library.
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One of the first glass-walled skyscrapers, the Lever House marks a turning point in American architecture.
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A large complex of buildings dedicated to music, dance and theater.
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Little Italy is a small neighborhood in Lower Manhattan known as the home of the Italian immigrants in New York.
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What started as a small store expanded into the world's largest department store.
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This historical square is located in the center of the Flatiron district.
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The world's most famous arena is built on top of an active railway station.
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This fifty-story tower modeled after the Campanile de San Marco in Venice was the tallest building in the world between 1909 and 1913.
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One of New York's must-see attractions, the Met has a vast collection ranging from prehistoric times to the modern age.
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This monumental early 20th century landmark was built to house the city's growing administration.
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Probably the world's most renowned museum of modern art, MoMA was founded in 1929 by Abby Rockefeller.
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One of New York's most popular museums features attractions ranging from dinosaur skeletons to a planetarium.
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One of the world's largest and most famous libraries.
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This behemoth is a building New Yorkers love to hate.
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Mostly affluent people live in this famed, mostly residential street. The avenue is lined with many historic buildings.
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This 391ft/119m high building was once the tallest in the world.
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A historic district in Brooklyn where wealthy New Yorkers built large, often eye-catching mansions.
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The famous Plaza Hotel, built in 1907 in French Renaissance style featured in a large number of movies.
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Brooklyn's most famous park is designed by the same team that created Manhattan's Central Park.
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This long narrow park stretches for 4 miles (6km) along the Hudson River in New York's Upper West Side.
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This complex of high-rises known as Radio City was built in the midst of the Great Depression.
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Situated on the East River between Manhattan and Queens, this island can be reached by an aerial tram.
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Mies van der Rohe's iconic glass box tower was the benchmark for skyscrapers for several decades.
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This trendy neighborhood boasts the world's largest collection of cast-iron architecture.
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The historic Seaport area features a maritime museum as well as many shops and restaurants.
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This beautiful gothic cathedral is the country's largest roman catholic church.
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Now dwarfed by skyscrapers, this church once towered over Lower Manhattan.
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One of Donald Trump's most famous projects, this building is a symbol of 1980s glamour.
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This historic district in Midtown features twelve buildings in Tudor style.
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The United Nations Headquarters Secretariat was built in 1950 by an international committee of architects.
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A monumental granite Beaux-Arts building, designed by Cass Gilbert.
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When it opened in 1931, this luxurious hotel was the largest in the world.
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One of the world's most famous streets is known as the center of New York City's financial district.
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This square is located in the heart of Greenwich Village.
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The tallest building in Brooklyn was completed just before the Great Depression.
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The 'Cathedral of Commerce' was the tallest building in the world when completed in 1913.
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A complex of four postmodern skyscrapers, part of Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan.
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These twin towers were the tallest buildings in New York.
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