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The most beguiling city in the
world, New York is an adrenaline-charged, history-laden
place that holds immense romantic appeal for visitors.
Wandering the streets here, you'll cut between buildings
that are icons to the modern age -- and whether gazing at the
flickering lights of the midtown skyscrapers as you speed
across the Queensboro bridge, experiencing the 4 a.m. half-life
downtown, or just wasting the morning on the Staten Island
Ferry, you really would have to be made of stone not to be
moved by it all. There's no place quite like it.
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While the events of Sept. 11, 2001, which demolished
the World Trade Center, shook New York to its core, the
populace responded resiliently under the composed aegis of
then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Until the attacks, many New
Yorkers loved to hate Giuliani, partly because they saw him
as committed to making their city too much like everyone
else's. To some extent he succeeded, and during the late
Nineties New York seemed cleaner, safer, and more livable,
as the city took on a truly international allure and shook
off the more notorious aspects to its reputation. However,
the maverick quality of New York and its people still shines
as brightly as it ever did. Even in the aftermath of the
World Trade Center's collapse, New York remains a unique and
fascinating city -- and one you'll want to return to again
and again.
You could spend weeks in New York and still barely
scratch the surface, but there are some key attractions --
and some pleasures -- that you won't want to miss. There are
the different ethnic neighborhoods, like lower
Manhattan's Chinatown and the traditionally Jewish Lower
East Side; and the more artsy
concentrations of SoHo, TriBeCa, and the East and West
Villages. Of course, there is the celebrated architecture
of corporate Manhattan, with the skyscrapers in downtown and
midtown forming the most indelible images. There are the
museums , not just the Metropolitan and MoMA, but
countless other smaller collections that afford weeks of
happy wandering. In between sights, you can eat just
about anything, at any time, cooked in any style; you can
drink in any kind of company; and sit through any number
of obscure movies. The more established arts --
dance, theater, music -- are superbly catered for; and
New York's clubs are as varied and exciting as you
might expect. And for the avid consumer, the choice of
shops is vast, almost numbingly exhaustive in this
heartland of the great capitalist dream.
New York City comprises the central island of Manhattan
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Bronx, and Staten Island. Manhattan, to many,
is New York -- whatever your interests, it's here
that you'll spend the most time and are likely to stay.
New York is very much a city of neighborhoods and
is best explored on foot.
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Offshore, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis
Island comprise the first section of New York (and
America) that most 19th-century immigrants would
have seen. The Financial District takes in the
skyscrapers and historic buildings of Manhattan's southern
reaches and was hardest hit by the destruction of perhaps
its most famous landmarks, the Twin Towers of the World
Trade Center. Just northeast is the area around City
Hall, New York's well-appointed municipal center,
which adjoins TriBeCa, known for its swanky
restaurants, galleries, and nightlife. Moving east,
Chinatown is Manhattan's most populous ethnic
neighborhood, a vibrant locale that's great for food and
shopping. Nearby, Little Italy bears few traces of
the once-strong immigrant presence, while the Lower
East Side, the city's traditional gateway
neighborhood for new immigrants, is nowadays scattered
with trendy bars and clubs. To the west, SoHo is
one of the premier districts for galleries and the
commercial art scene, not to mention designer shopping.
Continuing north, the West and East Villages
form a focus of bars, restaurants, and shops catering to
students and would-be bohemians -- and of course tourists. Chelsea is a largely residential neighborhood that
is now mostly known for its gay scene and art galleries
that borders on Manhattan's old Garment District. Murray Hill contains the city's largest skyscraper
and most enduring symbol, the Empire State Building.
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of midtown, the character of the city changes quite
radically, and the skyline becomes more high-rise and home
to some of New York's most awe-inspiring, neck-cricking
architecture. There are also some superb museums and the
city's best shopping as you work your way north up
Fifth Avenue as far as 59th Street. Here, the classic
Manhattan vistas are broken by the broad expanse of
Central Park, a supreme piece of 19th-century
landscaping, without which life in Manhattan would be
unthinkable. Flanking the park, the mostly residential and
fairly affluent Upper West Side boasts Lincoln
Center, Manhattan's temple to the performing arts, the
American Museum of Natural History, and Riverside Park
along the Hudson River. On the other side of the park, the Upper East Side is wealthier and more grandiose,
with its 19th-century millionaires' mansions now
transformed into a string of magnificent museums known as
the "Museum Mile," the most prominent being the vast
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Alongside is a patrician
residential neighborhood that boasts some of the swankiest
addresses in Manhattan, and a nest of designer shopping
along Madison Avenue in the seventies. Immediately above
Central Park, Harlem, the historic black
city-within-a-city, has a healthy sense of an improving
go-ahead community; a jaunt further north is most likely
required only to see the unusual Cloisters, a
19th-century mock-up of a medieval monastery, packed
with great European Romanesque and Gothic art and architecture.
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