New York is a city of motion and minarets -- so big and swirling you can only take it in one bite at a time. Show by Cindy [email protected]
New York is a city of motion and minarets -- so big and swirling you can only take it in one bite
at a time.
Show by [email protected]
Traveling by subway is one of the best ways to get around the city. The New York subway system is
celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
The subway's the way to go
New York: Gateway to Chicago
One of the most popular areas to catch a Broadway show is on West 44th Street in New York's Theater
Carnegie Hall
The celebrated venue opened in 1891, with Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducting the inaugural concert.
One Hundred Times
Pedestrians and cars pass through Times Square, which celebrated its 100th anniversary last year.
The sea in the city
The re-sculpted and repainted 94-foot-long blue whale model hangs over the exhibit space at the
American Museum of Natural History in New York City. [email protected]
J.Lo's Tussaud trousseau
Philbert Williams, left, Danielle Bouyer, center, and Monique Gabriel scrutinize the wax figure of Jennifer Lopez, newly outfitted in a wedding dress at Madame
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Land of the free enterprise
The area around the New York Stock Exchange is one of the busiest sections of town.
Fast food in Chinatown
People shop for food in [email protected]
A spry septuagenarian
The Chrysler Building (seen from the roof of the Met Life building), turned 75 in 2005.
Windows on a changed world
A woman looks out from the World Financial Center at Ground Zero.
The view from the square
The Empire State Building rises in the distance behind the arch in Washington Square Park. The arch,
completed in 1895, reopened two years ago after a three-year, $2.7-million restoration.
In an Empire state of mind
Visitors take photographs from the observation deck of the Empire State Building, with lower Manhattan in
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Located just across the street from Rockefeller Center, the cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic
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Never mind the Pollacks
A visitor takes in works by Jackson Pollock at the Museum of Modern Art, which recently relocated to
Olmstead's green oasis
Central Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, makes up 6 percent of Manhattan's total acreage.
Parking space
Park includes walking tracks, ice-skating rinks, and numerous grassy areas.
Carnival by the shore
A couple walks along the Coney Island boardwalk, opened in 1923. Coney Island entertainment parks, an aquarium, a public beach, a boardwalk, fishing,
and Nathan's [email protected]
What's up, dog?
Nathan's restaurant in Coney Island is world famous for its hot dogs and hosts an annual July 4th hot-dog-
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The view from Jersey
Looking out from Bayonne, N.J.: A tugboat passes by the Statue of Liberty with the New York skyline in the
She still carries a torch for you
Tourists photograph the Statue of Liberty as they arrive by ferry from Manhattan.
Welcome to America
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Ellis Island was the main point of entry for European immigrants.
The house of Ruth has many mansions
New York Yankees fans cheer from the upper reaches of Yankee Stadium, which opened in 1923.
From the summit of the Rock
A view of the Empire State Building awaits visitors who head to the Top of the Rock observation deck in
the GE Building in New York's Rockefeller [email protected]