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Upper
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Central
Park (a rectangle of 2.5
miles by 0.5 mile, or 4 km
by 800 m) located in the middle
of Manhattan is not only an
oasis for Manhattanites but
also a tourist destination
with many points of interest.
It is highly landscaped and
contains several artificial
lakes, extensive walking tracks,
ice-skating rinks, a wildlife
sanctuary as well as grassy
areas used for sports and
playgrounds for children.
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Upper
East is full of museums
and art institutions - including
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
Whitney Museum of American
Art, Cooper-Hewitt, National
Design Museum, Frick Collections,
and more. On Madison Avenue,
meanwhile, window shopping
can be fun with many famous
brand stores.
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Upper
West is home to artists,
actors, and writers, and it
is very diverse than most
tourists think. Separated
from the Upper East Side by
Central Park, this section
of the city is the traditional
stronghold of the city's intellectual,
creative, and moneyed community,
but the atmosphere is not
as upper crust as the Upper
East.
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Midtown |
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Rockefeller
Center is a complex of
19 commercial buildings located
in the heart of Manhattan
- between 48th and 51st Streets
and (mainly) 5th and 6th Avenue.
It includes such tour spots
as Lower Plaza (ice skate
rink in winter), GE Building
and Top of the Rock, headquarters
of NBC and many of the New
York studios, and Radio City
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Times
Square makes up a western
part of Midtown - between
6th and 9th Avenue and 39th
and 52nd Street. At the heart
of the Theatre District, Times
Square is full of flashing
lights, honking horns and
shoulder-to-shoulder people.
The density of illuminated
signs in Times Square rivals
Las Vegas. |
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Empire
State Building located
at the corner of 34th Street
and 5th Avenue, is a 102-story
Art Deco style building. The
observatory deck on 86th and
102nd floors are open to public
365 days. On a clear day it
offers a magnificent view
for 80 miles in each direction
It deserves a visit. |
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Lower Manhattan |
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Downtown,
including the Financial District,
the World Trade Center site
and the Battery Park, located
the southern end of Manhattan
is one of the city's tour
spots that you do not want
to miss. You may want to take
a free one-hour ferry tour
to Staten Island while you
are visiting there. |
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Greenwich
Village is known as a
neighborhood centered around
the Washington Square - which
appears to be the primary
campus for New York University
(NYU). It is roughly bounded
by Broadway (east), the Hudson
River (west), Houston Street
(south), and 14th Street (north.)
The neighborhoods surrounding
it are East Village (east),
SoHo (south), Tribeca (southwest),
and Chelsea (north.)
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Chinatown
offers a unique historical
and cultural experience. Particularly
for tourists, this neigborhood
is attractive as a wide range
of Chinese food is available
at very reasonable prices.
The center of Chinatown is
perhaps considered such intersections
as Canal Street with Mott
and Mulberry streets.
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South
Street Seaport includes
renovated original mercantile
buildings from the early 19th
century, renovated sailing
ships, Fulton Fish Market,
South Street Seaport Museum
and modern tourist malls featuring
food, and shopping. It is
located at the east end of
Fulton Street - beside the
East River (adjacent to the
Financial District.) |
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