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The Greek and Roman Art Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ().
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The Chrysler Building ().
A Look at New York City
N ew York City vies with London and Paris in the variety of its attractions and the massive number of its cultural activities. It comes as close to being an indispensable visit as any other city both here or abroad. And what you come to see and experience are not only the big lures that everyone namesthe Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, the U.N. and Wall Street, the Broadway theatres and the Radio City Music Hallbut also hundreds of fascinating stores and workshops, exhibits, outlets, and clubs that attract the most enterprising and talented of our nation's most ambitious citizens. As the song goes, "If you can make it here, you'll make it anywhere. The author of our Easy Guide to New York City, my daughter Pauline, has singled out the most fascinating of these smaller attractions so that you, the reader, can have not simply a touristic experience but possibly a life-changing one. Have a great trip!
Arthur Frommer
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Downtown
In 1987, artist Arturo di Modica surprised the city by placing his massive Charging Bull sculpture in front of the New York Stock Exchange () in the middle of the night. It was eventually moved to its current location in Bowling Green Park, and has become one of the citys icons. To this day its owned by the artist, not the city of New York.
Names cut into the rim of the 9/11 Memorial fountains () remember those who died that day. Behind them looms the new One World Trade Center, the United States tallest building.
One of Manhattans oldest streets, Stone Street (see ) is lined with cafes and bars that buzz with partying after the Financial District work day ends.
Look up: Ornate downtown fire escapes were made by 19th-century Italian immigrant artisans, trained on Old World palazzos and churches.
Kooky dcor and cheap, tasty Indian food have drawn diners to the East Village for decades. See .
Washington Square Arch and Park ().
Some 1 million people attend Little Italys Feast of San Gennaro, a raucous 10-day street festival thats held each September.
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Gruesome-looking but delicious smoked ducks hang in the windows of a number of Chinatown restaurants, including one we love. See our review of Great New York Noodletown on .
Midtown
The frenetic energy of the commuters who dash through Grand Central Terminal is counterbalanced by the soaring majesty of this Beaux Arts structure. At the center of the busy lobby is a clock valued in the tens of millions of dollars, its four faces covered not by glass but solid precious opal. See for info on tours of the station.
). It is one of the greatest feats of urban developments in history: 12 acres upon which stand 14 Art Deco limestone skyscrapers, each enhanced by superb works of art, like this seven-ton bronze sculpture of Atlas.
Jackson Pollock, whose work is pictured here, is just one of the titans presented by the Museum of Modern Art (), a world-class trove of late 19th- and 20th-century art.
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