And it's why visitors keep streaming in from all corners of the globe, grasping at their silvei screen visions - and finding them - but discovering plenty more on the way. New York is city that's surprising yet malleable, incredibly straightforward yet bafflingly complex. It's gc so many sides and so much to offer that it can be intimidating, even to the most urban-minde of visitors. But approach it with a combination of organization and openness, and you'll be with some staerin and unexpected rewards.

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INTRODUCING NYC

HIGHLIGHTS

THE AUTHORS

GETTING STARTED

When to Go

Costs & Money

Internet Resources

Sustainable New York

BACKGROUND

History

Arts

Architecture

Environment & Planning

Government & Politics

Media

Fashion

Language

NEIGHBORHOODS

Itinerary Builder

Lower Manhattan & Tribec

SoHo, NoHo & Nolita

Chinatown & Little Italy

Lower East Side

East Village

Greenwich Village, West

Village & the Meatpacking

District

Chelsea

Union Square, the Flatiron

District & Gramercy

Midtown East & Fifth

Avenue

Midtown West & Times

Square

Upper East Side

Central Park

Upper West Side

Harlem & Northern

Manhattan

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Unbound

Queens

The Bronx

Staten Island

SHOPPING

Lower Manhattan &

Tribeca

SoHo, NoHo & Nolita

Chinatown & Little Italy

Lower East Side

East Village

Greenwich Village, West

Village & the Meatpcking

District

Chelsea

Union Square, the Flatiron

District & Gramercy

Midtown East & Fifth

Avenue

Midtown West & Times

Square

Upper East Side

Upper West Side

Harlem & Northern

Manhattan

Brooklyn

Queens, the Bronx & Staten

Island

EATING

Lower Manhattan &

Tribeca

SoHo, NoHo & Nolita

Chinatown & Little Ialy

Lower East Side

East Village

Greenwich Village, West

Village & the Meatpacking

District

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Chelsea

Union Square, the Flatiron

District & Gramercy

Midtown East & Fifth

Avenue

Midtown West & Times

Square

Upper East Side

Central Park

Upper West Side

Harlem & Northern

Manhattan

Brooklyn

NYC Style

Queens

The Bronx

DRINKING

NIGHTLIFE

Bars

Cabaret

Comedy

Clubbing

Live Music

THE ARTS

Theater

Classical Music

Dance

Film & TV

Lectures

Opera

Readings

SPORTS

ACTIVITIES

Spectator Sports

Activities

Health & Fitness

GAY & LESBIAN NYC

Shopping

Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Sleeping

Further Resources

SLEEPING

Lower Manhattan

Tribeca

SoHo, NoHo & Nolita

Lower East Side

East Village

Greenwich Village, West

Village & the Meatpacking

District

Chelsea

Union Square, the Flatiron

District & Gramercy

Midtown East & Fifth

Avenue

Midtown West & Times

Square

Upper East Side

Upper West Side

Harlem & Northern

Manhattan

Brooklyn

Queens

DAY TRIPS

EXCURSIONS

Long Island

Upstate New York

Hudson Valley

New Jersey Shore

Philadelphia

TRANSPORTATION

DIRECTORY

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INDEX

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