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Chelsea is home to art galleries and a vibrant gay scene. 

Meandering 30ft above is the green-fringed, art-strewn High Line.

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It’s hard to believe that the 1½-mile-long High Line – a shining example of brilliant urban renewal – was once a dingy freight line that anchored a rather unsavory district of slaughterhouses. 

Today, this eye-catching attraction is one of New York's best-loved green spaces, drawing visitors who come to stroll, sit and picnic 30ft above the city – while enjoying fabulous views of Manhattan's ever-changing urban landscape.

It loops around Hudson Yards and ends at 34th St.

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For many immigrant generations this low-rent landing place was the corner of Manhattan where their American adventure began. 

Today, the Lower East Side and East Village buzz with an unthreatening bohemian energy, offering some of the city's finest bars and indie boutiques – it's an open-air playground for those willing to tolerate (or attracted to) the area's vestigial grime.

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The High Line's attractions are numerous, and include stunning vistas of the Hudson River, public art installations commissioned especially for the park, wide lounge chairs for soaking up some sun, willowy stretches of native-inspired landscaping (including a mini sumac forest), food and drink vendors, and a thoroughly unique perspective on the neighborhood streets below – especially at various overlooks, where bleacher-like seating faces huge panes of glass that frame the traffic, buildings and pedestrians below as living works of art.

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Designed by William Van Alen and completed in 1930, the 77-floor Chrysler Building is the pinup for New York's purest art deco architecture, guarded by stylized eagles of chromium nickel and topped by a beautiful seven-tiered spire reminiscent of the rising sun.

The building was constructed as the headquarters for Walter P Chrysler and his automobile empire; unable to compete on the production line with bigger rivals Ford and General Motors, Chrysler trumped them on the skyline, and with one of Gotham's most beautiful lobbies.

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If the skyscraper is the showy image of high-rise New York.

Then the gritty fire escape must be the urban image of low-rise Manhattan.

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New York: Architecture and skyscraper capital on the nation.

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One of the world’s most renowned green spaces, Central Park comprises 843 acres of rolling meadows, boulder-studded outcroppings, elm-lined walkways, manicured European-style gardens, a lake and a reservoir — not to mention an outdoor theater.

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As the first historic twin-towered building in New York City, the San Remo commands a lofty presence thanks to its distinctive silhouette.

The 27-floor luxury apartment building — designed by acclaimed architect Emery Roth, and located between West 74th Street and West 75th Street — features two towers that jet into the sky, offering an ideal vantage point for captivating views of Central Park.

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Epicenter of the arts. 

Architectural darling. 

Dining and shopping capital. 

Trendsetter. 

New York City wears many crowns, and spreads an irresistible feast for all.

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Gleaming with architectural icons, peppered with purveyors of fine food and drink, and host to a booming population, Manhattan's southern tip is no longer strictly business. 

The Financial District houses some big-hitting New York sights.

– Lonely Planet

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Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

It stretches north from Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village to West 143rd Street in Harlem. 

It is considered one of the most expensive streets in the world.