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'''New York City''', officially '''City of New York''', is a city and metropolitan area in the state of [[New York]], located on the easter coast of the [[United States of America]].  With a population of 8,140,000 as in 2005, it is the most populous city in the [[United States]]. The city is divided into five different areas, called boroughs.  Manhattan, the first of the boroughs, is the financial and commercial center of the city.  Brooklyn is the most populous of the boroughs, and Queens is the largest in area.  The other two boroughs are Staten Island and the Bronx.  The modern city was formed in 1898 through a merger of the original New York City with Brooklyn.

'''New York City''', officially '''City of New York''', is a city and metropolitan area in the state of [[New York]], located on the easter coast of the [[United States of America]].  With a population of 8,140,000 as in 2005, it is the most populous city in the [[United States]]. The city is divided into five different areas, called boroughs.  Manhattan, the first of the boroughs, is the financial and commercial center of the city.  Brooklyn is the most populous of the boroughs, and Queens is the largest in area.  The other two boroughs are Staten Island and the Bronx.  The modern city was formed in 1898 through a merger of the original New York City with Brooklyn.

New York is the cultural capital of the United States; it has global importance in [[fashion]], finance, news, diplomacy, education, medicine and arts.  The city is an important tourist destination. It contains many landmarks, including the [[Statue of Liberty]], [[Wall Street]], in [[Lower Manhattan]], and many others. The city (along with its #2 rival Chicago) invented the skyscraper, and still has some of the tallest buildings in the world, like [[Empire State Building]]; the [[World Trade Center]] towers, which were destroyed by terrorists in the September 11, 2001 attacks.  

New York is the cultural capital of the United States; it has global importance in [[fashion]], finance, news, diplomacy, education, medicine and arts.  The city is an important tourist destination. It contains many landmarks, including the [[Statue of Liberty]], [[Wall Street]], in [[Lower Manhattan]], and many others. The city (along with its #2 rival Chicago) invented the skyscraper, and still has some of the tallest buildings in the world, like [[Empire State Building]]; the [[World Trade Center]] towers were destroyed by terrorists in the September 11, 2001 attacks. [[File:Gotham1.jpg|thumb|220px]]

==Boroughs==

==Boroughs==

*[http://www.nycwalk.com/rock.html A Walking Tour of Rockefeller Center's Public Art.]

*[http://www.nycwalk.com/rock.html A Walking Tour of Rockefeller Center's Public Art.]

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Burrows, Edwin G., and Mike Wallace. ''Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Gotham-History-York-City-1898/dp/0195140494/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262334804&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search], the best history

* Burrows, Edwin G., and Mike Wallace. ''Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Gotham-History-York-City-1898/dp/0195140494/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262334804&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search], the best history; Pulitzer prize

* Jackson, Kenneth, ed. ''The Encyclopedia of New York City'' (1995), the best reference book; 1350pp; [http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-New-York-City/dp/0300055366/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240594479&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

* Jackson, Kenneth, ed. ''The Encyclopedia of New York City'' (1995), the best reference book; 1350pp; [http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-New-York-City/dp/0300055366/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240594479&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

* Jackson, Kenneth and Sam Roberts, eds. ''The Almanac of New York City'' (2008)

* Jackson, Kenneth and Sam Roberts, eds. ''The Almanac of New York City'' (2008)

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