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Unisphere
Credit: Flapane

Unisphere is a 12-story high, spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth. Located in Flushing Meadows Park in the Borough of Queens, New York City, the Unisphere is one of the Borough's most iconic and enduring symbols.


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Calvary Cemetery, in Queens, New York City
Credit: Plowboylifestyle

Calvary Cemetery is located at 49-02 Laurel Hill Blvd. in Woodside in the New York City borough of Queens, New York. The cemetery is managed by the Trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. It is one of the oldest and largest cemeteries in the United States.


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The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, in Central Park, New York City
Credit: Carsten Keßler

The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, more commonly known as the Central Park Reservoir, is a decommissioned reservoir in Central Park in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The reservoir covers 106 acres (43 hectares) and holds over a billion gallons (4 million cubic meters) of water.


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The exterior of Grand Central Terminal at night
Credit: Fcb981

Grand Central Terminal (GCT, often popularly called Grand Central Station or simply Grand Central) is a terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City.


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A workman on the framework of the Empire State Building during its construction
Credit: Lewis Hine

A workman on the framework of the Empire State Building. The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York.


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Credit: Centpacrr

A team picture of the 1932–33 Stanley Cup champion New York Rangers. The Rangers are a professional ice hockey team established in 1926 and based in New York, New York, United States. They are currently members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).


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The former complex of The World Trade Center
Credit: Jeffmock

The World Trade Center in New York City, United States, (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC or the Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, mostly designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki and engineer Leslie Robertson and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey


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An 1879 depiction of the City of Brooklyn
Credit: C.R. Parsons (Currier & Ives)

The city of Brooklyn shown in a birds-eye view as it appeared in 1879.


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Bird's eye panorama of Manhattan in 1873
Credit: George Schlegel lithographers

Bird's eye panorama of Manhattan in 1873. The Brooklyn Bridge is inaccurate as the bridge was not completed for another 10 years.


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The former Metropolitan Opera House (39th St).
Credit: Unknown

The former Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. A full house, seen from the rear of the stage, at a concert by pianist Josef Hofmann, November 28, 1937.


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Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Thirty-Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue (original location). 1 drawing on brown paper : colored crayons over pencil sketch ; sheet 29.3 x 23.1 cm.
Credit: Joseph Pennell

A sketch of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel at its original location, c. 1904–1908. The Waldorf Astoria has been housed in two historic landmark buildings in New York City. The first was on the site that became home to the Empire State Building.


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Rockefeller Center
Credit: Samuel Gottscho, restored by Michel Vuijlsteke

Rockefeller Center in December 1933, from 515 Madison Avenue


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A New York City fireman calls for 10 more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center following the September 11 attacks.
Credit: Journalist 1st Class Preston Keres, United States Navy

A New York City fireman calls for 10 more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center following the September 11 attacks.


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Credit: Irving Underhill

Construction of the Manhattan Bridge in 1909


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Grand Central Terminal's Main Concourse
Credit: Diliff

The Main Concourse at Grand Central Terminal is 275 ft (84 m) long, 120 ft (37 m) wide and 125 ft (38 m) high.


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Credit: UpstateNYer

Billboards for Broadway shows at the corner of Seventh Avenue and West 47th Street in Times Square.


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Mulberry Street
Credit: Library of Congress

Street peddlers along Mulberry Street circa 1900


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Staten Island Ferry terminal
Credit: Daniel Schwen

A view of the Staten Island Ferry terminal in Lower Manhattan. Operated by the New York City Department of Transportation, the ferry transports people between the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island, traving across the Upper New York Bay.


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NYC subway
Credit: CountZ

A map of the New York City Subway system as it existed in 2012


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Croker
Credit: Library of Congress

An 1898 political cartoon depicting New York City politicians orbiting Richard Croker, then the political boss of Tammany Hall.