Chelsea & The Meatpacking District
In the 1990s the Meatpacking District was transformed from a collection of dingy butcher shops to a trendsetting neighbourhood... with a few remaining butcher shops. There are plenty of...
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Financial District & City Hall
As the oldest part of the city, the Financial District is packed with landmarks, the most notable being Battery Park - the site of first European settlement and today a park with a...
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Gramercy Park & Murray Hill
These two residential neighbourhoods are fairly quiet, with Gramercy Park retaining an air of exclusivity and Murray Hill catering to the post-collegiate, shared-apartment set. Gramercy...
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Greenwich Village, East Village & the Lower East S
The Lower East Side
A century ago, the Lower East Side was filled with newly arrived immigrants, many of them Jewish, all crowding into small apartments and dreaming of a better life....
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Nolita, Little Italy & Chinatown
Nolita, an abbreviation for ‘North of Little Italy,’ is best known as a boutique shopping destination; a sort of low-key extension of Soho. There are many small shops along Mulberry,...
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Tribeca & Soho
Tribeca is an abbreviation for ‘Triangle Below Canal,’ a neighbourhood bounded by the river and Broadway. Until just a few decades ago it was an unremarkable industrial district, but now...
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Union Square & Flatiron District
Many assume that Union Square commemorates the Union’s victory in the American Civil War, but it was actually named years before the war in reference to its location at the intersection...
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Upper East Side
The Upper East Side is home to many of the wealthiest New Yorkers, replete with the grand architecture they inhabit, the famous prep schools they attend, the cultural institutions they...
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Upper West Side & Morningside Heights
The Upper West Side is the highest-density residential area in the entire country, so this residential neighbourhood is filled with families and the everyday businesses that serve them....
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