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    Make New York Yours

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    New York

    New York City Skyline

    From Ellis Island to the top of the EmpireState Building, from Central Park to Times

    Square, New York has something foreveryone.

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    Rockefeller Center

    Rockefeller Center is the largest privatelyowned business and entertainment

    complex. Covering 21 acres in MidtownManhattan, it is comprised of 19buildings, gardens, sculptures andartwork from more than 40 artists.

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    Radio City Music Hall

    In 1932, Radio City Music Hall opened its

    doors as the largest indoor theatre in theworld.

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    Chinatown & Little Italy

    Signs in English and Chinese promote the businesses of Chinatown

    Chinatown boasts seven Chinesenewspapers, 12 Buddhist temples,

    approximately 150 restaurants, and 300garment factories.

    During the 11-day Feast of San Gennaro,more than 3 million people visit LittleItaly.

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    Empire State Building

    The Empire State Building

    When the Empire State Building wascompleted in 1931, it was the tallest

    building in the world.

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    Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island

    Johnston Gate, Harvard Yard

    The Statue of Liberty represents acrowned woman trampling beneath her

    feet the broken shackles of Tyranny.

    In 1965, Ellis Island, a reminder of ournations immigration history, became partof the Statue of Liberty NationalMonument.

    Liberty Enlightening the World

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    WallStreet

    The New York Stock Exchange

    The focal point of Wall Street is the NewYork Stock Exchange, the largest

    securities exchange in the world.

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    South StreetSeaport

    Johnston Gate, Harvard Yard

    Among the many historic ships at this portare the W.O. Decker a 1935 wooden

    tugboat, the Ambrose the first lightshipto serve as a guide to vesselsapproaching the channel, and theWavertree built in 1885.

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    Central Park

    Arial View of Central Park

    Central Park officially opened to the publicin 1876.

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    AdditionalArea Attractions

    Headquarters of the United Nations

    Only New York City could be home to theheadquarters of the most important

    international political organization, thelargest art museum in the WesternHemisphere, and the worlds most famousretail shops.