New York is a veritable jungle of high-power business men, long-legged models and sky-scraping buildings. But look deeper and find a place of astounding diversity - the art and music scenes in New York are among the best in the world.
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Once again New York’s tallest building, this Art Deco structure rises 1252ft (381m) from the ground, with 102 floors and was built in 16 months. Made...
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is widely regarded as the best of its kind in the world. There are some 150,000 works ranging from architecture and...
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa Oki Nami Ura) is a famous woodblock printing by Hokusai. It was published in 1832 (Edo Period) as the first in...
(Works of Art)
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'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon in English) is a celebrated painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts five prostitutes in a...
(Works of Art)
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Probably the most famous park in the United States of America and is visited by 25 million people a year. The park is 843 acres and features 2...
(Parks)
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Warhol was inspired to create this tribute to Marilyn Monroe on the occasion of her suicide. The image reproduced by Warhol was taken from a publicity...
(Works of Art)
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Dir: Blake Edwards, 1961). Tiffany & Co., 727 Fifth Ave., Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Strangely, in Truman...
(Film Locations)
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The Frick is housed in an elegant Beaux Arts mansion built for the wealthy industrialist, Henry Clay Frick, in 1913. The building provides a suitably...
(Art Collections)
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The 'Met' is to New York what the Louvre is to Paris. The collection of European art encompasses all ages from the Romans to Renoir, with works by all...
(Art Collections)
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22/02/1732 – 14/12/1799
First President of America. George Washington was buried on the grounds of his property which is now a museum to his life.
(People)
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Bartholdi wanted to pay tribute to George Washington and French General Lafayette, who ventured to Washington’s side to fight in the American...
(Monuments & Landmarks)
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Founded in 1929, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) was designed to celebrate the world's modern art. Located in mid-town Manhatten in New York City,...
(Art Collections)
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Hopper's aim was "the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impressions of nature" in this case, the loneliness of an...
(Works of Art)
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I have been here only once: in October as the Autumn began to bite. It was altogether fascinating. Americans garden differently to the British. They...
(Gardens)
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If you don't visit the Guggenheim for the art, visit for Frank Lloyd Wright's building, New York's only example. The permanent exhibitions of 19th-...
(Art Collections)
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When Harry Met Sally (Dir: Rob Reiner, 1989).
Katz’s Delicatessen, 205 East Houston Street, East Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA....
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