the top sights in New York City - voted and ranked by the tripwolf community
sight Empire State Building
After the fall of the twin towers, it's NYC's undisputed landmark building. After the collapse of the World Trade Center the Empire State Building is again the tallest building in New York and one of th...
sight Brooklyn Bridge
Walk towards manhattan! Mighty construction of stone and steel. The lengthy ramp of the Brooklyn Bridge ascends, the oldest bridge over the East River. The plans for the first steel hanging bridge in th...
sight Grand Central Station
A beautiful monument in itself. In 1871 the railway magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt opened the first railway station here, from which the trains of the private railway line New York Central left for Chicag...
sight Rockefeller Center
The Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 skyscrapers . It was built by the richest citizen of America, John D. Rockefeller Jr., whom New York also has to thank for Rockefeller University, Fort Tryon Pa...
sight Statue of Liberty
A symbol of peace and freedom. “Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World” stands on the foundations of a fort built in 1811. The statue, 93m/305ft-high including the foundation and base, is a world-fam...
sight Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue has always been New York's most magnificent thoroughfar. because there is no main square, it is also the centre of the city. The big parades start here (Steuben Parade, St Patrick's Day Par...
sight Chrysler Building
Smaller than the Empire State building, but classically designed and very recognizeable. . For a whole year the Chrysler Building, which was completed in the year 1930 and with which the car manufacture...
sight Flat Iron Building
The striking triangular shape of the Flatiron Building “Flatiron” gave the building its name. It is New York's first skyscraper in the – then new – steel skeleton construction. The architect D. H. Burn...
sight Ground Zero/ World Trade Center Site
A somber and emotionally stirring sight. September 2001, the two towers of the World Trade Center were New York's tallest buildings and together with the five side buildings symbolized American financi...
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