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The other New York

There’s a famous New Yorker magazine cover from the 1970s called ‘View of the World From 9th Avenue’. Manhattan is in focus and everything to the west of the Hudson River is just an irrelevant cartoon blur, tiny, receding away into the distance.

Thirty years on and the message still resonates loudly: New York is Manhattan: Manhattan is the centre of the world, nothing else matters. Having been an expat in New York for almost six years I could not disagree more strongly. For a more authentic New York experience you have to leave Manhattan, especially around the Christmas period when the outer boroughs really come into their own.

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Nick

December 16th, 2007 9:28pm

"City Island.....explore the local history museum." The local history museum has actually been shut since July following a fire.


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