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Canal Street and Hester Street are among the many blocks crowded with outdoor stands selling exotic Chinese vegetables, fruits, and dried foods.

This soaring Art Deco skyscraper is one of the most widely recognized symbols of the city, and star of countless movies. It offers unforgettable panoramas of New York from its 86th floor Observatory.

An urban wonder in the city’s center, with gardens, restaurants, an underground shopping concourse, office space, a skating rink, and over 100 works of art, from murals to statues.

This Beaux Arts building was used as the drill hall and offices of a military unit privately formed in 1848. In 1913, the controversial exhibition of modern art known as the Armory Show was held here, including works by Van Gogh, Duchamp, and Brancusi. The show was widely panned in the press, but it brought modern art to New York on a large scale and had a profound and lasting effect on American art.

This calm, modern market is in marked contrast to the raucous street scene, a place for comfortable browsing where all the strange vegetables you’ve seen elsewhere are neatly labeled.

A five-story, Japanese-owned townhouse filled with unusual and tasteful jewelry, clothing, home furnishings and accessories.

This top-of-the-art-world gallery, representing artists including Larry River, Red Grooms, R.B. Kitaj, and Marisol, has opted for two locations. The Midtown gallery has shown work by sculptors such as Anthony Caro and Jacques Lipschitz. New sculpture and paintings are found at the Chelsea location.

Pizza doesn’t come much better than at this unpretentious old-timer that turns out delectable thin-crust pies.

Cantonese food at its best lures locals even though the prices are high for Chinatown.

Pita bread warm from the oven laden with your choice of fillings, including ham, chicken, or roasted peppers. Part of a chain.

This Frank Lloyd Wright building is a work of art in itself, and a fitting frame for a major collection of contemporary art (see Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum).

Vodkas from across the world are served in this bar featuring Russian mementos, leather chairs, and a low gold ceiling.

Eighties decor and a great sound system attract partyloving club kids.

Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway are long gone, and the location has changed, but the famous club of the 1920s is currently making a comeback.