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![[I took this picture at the 2005 US Open.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Arthur_ashe_stadium_interior_s.jpg "I took this picture at the 2005 US Open.")
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![[The pre-9/11 skyline of Lower Manhattan, August 2001]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/LOC_Lower_Manhattan_New_York_City_World_Trade_Center_August_2001_s.jpg "The pre-9/11 skyline of Lower Manhattan, August 2001")
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![[Bird's-eye view print of Manhattan & New York City, 1879]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Flickr_E2_80_A6trialsanderrors_When_New_York_was_flat_2C_1879_s.jpg "Bird's-eye view print of Manhattan & New York City, 1879")
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![[Toyota Prius hybrid taxicab.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/NYC_Hybrid_Taxi_s.jpg "Toyota Prius hybrid taxicab.")
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![[Night view of Brooklyn Bridge, 1982, Historic American Engineering Record.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Brooklyn_Bridge_night_lighted_1982_s.jpg "Night view of Brooklyn Bridge, 1982, Historic American Engineering Record.")
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![[The New York City Subway is the world's largest mass transit system by number of stations]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DeKalb_Avenue_28BMT_Fourth_Avenue_Line_29_by_David_Shankbone_s.jpg "The New York City Subway is the world's largest mass transit system by number of stations")
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![[New York City is home to the two busiest rail stations in the US, including Grand Central Terminal, which is seen...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Image_Grand_central_Station_Outside_Night_2_s.jpg "New York City is home to the two busiest rail stations in the US, including Grand Central Terminal, which is seen...")
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![[Midtown Manhattan, New York City, from Rockefeller Center, 1932]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/NewYorkCityManhattanRockefellerCenter_s.jpg "Midtown Manhattan, New York City, from Rockefeller Center, 1932")
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![[The Unisphere in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/FLushingPark5915_s.jpg "The Unisphere in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens.")
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![[The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the largest museums in the world.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Metropolitan_museum_of_art_2_s.jpg "The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the largest museums in the world.")
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![[New York City Hall is the oldest City Hall in the United States that still houses its original governmental...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/New_York_City_Hall_s.jpg "New York City Hall is the oldest City Hall in the United States that still houses its original governmental...")
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![[The New York City Marathon is the largest marathon in the world.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/2005_New_York_City_Marathon_s.jpg "The New York City Marathon is the largest marathon in the world.")
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![[Brownstone rowhouses in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bedstuybrownstone1_2_s.jpg "Brownstone rowhouses in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn")
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![[Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first European to explore New York Harbor]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GiovanniVerrazano_s.jpg "Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first European to explore New York Harbor")
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