New York City

=== Architecture ===
{{Main|Architecture of New York City}}
{{Further|List of buildings, sites, and monuments in New York City|List of tallest buildings in New York City}}
[[File:1232-42 Dean Street Crown Heights.jpg|thumb|[[Row houses]] in [[Crown Heights North Historic District]], Brooklyn]]
New York has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of styles and from distinct time periods, from the Dutch Colonial [[Wyckoff House|Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House]] in Brooklyn, the oldest section of which dates to 1656, to the modern [[One World Trade Center]], the skyscraper at [[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]] in Lower Manhattan and the [[List of most expensive buildings in the world|most expensive office tower]] in the world by construction cost.<ref>{{cite web |first = Marisa |last = Taylor |title = As One World Trade Center soars, so do its costs |url = http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/31/10279406-as-one-world-trade-center-soars-so-do-its-costs |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120201180547/http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/31/10279406-as-one-world-trade-center-soars-so-do-its-costs |archive-date = February 1, 2012 |access-date = February 1, 2012 |publisher = [[MSNBC]] }}</ref>

Manhattan's [[skyline]], with its many skyscrapers, has been recognized as an iconic symbol of the city,<ref>Fazzare, Elizabeth. [https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/what-makes-nycs-skyline-so-iconic "What Makes NYC’s Skyline So Iconic? 17 Buildings to Know"], ''[[Architectural Digest]]'', May 23, 2023. Accessed February 13, 2024. "When it comes to recognizable skylines, New York City’s tops the list.... Super-talls and their historic neighbors have helped shape the iconic urban silhouette we associate with the city today."</ref><ref>Dobnik, Verena for [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-iconic-skyline-of/140916473/ "NYC sizing up its iconic skyline; Empire State Building' s owner objects to tower he says would spoil view"], ''[[The Indianapolis Star]]'', August 25, 2010. Accessed February 13, 2024, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Look at Manhattan from afar, and the first thing you notice is the Empire State Building, spiking like a needle above the carpet of skyscrapers that coats the island from tip to tip. Now it's got some competition a proposal for a nearby glass office tower that would rise almost as high and alter the iconic skyline."</ref><ref>Hakela, Deepti. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-day-new-skyscrapers-changing-new-yor/140916613/ "Rising to new heights; Skinny skyscrapers are transforming NYC’s iconic skyline"], ''[[The Day (New London)|The Day]]'', February 28, 2016. Accessed February 13, 2024, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "In New York City there’s no escaping the pressure to be taller and thinner — not even for the skyscrapers Changes in building technology and materials in recent years have made it possible to build slender towers that are among the tallest in the world And some of these cloud-puncturing beanstalks are poised to transform the city’s iconic skyline."</ref> and the city has been home to several of the [[Skyscraper#History of the tallest skyscrapers|tallest buildings in the world]]. {{As of|2019}}, New York City had 6,455 high-rise buildings, the third most in the world after [[Hong Kong]] and [[Seoul]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121106210644/http://www.emporis.com/statistics/skyline-ranking Skyline Ranking], [[Emporis]]. Accessed February 9, 2017.</ref>

The character of New York's large residential districts is often defined by the elegant [[brownstone]] rowhouses and [[townhouse]]s and shabby [[tenement]]s that were built during a period of rapid expansion from 1870 to 1930.<ref>{{cite book |last = Plunz |first = Richard A. |title = History of Housing in New York City: Dwelling Type and Change in the American Metropolis |publisher = [[Columbia University Press]] |year = 1990 |isbn = 978-0-231-06297-8 |chapter = Chapters 3 [Rich and Poor] & 4 [Beyond the Tenement] }}</ref> Stone and brick became the city's building materials of choice after the construction of wood-frame houses was limited in the aftermath of the [[Great Fire of New York|Great Fire of 1835]].<ref name="lankevich-p82">Lankevich (1998), pp. 82–83; {{cite book |last = Wilson |first = Rufus Rockwell |url = https://archive.org/details/newyorkoldnewit01wilsgoog |title = New York: Old & New: Its Story, Streets, and Landmarks |publisher = [[J.B. Lippincott]] |year = 1902 |page = [https://archive.org/details/newyorkoldnewit01wilsgoog/page/n375 354] }}</ref>

In contrast, New York City also has neighborhoods that are less densely populated and feature free-standing dwellings. In neighborhoods such as [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] (in the Bronx), [[Ditmas Park, Brooklyn|Ditmas Park]] (in Brooklyn), and [[Douglaston, Queens|Douglaston]] (in Queens), large single-family homes are common in various architectural styles such as [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival]] and [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]].<ref>{{cite news |first = Margaret |last = Garb |date = March 1, 1998 |title = If You're Thinking of Living In/Riverdale, the Bronx; A Community Jealous of Its Open Space |work = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/01/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-riverdale-bronx-community-jealous-its-open-space.html |access-date = February 10, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date = September 17, 2001 |title = New York Metro: 6 Affordable Neighborhoods |url = https://nymag.com/realestate/articles/affordable/ditmaspark.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120204145438/https://nymag.com/realestate/articles/affordable/ditmaspark.htm |access-date = February 10, 2012 |archive-date = February 4, 2012 |work = [[New York (magazine)|New York]] |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first = Diana |last = Shaman |date = February 8, 2004 |title = If You're Thinking of Living In/Douglaston, Queens; Timeless City Area, With a Country Feel |work = [[The New York Times]] |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-douglaston-queens-timeless-city-area-with-country-feel.html |access-date = February 10, 2012 }}</ref>
{{Wide image|10 mile panorama of NYC, Feb., 2018.jpg|1500px|Ten mile (16km) [[Manhattan]] skyline panorama from [[120th Street (Manhattan)|120th Street]] to [[The Battery (Manhattan)|the Battery]], taken in February 2018 from across the [[Hudson River]] in [[Weehawken, New Jersey]]
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# [[Riverside Church]]
# [[Deutsche Bank Center]]
# [[220 Central Park South]]
# [[Central Park Tower]]
# [[One57]]
# [[432 Park Avenue]]
# [[53W53]]
# [[Chrysler Building]]
# [[Bank of America Tower (Manhattan)|Bank of America Tower]]
# [[4 Times Square]]
# [[The New York Times Building]]
# [[Empire State Building]]
# [[Manhattan West]]
# a: [[55 Hudson Yards]], 14b: [[35 Hudson Yards]], 14c: [[10 Hudson Yards]], 14d: [[15 Hudson Yards]]
# [[56 Leonard Street]]
# [[8 Spruce Street]]
# [[Woolworth Building]]
# [[70 Pine Street]]
# [[Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown|Four Seasons Downtown]]
# [[40 Wall Street]]
# [[3 World Trade Center]]
# [[4 World Trade Center]]
# [[One World Trade Center]]}}|align-cap=center}}