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Rockefeller Center is an expanse of 19 buildings on 22 acres in the center of Midtown Manhattan. The National Historic Landmark is spread between 48th and 51st Streets, and Fifth Avenue to Seventh Avenue. A popular destination is Top Of The Rock, a rooftop observation deck that provides unobstructed views of the surrounding area.
Rockefeller Center is an expanse of 19 buildings on 22 acres in the center of Midtown Manhattan. The National Historic Landmark is spread between 48th and 51st Streets, and Fifth Avenue to Seventh Avenue. A popular destination is Top Of The Rock, a rooftop observation deck that provides unobstructed views of the surrounding area.
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Knocking New York down to size
Special to the Chicago TribuneEditor's note: Amanda Joyce moved to New York from Hinsdale four years ago. To an outsider, any city can be intimidating. Many Downstaters dread the thought of venturing into Chicago, so they don't. And what a shame, because especially at this time of...Tags: Central Park, Water Tower Place, Empire State Building, Assault, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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CW stop offers unique chance for 'Today' fans
247-7870— Lorelei Thomson waited nearly 18 years for the chance to be on the "Today" show. Growing up in New York City, she passed by the morning show's Rockefeller Center set hundreds of times but never had the patience to stand among the throngs of...Tags: Matt Lauer, Political Candidates, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, New Kent County
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Do the Big Apple like a native
The Associated PressYou don't need big bucks to enjoy the Big Apple. Travel like a New Yorker on the subway. Eat like a New Yorker on the street. And see the city like a New Yorker by visiting public spaces, landmarks and famous places, many of which can be enjoyed for free....Tags: Central Park, Museum of Modern Art, Music Theater, Stephen Colbert, Grand Central Terminal
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Under hot 'SNL' lights, Phelps plays it cool
It's very late at 30 Rockefeller Center, where it's been dark for hours, the stores long closed. Yet tourists and determined sightseers crowd the entrance, slog into an impossibly long but ever-growing line or just huddle around, camera phones on standby....Tags: Bob Costas, Tim Russert, Michael Phelps, 30 Rock, Brian Williams
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Bird's Nest architects design NYC high-rise
Associated Press WriterThe Swiss architects of the iconic Bird's Nest stadium at the Beijing Olympics are bringing their innovative style to New York City with a translucent glass skyscraper designed to look like houses stacked in the sky. Architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Allianz AG Holding, Andy Warhol, Cloud Gate, Millennium Park
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NBC Plans Muppetational Christmas
Zap2It.comKermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and the rest of the Muppets will help NBC celebrate the holidays this year. The network has announced its holiday-specials lineup for this year, and it's a little bigger than usual. The Muppet special, titled "Letters to...Tags: Public Holidays, Thanksgiving, Religious Festivals, Macy's, NBC
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A giant hit: 25-foot-tall HD video screen in Philly
Associated PressThis city best known to tourists for its historical sites and museums has a surprise new high-tech hit that is developing into a must-see attraction: a huge atrium wall in Philadelphia's newest and tallest skyscraper where a cast of dancers and acrobats...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Lobbying, John F. Kennedy, Dance, NASA
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'Today,' tonight
Chicago TribuneThe Games can't help but pass through the set of The Today Show, situated in the heart of the Olympic complex. Of course, it is not merely a happy coincidence. NBC, and its massive, nearly-billion-dollar Olympic infrastructure, starts its broadcast day...Tags: Matt Lauer, Multi-Sport Events, Michael Phelps, Awards and Prizes, NBC
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'Today's' Beijing Olympics coverage: The bar is raised
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterYOU'D BE hard-pressed to find someone with better credentials than Jim Bell's to helm the "Today" show's coverage of the Beijing Olympics that kicks off this morning. Bell was a veteran producer of the Olympics for NBC Sports before joining "Today" as...Tags: Matt Lauer, Multi-Sport Events, Human Rights, International Court or Tribunal, National Government
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Us Weekly's fashion police pan Nassau garb on Ashanti
sid.cassese@newsday.comIt wasn't exactly what the Nassau County Executive wanted from the kickoff of his Nassau tourism promotion late last month, but, hey, they say any advertisement is a good advertisement. After County Executive Thomas Suozzi draped an oversized, orange,...Tags: Hillary Clinton
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Nassau lawmaker wants tourism-promotion funding probed
celeste.hadrick@newsday.comA top Republican county lawmaker on Friday called for a probe into Democratic Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi's use of public money on a tourism promotion that included $6,790.58 for singer Ashanti's personal expenses. Nassau industrial development...Tags: Celebrity, Dan Burton, National Government, Tyra Banks, MySpace
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