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Manhattan


Island that constitutes one of the five boroughs that make up New York City. (See also Bowery, Broadway, Central Park, Harlem, Park Avenue, Times Square, and World Trade Center.)	1
‡ Center of the country’s financial industry (see Wall Street), communications industry, including advertising and television (see Madison Avenue), and fashion industry (see Fifth Avenue).	2
‡ A center of the art world (see Greenwich Village).	3
‡ Because of its noise and congestion, some have viewed it as unlivable, giving rise to the phrase “It’s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there.” In the 1990s, it experienced prosperity and a decline in crime rates.	4
‡ The destruction of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks left a physical and emotional scar on Manhattan.	5

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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