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NEW YORK (UPI)—It is probably the most sophisticated city in the world—and one of the noisiest and dirtiest.
It is a center of culture, has the tallest buildings, and probably more interesting places to visit than any other city.
It is New York, called "Fun City" by its mayor. It can be just that sometimes—that is except when there is a subway strike, a newspaper strike, a strike by garbage collectors or any of the other labor pains it periodically suffers.
About 16 million visitors came to New York last year and found that it is a great place to visit even though they wouldn't want to live here. And it is not all that expensive.
When the Giants played baseball in the Polo Grounds—before defecting to San Francisco—it used to be said the two cheapest things in New York were a home run up there on Coogan's Bluff and the Staten Island Ferry ride. The ferry ride cost only a nickel back in those days. It is still a nickel (although the Mayor wants to boost it to 25 cents) and one of the most pleasurable ways to get a closeup look at the Statue of Liberty and New York's famed skyline of skyscrapers.
Another enjoyable way to go sightseeing is the three-hour Circle Line cruise around the island of Manhattan. It is a 35-mile tour past Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx and under 20 bridges, including the famous Brooklyn and George Washington spans over the East River and the Hudson River, respectively. It also provides an unparalleled and unobstructed view of the city. (Adults $3.25, children under 12. $1.50).
Sightseeing bus tours run a little higher. There are all sorts of packaged tours (ranging from about $3.50 to as high as $27.50 which includes night club visits and dinner)—to Greenwich Village, Harlem, the Wall Street financial center (free tours of the New York Stock and American Exchanges), the Broadway theatrical district, Lincoln Center, Chinatown and the Rockefeller Center complex.
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There are observatories on the 86th and 102nd floors and on a clear day you can see for more than 80 miles. (Adults $1.60, children over five 80 cents).
For sports fans, there are the Jets and Giants, the Yankees and Mets, the Knicks and Nets and the Rangers. And there is horse racing—both flats and harness-day and night.
Rearing up as high as 850 feet, Rockefeller Center offers countless things to see and do. There are guided tours which include a visit to the observatory on the 27th floor (adults $1.90, children up to 12, $1.20). The three major television networks are on its periphery and they generally welcome visitors to watch and participate in shows being telecast. Radio City Music Hall, the world's largest theater with 6,200 sets, alone entertains more than 8 million guests each year.
Visitors to RCA's Exhibition Hall can have their horoscopes told electronically without charge. A video data terminal there is hooked up to a giant computer 200 miles away in New Jersey that is programmed to tell visitors about themselves and their home towns and suggest other things to see and do in the center.
horseback or bicycle riding, ride a horse-drawn carriage through the park, or visit the zoo.
During the winter months, there is ice skating in a rink below street level in the center. In the summer, it is the site of an outdoor restaurant.
Nearby is the beautiful twin-spired St. Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth Avenue with its fashionable boutiques and shops, museums and art galleries, and Central Park, where you can go boating,
On the east side of midtown Manhattan is the 39-story glass United Nations Secretariat building where about 4,000 men and women from its 126 member nations wrestle with the affairs of the world community. There are guided tours of the huge complex, running from 42nd to 48th streets along the East River. ($1.50 for adults, 50 cents for students and children under five).
And no one should miss a visit to the Empire State Building, on Fifth Avenue between 33rd and 34th Streets. It is the tallest building in the world—1,250 feet high, plus a 220-feet television and radio transmitting tower.
Then there are Jones Beach, Coney Island and Fire Island for swimming and sunbathing. There's surf and deep-sea fishing, too.
Then there is Harlem, which sprawls from river to river, across the northern end of Manhattan and the "Barrio," where more Puerto Ricans live than in San Juan.
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