The art-deco Chrysler Building, Manhattan, considered by many to be the city’s finest skyscraper; it was completed in 1930 and is currently the third tallest building in New York.
There is no shortage of striking sights in New York City from the bridges across the Hudson to the older skyscrapers and official buildings, though the newer structures tend towards style-free, glass and concrete lumps.

The Manhattan Bridge, crossing the East River to connect Lower Manhattan with Brooklyn; completed in 1912. The Empire State Building gleams in the background.

The US Post Office, Manhattan
The New York Post Office, sports perhaps the world’s grandest slogan above the columns: ‘Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.’

Grand Central Terminal, more often known as Grand Central Station.
This massive rail station, rebuilt in 1913, has 44 platforms that run over 600 trains a day on the Metro-North Railroad as well as NYC subways and buses. The Grand Central Terminal information desk – at the centre of the photo above – is a popular meeting place, while the restaurants serve excellent, reasonably priced food. The Oyster Bar is particularly famous.