AERIAL PICTURES

Office and residential buildings in the financial district of Manhattan

New York City's Roosevelt Island

Aerial view of Lower Manhattan looking northwest

Citigroup CenterTime Warner Center, foreground, on Columbus Circle

Office buildings, including the headquarters of JPMorgan Chase & Co., black buliding at center

Office and residential buildings, including a Citigroup building

Commercial and residential buildings in the financial district of Manhattan

The United Nations (UN) Secretariat

The former headquarters of Bear Stearns, now owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co

The General Electric (GE) building in Rockefeller Center

The Consolidated Edison Inc. (ConEd) East River Generation Plant

Stuyvesant Town-- Peter Cooper Village

Aerial view of Madison Square Garden

The Empire State Building

The Empire State Building

The Chrysler Building The Empire State Building Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Office and residential buildings, including the Chrysler Building

Office and residential buildings, including the Chrysler Building, right

Office and residential buildings, including the Chrysler Building, right

Office and residential buildings surround the MetLife building

Cars pass along a highway The General Motors (GM)

Construction cranes on the site of the former World Trade Center

Aerial view of ships docked at the New York Cruise Terminal

The Woolworth BuildingConstruction continues on the Beekman Tower

The XYZ Buildings, including News Corporation headquarters

Aerial view over the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Central Park

Aerial view of Manhattan looking south over Central Park

New York City's Central Park along Fifth Avenue

One Bryant Park, home to the offices of Bank of America Corp.

The Headquarters of the Goldman Sachs Group Inc

The Headquarters of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc

Office and residential buildings, including the headquarters building of the New York Times Co

Office and residential buildings around the Empire State Building

Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village

The headquarters of American International Group Inc. (AIG)

The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Federal Courthouse

The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Federal Courthouse, left

Federal buildings surround Foley Square in downtown Manhattan

Boats travel around the tip of the financial district of Manhattan

Piers along the Hudson River

Commercial and residential buildings in the financial district of Manhattan

The headquarters of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc

Commercial and residential buildings, in midtown Manhattan

The Empire State Building in the distance beyond the Hudson Rail Yards

Commercial and residential buildings in the financial district of Manhattan

The Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges cross the East River

Aerial view of Manhattan looking southwest over Lower Manhattan

The Brooklyn Bridge, lower Manhattan and East River

Governor's Island, center, in New York Harbor

Office and residential buildings in midtown Manhattan

Office and residential buildings in the financial district of Manhattan

Aerial view of Manhattan looking south-west over the Lower East Side

Aerial view of Manhattan looking north over the Lower East Side

Planes at LaGuardia Airport September 13, 2009

An American Airlines plane flies over a cemetery September 13, 2009

A cemetery is seen September 13, 2009 in the Queens

Aerial view of an athletic field and the Manhattan Bridge

Yankees Stadium on September 21, 2008

Lower Manhattan is lit up as night falls September 13, 2009

Midtown Manhattan at dusk September 13, 2009

Midtown Manhattan is seen at dusk September 13, 2009

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