The skyline in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope' is made up: no, you don't get the Waldorf and the Chrysler and the Empire State buildings and a dozen other magnificent structures in one window.

Going to the roof of the Empire State Building is pretty amazing for kids.

It's time for the people of the Empire State to strike back.

You want to see some of the basics of the city, which aren't expensive at all, like the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, which you can see for free from the Staten Island Ferry. Places like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has a suggested donation fee so it can be as inexpensive as you like.

I see a New York that is once again the empire state.

I've been to the Empire State Building with four friends, and it was very beautiful at that time around midnight.