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The 21 pages that link to Manhattan, each with the reason it gives.

• New York CityBroader topic: Its skyline and central business districts give the city much of its global image.

• BrooklynCompared with: Manhattan was Brooklyn’s commercial neighbor across the East River and the center of the 1898 merger.

• Woody AllenBroader topic: Its city portrait and Gershwin score crystallize a recurring vision of New York.

• QueensCompared with: Queens is larger by area and more residential, while Manhattan concentrates many citywide institutions.

• J. D. SalingerRelated: Its streets and institutions shape Holden Caulfield’s journey in Salinger’s best-known novel.

• Staten IslandCompared with: Its dense urban core contrasts with Staten Island's lower density and suburban character.

• ToponymyBroader topic: Manhattan illustrates how an Indigenous name persisted through colonial spelling and transmission.

• The WomenRelated: The borough supplies the fashionable social world whose codes Luce lampoons.

• Barnard CollegeRelated: Barnard's campus sits in Manhattan's Morningside Heights neighborhood, beside Columbia's main campus.

• Diane KeatonBroader topic: Keaton played Mary Wilke in a prominent role following the success of Annie Hall.

• Robert Downey Jr.Related: Downey was born in Manhattan in 1965 and began acting there as a child.

• Working GirlRelated: The film uses its offices and skyline to frame Tess’s career ambitions.

• Chrysler BuildingBroader topic: The skyscraper rose in Midtown Manhattan amid concentrated commercial development.

• Square kilometreRelated: Comparing its area with one square kilometre gives a city-scale reference.

• Woolworth BuildingNarrower topic: Its downtown commercial district became the setting for the building’s rise.

• Damon RunyonRelated: Runyon’s fictional world draws on the city where he worked and set most of his stories.

• Nathan HaleRelated: Hale was captured and executed in British-occupied Manhattan in September 1776.

• Robert LopezRelated: Lopez grew up in Manhattan, within reach of the city’s theatre scene.

• Cecily von ZiegesarNarrower topic: Gossip Girl’s elite social world is situated in this borough.

• Flash mobBroader topic: The first widely recognized flash mobs were staged in Manhattan in 2003.

• Hervé VillechaizeBroader topic: Villechaize studied and worked as an artist in Manhattan after emigrating.