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The 198 pages that link to New York City, each with the reason it gives.

• Columbia UniversityNarrower topic: Columbia’s urban setting shapes its research, civic role, and daily institutional life.

• LondonCompared with: New York rivals London in global influence but is not a national capital.

• Abstract ExpressionismRelated: The movement helped establish the city as a leading center of postwar modern art.

• The StrokesNarrower topic: The band formed there and drew on its downtown clubs and scenes.

• Los AngelesCompared with: Its dense, transit-centered form contrasts with Los Angeles’s extensive low-rise sprawl.

• Edgar Allan PoeRelated: Poe spent important periods of his career there and died in Baltimore after traveling from the city.

• Tin Pan AlleyNarrower topic: Its publishing houses, theaters, and transport links made it the industry's commercial hub.

• Hip-hopNarrower topic: Hip-hop emerged from a city where Caribbean sound-system traditions and local communities met.

• Penny pressRelated: Its expanding population provided the market for low-priced daily papers.

• HarlemNarrower topic: Harlem’s growth and cultural influence developed within New York City’s larger urban history.

• BostonCompared with: New York’s scale and commercial dominance contrast with Boston’s older, smaller urban center.

• The BronxNarrower topic: The Bronx is one of the city's five boroughs.

• New NetherlandBroader topic: The English renamed the colony’s capital New York after its 1664 capture.

• Salsa musicBroader topic: Its Cuban and Puerto Rican communities and music industry fostered salsa’s development.

• West Side StoryRelated: Its neighborhoods and immigrant communities provide the setting for the musical’s fictional conflict.

• American Museum of Natural HistoryRelated: The city’s civic institutions and donors enabled the museum’s founding and growth.

• New EnglandCompared with: Its immense metropolitan influence reaches into southern New England without making it part of the region.

• ManhattanNarrower topic: Manhattan is one of the five boroughs that make up the city.

• New York SchoolNarrower topic: The school’s social networks and artistic institutions were rooted in the city.

• Erie CanalRelated: Canal traffic strengthened the city's commercial ties to the Great Lakes and western interior.

• MadonnaNarrower topic: Madonna built her early career amid the city’s music, fashion, and performance scenes.

• Woody AllenRelated: Its neighborhoods and cultural life recur as settings and subjects in Allen’s films.

• BaltimoreCompared with: Its scale and global port role provide a useful comparison with Baltimore’s smaller harbor city.

• Isadora DuncanRelated: Duncan began performing publicly in New York before building her career in Europe.

• ACT UPRelated: ACT UP began in New York, where the epidemic and its organizing networks were highly visible.

• Kareem Abdul-JabbarNarrower topic: Abdul-Jabbar grew up in Manhattan and began playing basketball there.

• Ashcan SchoolBroader topic: Its neighborhoods and crowds supplied the movement’s most characteristic settings.

• Celia CruzRelated: After leaving Cuba, Cruz settled in New York, a center of her later musical career.

• George GershwinRelated: Gershwin was born, trained, and launched his professional career in New York.

• Off-BroadwayNarrower topic: Off-Broadway classification is rooted in New York’s theatre industry, though not in location alone.

• The HagueRelated: Its UN headquarters make it another major center of international diplomacy.

• George CarlinRelated: Carlin grew up in Manhattan, where neighborhood speech and city life informed his comic voice.

• MamboRelated: Cuban musicians and local bandleaders transformed mambo there into an international dance craze.

• New York University Tisch School of the ArtsRelated: Tisch’s location connects its programs to the city’s professional arts communities.

• QueensNarrower topic: Queens is one of the city's five boroughs and shares its municipal government.

• Central ParkNarrower topic: The city commissioned the park amid population growth and demands for shared open space.

• New JerseyRelated: Its proximity ties northern New Jersey to one of the country's largest metropolitan economies.

• New York UniversityNarrower topic: The city’s institutions, neighborhoods, and industries are inseparable from NYU’s urban setting.

• Theosophical SocietyBroader topic: The Society was founded there in 1875.

• Washington IrvingRelated: Irving was born and raised in New York, whose Dutch colonial past inspired his early writing.

• Al JolsonRelated: Jolson’s rise was tied to New York’s stages and entertainment industry.

• FacesRelated: Its urban social world frames the film’s marriage, parties, and encounters.

• Jerome KernRelated: Kern built his career in the city’s theatres and publishing world.

• Lady GagaRelated: Gaga grew up in New York City and began performing in its downtown music scene.

• Latin jazzRelated: Its Cuban and Puerto Rican communities and jazz clubs fostered the genre's early growth.

• Lillian HellmanRelated: Hellman grew up and began her writing career in New York.

• Burt LancasterNarrower topic: Lancaster was born and raised in New York City.

• CBGBNarrower topic: The club emerged from the city’s downtown music and art communities.

• Gene HackmanRelated: Hackman moved to New York to pursue acting and developed his craft in its theater scene.

• Henry FondaRelated: Fonda moved there to pursue acting and became part of its theater world.