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

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

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

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

• 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.

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

• On the TownRelated: Its streets and landmarks become active settings rather than theatrical backdrops.

• Tom WolfeRelated: The city’s institutions and class divisions provide the setting for much of his best-known fiction.

• Edgard VarèseRelated: After emigrating, Varèse made the city the base for his advocacy of new music.

• Henry HudsonRelated: The river Hudson explored became a key route into the region where the city developed.

• John CassavetesRelated: Its streets, neighborhoods, and social mix provided the setting for his first feature, Shadows.

• Nora EphronRelated: The city’s restaurants, neighborhoods, and media world recur throughout her writing and films.

• Rudolph ValentinoRelated: Valentino arrived here in 1913 and worked before entering films.

• The Velvet UndergroundRelated: The band formed and developed its early identity in the city’s downtown music and art scenes.

• Aaron SorkinRelated: Sorkin grew up in its suburbs and began his theatrical career in the city.

• Albert AnastasiaRelated: Anastasia built his criminal career in New York.

• Astor PiazzollaRelated: Piazzolla encountered jazz and diverse musical styles during his childhood there.

• Diane ArbusRelated: Arbus’s best-known photographs emerged from encounters in New York and its surrounding communities.

• Jazz at Lincoln CenterRelated: The organization emerged in a city with a long-standing jazz scene and dense arts network.

• John HousemanRelated: Houseman built much of his theater career in New York after moving to the United States.

• United Nations HeadquartersRelated: The headquarters anchors a major international presence within the city.

• Borscht BeltRelated: Many vacationers traveled north from the city to escape summer heat and crowded neighborhoods.

• Fania RecordsRelated: Its Latino neighborhoods supplied Fania’s audience, musicians, and early performance circuits.

• Henry LuceRelated: Luce built his publishing enterprise in the city’s competitive magazine industry.

• Mae WestRelated: West was born in Brooklyn and built her early career in New York theaters.

• Martha WashingtonRelated: Martha hosted the presidential household there when George Washington took office.

• Rem KoolhaasRelated: Manhattan’s urban form is the central case through which Koolhaas developed Delirious New York’s argument.

• David O. RussellRelated: Russell grew up in New York City, a background reflected in his dialogue and urban settings.

• Jeff KoonsRelated: Koons developed his early career within its commercial and gallery worlds.

• Law & Order: Special Victims UnitRelated: The city is the series’ setting and shapes its police institutions and cases.

• Ralph EllisonRelated: Ellison settled in New York, where writers and political thinkers shaped his career.