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

• New York IntellectualsNarrower topic: Its publishers, universities, and immigrant communities made sustained exchange possible.

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

• Rudolph GiulianiNarrower topic: The city’s political and institutional landscape defined Giuliani’s mayoral responsibilities and public legacy.

• The FactoryNarrower topic: Its art, music, and nightlife networks supplied the Factory’s collaborators and audiences.

• 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.

• New York metropolitan areaBroader topic: The region’s central city and its dominant population, employment, and transport hub.

• 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.

• Staten IslandNarrower topic: Staten Island is one of the city's five boroughs.

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

• ToponymyBroader topic: Its name illustrates the transfer of a European political name to a colonial settlement.

• 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.

• Minton's PlayhouseNarrower topic: The club’s influence unfolded within New York’s broader network of jazz venues and musicians.

• Off-Off-BroadwayNarrower topic: The scene depends on New York’s dense network of artists, venues, and audiences.

• Patti SmithNarrower topic: Its downtown art and music scenes provided the setting for Smith’s early career.

• 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.

• Lauren BacallNarrower topic: Bacall was born and raised in New York before moving into modeling and acting.

• 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.

• New York StateCompared with: The city shares the state’s name but has a separate municipal government and limited geographic scope.

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

• Talking HeadsNarrower topic: The city’s downtown music scene provided the band’s first audience and artistic context.

• Bugsy SiegelNarrower topic: Siegel’s early career began in New York before his later work in California and Nevada.

• Chrysler BuildingNarrower topic: Manhattan’s dense commercial growth made the city a stage for the skyscraper race.

• 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.

• New York Daily NewsNarrower topic: The paper’s identity and reporting are inseparable from the city it covers.

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

• Ben StillerNarrower topic: Stiller was born and raised in Manhattan amid a working comedy and entertainment scene.

• Corned beefRelated: Jewish and Irish food businesses helped popularize corned beef in the city.

• Dai VernonRelated: Vernon moved into New York’s magic scene and built his reputation among its performers.

• David BenioffRelated: Benioff was born and raised in New York City.

• Héctor LavoeRelated: Lavoe’s career grew in the city’s Puerto Rican communities and its expanding Latin music scene.

• Marina AbramovićRelated: Abramović’s move there in the 1990s brought her practice into a prominent art-world setting.

• Rubén BladesRelated: Blades moved there as a young man and entered the city’s Latin music industry.

• Ai WeiweiRelated: Ai Weiwei lived there from 1981 to 1993 and encountered contemporary art and experimental practices.

• Bettie PageRelated: Page moved to New York in 1949 and began building her modeling career there.

• Billy the KidRelated: Billy’s story began far from the New Mexico frontier.