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In Pictures: Manhattan

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For this week's In Pictures we go back again to New York, probably my most favorite metropolis. I love New York so much I've visited it thrice since 2010. The Art Deco Chrysler Building On my first two times in the city I stayed near the upper east side and I've explored mostly midtown and  and the upper Manhattan area, mostly around Central Park and the Museum Mile .  The Statue of Atlas in Rockefeller Center This year I stayed in a hostel in Chelsea, just near the new New York headquarters of Google, and I was able to explore the downtown area, taking the A train to Wall Street , One World Trade Center, St. Paul's Church and Ground Zero . I also stumbled upon a small park called Zuccotti Park. This small park is where the  anti-bank, anti-consumerism movement called Occupy Wall Street began.  Zuccotti Park There is a rather interesting piece of steel sculture in this park, called  Joie de Vivre , the bright red contrasting a...