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The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center is located in one of the most prestigious neighborhoods of New York City,. Amidst the hustle and bustle of uptown traffic, this section of Manhattan is graced by swanky shops and corporate giants. As we entered inside the ornate halls of “The Met,” excitement filled the air. Opera lovers crowded the hallways, glass of wine in hand, chatting about the night’s performance, anticipating the curtain going up.
This year marks the 85th anniversary of the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. Christmas show spectacular featuring Santa Claus, and the Rockettes chorus line, high kicks still as perfect as ever.
Brooklyn Heights has always been an upscale neighborhood in Brooklyn. When I was a kid, I remember judges, lawyers, doctors and writers were the only people living in Brooklyn Heights. Very little has changed since the 1950s.
“Summer in the city,” it’s not just the lyrics to a great song, it actually is summer in New York City. And tonight, the last day of May, the streets are packed with throngs of people happy to be walking along Second Avenue.
It is the ultimate city, the place more songs have been written about, where more movies have been filmed: it’s the Top of the Rock, “top of the heap, king of the hill,” New York, New York.
For well over a hundred years the Brooklyn Bridge has connected two large boroughs: Brooklyn and Manhattan. On a daily basis, people drive, walk, or ride a bike over the Brooklyn Bridge to get into Manhattan or vice versa, to get back into Brooklyn.
