Manhattan skyline

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city skyline urban landscape

The Manhattan skyline is the iconic, densely packed silhouette of New York City’s skyscrapers, prominently featuring landmarks like One World Trade Center and the Empire State Building.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
New York City skyline	7
Midtown Manhattan skyline	3
Central Park West skyline	1
Central Park skyline edge	1
Downtown Manhattan skyline	1
Lower Manhattan skyline	1
Manhattan skyline (distant, from Perkins Memorial Tower on clear days)	1
Manhattan skyline (partial)	1
New York cityscapes	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city skyline ⓘ urban landscape ⓘ
associatedWith	New York City branding ⓘ postcards and photography ⓘ tourism in New York City ⓘ
borders	East River ⓘ Hudson River ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentlyDominatedBy	432 Park Avenue ⓘ Central Park Tower ⓘ One World Trade Center ⓘ
depictedIn	advertising campaigns ⓘ countless films ⓘ television series ⓘ
featuresLandmark	30 Hudson Yards observation deck ⓘ surface form: 30 Hudson Yards 432 Park Avenue ⓘ Bank of America Tower ⓘ Central Park Tower ⓘ Chrysler Building ⓘ Empire State Building ⓘ Flatiron Building ⓘ Hudson Yards ⓘ surface form: Hudson Yards development Lower Manhattan ⓘ surface form: Lower Manhattan skyscrapers Midtown Manhattan skyscrapers ⓘ One World Trade Center ⓘ One57 ⓘ Rockefeller Center ⓘ Woolworth Building ⓘ
hasSection	Lower Manhattan skyline ⓘ Midtown Manhattan ⓘ surface form: Midtown Manhattan skyline Upper Manhattan skyline ⓘ
hasViewpoint	Brooklyn Bridge Park ⓘ Brooklyn Heights Promenade ⓘ 30 Hudson Yards observation deck ⓘ surface form: Edge at Hudson Yards Empire State Building ⓘ surface form: Empire State Building observatory Governors Island ⓘ Hoboken ⓘ surface form: Hoboken waterfront One World Observatory ⓘ Roosevelt Island ⓘ Whitehall–St. George Staten Island Ferry route ⓘ surface form: Staten Island Ferry Summit One Vanderbilt ⓘ Top of the Rock observation deck entrance ⓘ surface form: Top of the Rock observation deck Weehawken, New Jersey ⓘ surface form: Weehawken waterfront
historicallyDominatedBy	Chrysler Building ⓘ Empire State Building ⓘ
influencedBy	Art Deco ⓘ surface form: Art Deco architecture International Style ⓘ surface form: International Style architecture contemporary glass-and-steel architecture ⓘ setback skyscraper design ⓘ zoning laws of New York City ⓘ
knownFor	Art Deco skyscrapers ⓘ appearances in films and television ⓘ dense concentration of skyscrapers ⓘ iconic silhouette ⓘ modern supertall towers ⓘ nighttime illumination ⓘ symbol of American urbanism ⓘ symbol of New York City ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	Manhattan skyline self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New York City skyline
timePeriodOfMajorGrowth	1920s ⓘ 1930s ⓘ 2010s supertall boom ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ post-2001 reconstruction in Lower Manhattan ⓘ
viewedFrom	Brooklyn ⓘ New Jersey waterfront ⓘ Queens ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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Central Park West Historic District (adjacent) → hasCityscapeRole → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Park skyline edge

Belvedere Castle, Central Park → hasPanoramicViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

Calvary Cemetery, Queens → hasView → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

Fort Greene Park → hasView → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

Roosevelt Island station → hasView → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

Sheep Meadow → hasView → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City skyline

Via 57 West → hasView → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midtown Manhattan skyline

Bear Mountain State Park → hasViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manhattan skyline (distant, from Perkins Memorial Tower on clear days)

Belvedere Castle → hasViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midtown Manhattan skyline

Bow Bridge → hasViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

Central Park Reservoir Running Track → hasViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City skyline

Central Park Reservoir Running Track → hasViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Park West skyline

Loeb Boathouse → hasViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manhattan skyline (partial)

Queensbridge Park → hasViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

Randall's Island Park → hasViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

South Mountain Reservation (part) → hasViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City skyline

St. George Terminal → hasViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Manhattan skyline

Statue of Liberty National Monument → hasViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

Weehawken, New Jersey → hasViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

Williamsburg → hasViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midtown Manhattan skyline

Emery Roth & Sons → influenced → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City skyline

The Helena → isPartOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City skyline

Wall Street Pier 11 → near → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Downtown Manhattan skyline

Georgia O’Keeffe → notableFor → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York cityscapes

Bow Bridge (Central Park) → offersViewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

Gantry Plaza State Park → overlooks → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

Liberty State Park, New Jersey → overlooks → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

subject surface form: Liberty State Park

St. George → overlooks → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

Watchung Mountains → overlooks → Manhattan skyline ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City skyline

Manhattan skyline → partOf → Manhattan skyline self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City skyline

Liberty Island → viewOf → Manhattan skyline ⓘ