MIDTOWN

Midtown is famous for its New Year's celebration at Times Square, as well as its dazzling Broadway Theaters. Midtown is also the location of some of the most spectacular buildings in New York. Among these are the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Citicorp Center with its dramatic wedge-shaped headquarters, Grand Central Station, the GE Building with its distinctive crown, the United Nations headquarters, and New York's Public Library. Nearby is Kip's Bay, where the British landed to battle George Washington's troops during the Revolutionary War, and Beekman Place, an exclusinve residence for the rich and famous.