Most of the cities in the United States pride themselves on having a downtown area dominated by highrise buildings. New York City, of course, is the epitome of a large city. Contrast a view of New York, with its Dutch counterpart; Amsterdam. Some of the buildings in this photo are older than the entire City of New York and were busy building an empire when the land on Manhattan Island was purchased from some real estate promoting natives. Here is a Rogers and Hart song called "Give It Back to the Indians" from 1939.
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