But not everything has to be new and hot for New Yorkers. We don't always appreciate change because that means we might have lost something we had come to love. New Yorkers respect the city's standards, the institutions that have been essential New York. What would we do without that reassuring sight of the Lady in the harbor; or the gleaming spire of the Empire State Building? Or the perfect pizza? Or a Sunday in Central Park? Or the rumbling of the trains beneath the earth? Or the sounds of jazz from a Village club? So while New York is ever-changing, its core remains the same. And we wouldn't have it any other way.
Sailing to the Statue of Liberty: On Liberty Island in New York Harbor. If you have time to do only one thing on your visit to New York, sail to the Lady in the harbor. No other monument embodies the nation's, and the world's, notion of political freedom and economic potential more than Lady Liberty. It is also the ultimate symbol of New York, the personification of the city's vast diversity and tolerance.
Visiting the Empire State Building Observatory at Dusk: Like the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, once again the tallest building in New York, is one of the city's definitive icons. Arrive at dusk and watch the lights of the city come on. It's pure magic.