Surrounded mostly by water, the city has amassed one of the largest and most varied collection of skyscrapers in the world.

This is famous building in the city:

1.The Woolworth Building (1913), an early Gothic revival skyscraper with large-scale gothic architectural detail.

2.The 1916 Zoning Resolution required setback in new buildings, and restricted towers to a percentage of the lot size, to allow sunlight to reach the streets below.[2] The Art Deco design of

3.the Chrysler Building (1930)

4. Empire State Building (1931), with their tapered tops and steel spires, reflected the zoning requirements.