Culture and contemporary life Manhattan

frank lloyd wright s solomon r. guggenheim museum



the metropolitan museum of art

manhattan borough closely associated new york city non-residents; regionally, residents within new york city metropolitan area, including natives of new york city s boroughs outside manhattan, describe trip manhattan going city .

manhattan has been scene of many important american cultural movements. in 1912, 20,000 workers, quarter of them women, marched upon washington square park commemorate triangle shirtwaist factory fire, killed 146 workers on march 25, 1911. many of women wore fitted tucked-front blouses manufactured triangle shirtwaist company, clothing style became working woman s uniform , symbol of women s liberation, reflecting alliance of labor , suffrage movements.

the harlem renaissance in 1920s established african-american literary canon in united states , introduced writers langston hughes , zora neale hurston. manhattan s vibrant visual art scene in 1950s , 1960s center of american pop art movement, gave birth such giants jasper johns , roy lichtenstein. downtown pop art movement of late 1970s included artist andy warhol , clubs serendipity 3 , studio 54, socialized.

lincoln center performing arts

broadway theatre considered highest professional form of theatre in united states. plays , musicals staged in 1 of 39 larger professional theatres @ least 500 seats, in , around times square. off-broadway theatres feature productions in venues 100–500 seats. lincoln center performing arts, anchoring lincoln square on upper west side of manhattan, home 12 influential arts organizations, including metropolitan opera, new york city opera, new york philharmonic, , new york city ballet, vivian beaumont theater, juilliard school, jazz @ lincoln center, , alice tully hall. performance artists displaying diverse skills ubiquitous on streets of manhattan.

manhattan home of extensive art collections in world, both contemporary , historical, including metropolitan museum of art, museum of modern art (moma), frick collection, whitney museum of american art, , frank lloyd wright-designed guggenheim museum. upper east side has many art galleries, , downtown neighborhood of chelsea known more 200 art galleries home modern art both upcoming , established artists. many of world s lucrative art auctions held in manhattan.

manhattan center of lgbt culture in new york city. borough acclaimed cradle of modern lgbtq rights movement, inception @ 1969 stonewall riots in greenwich village, lower manhattan – considered constitute single important event leading gay liberation movement , modern fight lgbt rights in united states. multiple gay villages have developed, spanning length of borough lower east side, east village, , greenwich village, through chelsea , hell s kitchen, uptown morningside heights. annual new york city pride march (or gay pride parade) traverses southward down fifth avenue , ends @ greenwich village; manhattan parade rivals sao paulo gay pride parade largest pride parade in world, attracting tens of thousands of participants , millions of sidewalk spectators each june.

the borough has place in several american idioms. phrase new york minute meant convey extremely short time such instant, in hyperbolic form, in perhaps faster believe possible, referring rapid pace of life in manhattan. expression melting pot first popularly coined describe densely populated immigrant neighborhoods on lower east side in israel zangwill s play melting pot, adaptation of william shakespeare s romeo , juliet set zangwill in new york city in 1908. iconic flatiron building said have been source of phrase 23 skidoo or scram, cops shout @ men tried glimpses of women s dresses being blown winds created triangular building. big apple dates 1920s, when reporter heard term used new orleans stablehands refer new york city s horse racetracks , named racing column around big apple. jazz musicians adopted term refer city world s jazz capital, , 1970s ad campaign new york convention , visitors bureau helped popularize term.

manhattan known street parades, celebrate broad array of themes, including holidays, nationalities, human rights, , major league sports team championship victories. majority of higher profile parades in new york city held in manhattan. primary orientation of annual street parades typically north south, marching along major avenues. annual macy s thanksgiving day parade world s largest parade, beginning alongside central park , processing southward flagship macy s herald square store; parade viewed on telecasts worldwide , draws millions of spectators in person. other notable parades including annual st. patrick s day parade in march, new york city pride parade in june, greenwich village halloween parade in october, , numerous parades commemorating independence days of many nations. ticker-tape parades celebrating championships won sports teams other heroic accomplishments march northward along canyon of heroes on broadway bowling green city hall park in lower manhattan.