In New York City, over 8,300,000 people from all over the world share just over 300 square miles of land area, making it the quintessential urban community. The uniqueness of life in New York's diverse metropolitan community is explored in this book, which uses accessible and engaging text, and vivid color photographs to examine familiar urban sights like apartment buildings, open-air markets, restaurants, and street fairs. Supports New York City's grade 2 social studies standard for Unit 2: New York City Over Time 3.1e, 3.2a, 4.1e, 4.1f.