print email comment close City of Stars URL: http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/master.html?http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/city_of_stars/ Description: Collection of short articles by an urban astrophysicist about how "references to the cosmos actually abound in Manhattan." Includes images of New York City buildings, sculptures, decorations, and architectural elements with astronomical references, and a brief discussion of "Manhattanhenge," a natural phenomenon in which, similar to Stonehenge, "the Sun fully illuminates every single cross street during the last fifteen minutes of daylight and sets exactly on the street's centerline." From the Natural History magazine. Author: Tyson, Neil deGrasse Publisher: Natural History Magazine, Inc. Extra Keywords Manhattan solstice grid Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cosmology in art New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel Public art LII Database Information: Record 21685 created by Maria Brandt on 05/29/2006 Last modification on 05/29/2006 Published: 06/01/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21685