The brightly lit spire of the Chrysler Building glows in the night....Wall Street and the World Financial Center fill the southern tip of Manhattan Island with powerful geometric forms....A lone sunbather lies on a rock in the Central Park lake....From the street, New York is a bustling, familiar world. Seen from the air, it's an exotic, uncluttered, beautiful place. From vantage points that few people ever attain, world-renowned aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand has created a lush, romantic tribute to one of the most thrilling cities in history. Arthus-Bertrand here offers all the powerful images from the original edition of his top-selling book along with 18 new photographs chosen with sensitivity to the tragic destruction of the World Trade Center. New York historian and cartographer John Tauranac's lively commentaries lead readers on a truly spectacular tour of a world very few of us are privileged to see. Now, as never before, this book calls to mind all there is to cherish and celebrate about New York City.