New York Confidential

New York first came to life in Downtown Manhattan in 1626, which now includes areas such as Soho, Greenwich Village, Little Italy, TriBeCa, Chelsea, Meatpacking District and Chinatown. These districts represent the cosmopolitan condensation of New York.

Queens is New York's largest borough with 461 square kilometres and over two million inhabitants. It is a little-known neighbourhood that is often neglected by tourists, who prefer the bordering districts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. But Queens possesses.

Brooklyn is the up-and-coming and the most densely populated borough. But despite the fact it is undergoing a process of gentrification, it still remains a vibrant melting pot. It is a patchwork of neighbourhoods with their own local atmospheres.

Harlem, the cradle of jazz, gospel and Afro-American culture, is currently undergoing transformation. The Harlem of today is searching for identity in an elusive neighbourhood, between retrospection and restless activity.

For a long time, The Bronx was considered one of the most deprived, dilapidated and dangerous places in the U.S. but the reality of the latest decade has been proving somewhat different.