Catcher in the Rye:' NYC still shimmers

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Catch Holden Caulfield's NYC at Christmas. Landmarks as popular today as they were in J.D. Salinger's classic tale.

"The Catcher in the Rye," by J.D. Salinger was published in 1951, but nearly all the landmarks character Holden Caulfield mentions as he wanders around Manhattan at Christmastime remain favorites: Rockefeller Center skating rink, Radio City Music Hall, the zoo and carousel in Central Park, Grand Central, the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A bird's-eye view of New York City is seen from Rockefeller Center's Top of the Rock observatory. In the 1951 publication of "The Catcher in the Rye," Holden Caulfield wanders around Manhattan at Christmastime visiting key landmarks, including Rockefeller Center.

A polar bear, one of two at the Central Park zoo, swims under water.

The zoo is open daily (winter hours, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.), and the entrance is located near 64th Street and Fifth Avenue.

Commuters walk through Grand Central Station in New York in this view from in between two marble pillars highlighting a redesigned ceiling that plays a holiday lightshow.

An Egyptian mummy with a painted face, lies in a glass encasement at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Great Canoe, a vessel carved from a single cedar tree, hangs in the American Museum of Natural History. The vessel, carved from a single cedar tree by Northwest Coast tribes in British Columbia, Canada, in 1878, measures 63 feet - as long as a six-story building is tall. The canoe first went on display in 1884, and today it hangs suspended from the ceiling of the Grand Gallery, seven feet off the floor.

The Radio City Rockettes perform in the annual "Radio City Christmas Spectacular," marking its 75th year.

Take Radio City's "Stage Door Tour" and meet one of the Rockettes.

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"The Catcher in the Rye," by J.D. Salinger was published in 1951, but nearly all the landmarks character Holden Caulfield mentions as he wanders around Manhattan at Christmastime remain favorites: Rockefeller Center skating rink, Radio City Music Hall, the zoo and carousel in Central Park, Grand Central, the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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