Adult Caucasian men and women walking on street; wearing coats and hats. "Gucci" sign. "Saks & Company" sign. Women entering and leaving store. Henri Bendel store and canopy. Zoom in to "Cartier" sign on awning. Male voiceover stating a rise in retail sales.
VS of adult males working on construction sites in Manhattan. Low angle view of surrounding skyscrapers. Adult male voiceover stating a rise in jobs, employment.
Tilt up and down large hotel; city traffic. Doorman gets a taxi for a woman outside the Waldorf Astoria. Male voiceover states hotels are 90-100 percent full.
"Elizabeth Taylor - The Little Foxes - Lillian Hellman". "PIAF". "The Elephant Man". Adult male voiceover says the theatre industry is booming.
Adult men and women walking on city streets; Trump Tower in BG. Adult Caucasian man standing among walking people. Adult male voiceover says provide tourism statistic.
"Union Dime Savings Bank". "Barclays Bank of New York". "Banco di Sicilia". "Banco De La Nacion Argentina". "The Bank of Tokyo Trust Company". "Algemene Bank Nederland". "European American Bank". "Manufacturers Hanover Trust". "Citibank". "Chemical Bank". Adult male voiceover stating the influx of financial institutions and manageable inflation.
Cement truck driving through construction site. VS of Battery Park City construction site; World Trade Center. Tracking a lowering crane hook. Pan down construction cranes over apartment buildings under construction. Pan from World Trade Center to adjacent construction site. Adult male voiceover noting the increase in real estate values and increase in building construction.
Soho banner; zoom out to Soho neighborhood, snow flakes flying. City street. Close up of "Spring St." and "Wooster St." signs; zoom our and pan to city street intersection. Painting; pan up to Dyansey Gallery banner. Adult male voiceover discuss Soho's transformation.
Kids playing basketball in South Bronx. VS of abandoned buildings, vacant lots. Bathgate Industrial Park board advertising a "public and private partnership for a better South Bronx". Adult male voiceover noting improvements being made in the South Bronx.
Exterior, Kaufman Astoria Studios.
Midtown Manhattan skyscrapers. Adult men and women walking on Broadway streets; theatre advertising. Low angle view of a high-rise building, tilt down.
Travelling POV on train looking out to New York City skyline.
Ben Wattenberg standing in front of a train says that the Frost Belt is going to make it. Brief shot of people walking on New York City street.