This book is the result of a semester long research projects in the Design 3 course at Parsons the New School for Design. It explores the island of Manhattan in New York City according to 23 different topics grouped into four main groups: Living, Transportation, Working, and Leisure. The individual proposals, following the research, are specific to each of the selected topics. The final goal of the project is to present a vision of how to improve the the Design and quality of life in NYC.