New York City's sidewalks are its best public spaces, the heart of the city's bustling street life. Sidewalks are everywhere, 12,000 miles of them, enough to stretch half way around the world.

It's been quite a week for unconventional cinematography, with Ed Burns's Sidewalks Of New York and Mike Figgis's ... (similar to Rome or Paris) is a sexy city packed with people searching for ...