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The Geographic Legacy of 'Seinfeld'

A digital reality tour of five classic New York locations still here, and five since gone.
Eric Jaffe

America celebrated an important anniversary late last week. Obviously that refers not to July 4 but July 5, which marked 25 years since Seinfeld debuted, back in 1989.

As much as Seinfeld is a show about nothing, it's also essentially a show about New York. No other series integrated Manhattan life into its story lines to a greater degree (with the possible exception of Sex and the City). In a 1998 interview with New York magazine, Jerry Seinfeld attributed much of the show's success to a comedic voice that felt "much more specific, and more neurotic, and more New York":