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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.
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":