Had I encountered him on a Manhattan sidewalk, my instinct would have been to cross the street.

An 18-year-old pizza deliverer was stabbed to death yesterday afternoon on a busy Manhattan sidewalk, apparently during a robbery attempt or a dispute, the police said.

But the day after the first snowfall, although some Manhattan sidewalks were covered with a glaze of ice, the park had begun to shed its loneliness.

If you're in the right grove, finding a pecan truffle is about as hard as finding gum on a Manhattan sidewalk.

"So what you're saying is that your father, who's been dead for twelve years, simply shows up one day on a Manhattan sidewalk and starts up a conversation?"

At midnight, the teen-ager stood on a Manhattan sidewalk hunched against the cold.

New "must buy" items are on Manhattan sidewalks these days, where busy corners teem with merchants selling children's books, sunglasses and knockoff designer watches.

Although piles of garbage were growing on Manhattan sidewalks, continuing pickups at commercial establishments by some of the 475 hauling companies limited the strike's impact.

Trying to generate business on the Internet has been likened to dropping your business cards on a Manhattan sidewalk during rush hour.

Kelly died of a stroke on a Manhattan sidewalk at the young age of 41 in 1965.