I think that is what makes NYC stand out from all the master planned Sim City 4 like real life cities out there, the history and just sheer diversity.
This is not something easily replicated. It takes decades. Literally an evolution.
With NY, you are getting the Amazon catalog of architecture. Any style, good chance its there.
And its a unique phenomena as the rise of the city occurred when the technology allowed for “X” style to happen. So its time and place in history had to be just at the right time. The Pale Blue Dot of cities.