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New York City
New York City is a city in the southern end of the state of New York, and is the most
populous city in the United States of America. New York City is a global economic
center, with its business, finance, trading, law, and media organizations influential
worldwide. The city is also an important cultural center, with many museums,
galleries, and performance venues. Home of the United Nations, the city is a hub
for international diplomacy. With over 8.2 million residents within an area of 322
square miles (830 km²), New York City has the highest population density of major
cities in the United States. The New York metropolitan area, with a population of
18.8 million, ranks among the largest urban areas in the world.
Manhattan Bronx Staten Island
Bronx
Brooklyn Queens
New York City is comprised of
five boroughs, an unusual form
of government used to
administer the five constituent
counties that make up the city.
1. Manhattan,
2. Brooklyn
3. Queens
4. Bronx
5. Staten Island
Wall Street
Wall Street is the major financial center of the U.
S. and symbolizes the money market and
financiers of the U.S. Wall Street was called so
because of a wall which extended along the street
in Dutch times. It was built about 1650 from river
to river (the Hudson and the East River) to protect
the small colony living south of this street from
attacks by Indians. Later the wall was removed,
but the name remained.
The Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension
bridges in the United States, stretches 1825 m over
the East River connecting the Manhattan and
Brooklyn. On completion, it was the largest
suspension bridge in the world and the first steel-wire
suspension bridge. The bridge cost $15.1 million to
build and approximately 27 people died during its
construction. A week after the opening, on May 30
1883 a rumor that the Bridge was going to break
down caused a stampede which crushed and then
killed twelve people.
Times Square
Times Square is at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. Times Square consists of
the blocks between Sixth and Eighth Avenues from east to west, and West 40th and West
53rd Streets from south to north, making up the western part of the commercial area of
Midtown Manhattan. Smaller than Red Square in Moscow or Trafalgar Square in London,
Times Square, however, has achieved the status of an iconic world landmark and has
become a symbol of its home city. Times Square is usually defined by its animated,
digital advertisements.
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building rises to 381 m at the 102nd floor,
and its full structural height (including broadcast antenna)
reaches 443 m. The building has 85 stories of commercial
and office space and an indoor and outdoor observation
deck on the 86th floor. The remaining 16 stories represent
the spire, which is capped by a 102nd floor observatory,
and atop the spire is an antenna topped off with a lightning
rod. The Empire State Building is the first building to have
more than 100 floors. It has 6,500 windows, 73 elevators
and there are 1,860 steps from street level to the 102nd
floor. It has a total floor area of approximately 254,000 m².
Rockfeller Center
Rockefeller Center is "a city within a city“. It is the largest private building project ever
undertaken in modern times. It is a complex of 19 commercial buildings with its own
restaurants, stores, theatres, post-offices. In winter its plaza is transformed from an
outdoor restaurant to an ice-skating pond Radio City Music Hall, where some of the
nation's most popular movies have their first showing along with a spectacular stage
show, is one of New York's greatest attractions.
Central Park
Central Park is a large public park (3.41 km). With
about twenty-five million visitors annually, Central
Park is the most visited city park in the United
States, and its appearance in many movies and
television shows has made it among the most famous
city parks in the world. Central Park contains several
artificial lakes, extensive walking tracks, two ice-
skating rinks, a wildlife sanctuary, and grassy areas
and playgrounds for children. The park is a popular
oasis for migrating birds.
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