New York City
- 2. ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CITIES IN THE WORLD THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS CITY AREA: 1,214.4 km2 POPULATION: 8,175,133 (JUST THE CITY)
- 3. IT IS LOCATED IN THE NORTH EASTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES, IN NEW YORK STATE, AT THE MOUTH OF THE HUDSON RIVER.
- 4. IT HAS 5 BOROUGHS: MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN, BRONX, QUEENS AND STATEN ISLAND.
- 7. BRONX
- 9. QUEENS
- 11. HISTORY 400 YEARS AGO IT WAS THE HOME OF DELAWARE INDIANS THE FIRST EUROPEAN ARRIVED FROM THE NETHERLANDS IN 1626 DUTCH EXPLORER PETER MINUIT PURCHASED THE ISLAND OF MANHATTAN (REALLY ITS SOUTHERN PART) FROM THE ALGONQUIN TRIBE FOR TRINKETS AND TOOLS WORTH ABOUT $24 AND BUILT SOME HOUSES THERE – CALLED IT NEW AMSTERDAM
- 13. IN 1664, THE BRITISH TOOK IT AND CALLED IT NEW YORK AFTER THE DUKE OF YORK, THE KING’S BROTHER OVER THE NEXT 300 YEARS IT GREW INTO THE LARGEST CITY OF THE USA MANY IMMIGRANTS CAME TO LIVE THERE (FROM GERMANY, IRELAND, ITALY, POLAND AND CHINA) ----------> LITTLE ITALY, CHINATOWN...
- 14. ELLIS ISLAND FROM 1892 TO 1954, IT WAS THE IMMIGRANT GATEWAY TO AMERICA TODAY IT IS AN IMMIGRATION MUSEUM AND IS PART OF STATUE OF LIBERTY NATIONAL MONUMENT
- 15. LITTLE ITALY
- 16. CHINATOWN
- 17. MACY’S – THE BIGGEST SHOP IN THE WORLD
- 19. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
- 20. AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
- 21. THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IT WAS A GIFT FROM FROM THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE IN 1886 AND IT STANDS ON LIBERTY ISLAND.
- 22. HEIGHT: 93m, STATUE ITSELF:46m WEIGHT: 205 TONS IT WAS PACKED IN 350 PIECES AND IN 214 CRATES REPRESENTS THE ROMAN GODDESS LIBERTAS HAS A TORCH AND THE BOOK OF LAWS, UNDERNEATH IS BROKEN CHAIN HAS A CROWN WITH 7 BRANCHES WHICH ARE SYMBOL OF THE FREEDOM NEED TO BE SPREAD OVER 7 SEAS AND 7 CONTINENTS
- 25. TIMES SQUARE THE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE OF NY – FULL OF THEATRES, BARS AND RESTAURANTS PEOPLE CELEBRATE NEW YEAR THERE
- 26. CENTRAL PARK
- 27. SOME INTERESTING FACTS New York City was the U.S. capital from 1789 to 1790 New Yorkers travel an average of 40 minutes to work each day. More than 47 percent of New York City's residents over the age of 5 speak a language other than English at home. New York's Central Park is larger than the principality of Monaco. The average sale price of an apartment in Manhattan during the 4th quarter of 2007 was a whopping $1.49 million. New York's Yellow Cabs are yellow because John Hertz, the company's founder, learned from a study that yellow was the easiest color for the eye to spot. He was right.
- 28. In 2007, 46 million international and domestic visitors came to New York City. They spent approximately $28 billion while there. More than 18,600 restaurants and eating establishments do business in New York City, and the average cost of a dinner in 2006 was $39.43. That includes a drink, tax and the tip (approx. 15 %). Approximately 790,000 companies operate in New York City. Although many legends exist about the origin of New York City's nickname, the Big Apple, most historians agree that it can be traced back to a writer who covered horse racing in the 1920s. In The Morning Telegraph, he wrote that stable boys often referred to New York as the Big Apple, meaning that all horsemen aspired to race at (and the winner horse got apple at the end of the race).
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