NEW YORK
New York City is in the state of New York. It`s not the capital , but it is the largest city in the country. There are 50 states in America. One of them is New York.
• New York is situated on the Hudson River. • New York consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island the Bronx.
New York is the largest city, a national leader in business, finance, manufacturing, fashion, music and literature.
New York`s most famous sights: the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Rockefeller Center , the Pan American Building, the Statue of Liberty …
1. The Empire State Building is the most famous skyscraper of New Year
The Empire State Building • It took less than two years to build it (one year and 45 days). • The building has 103 floors. • Total height is 443. 2 meters to top of the lightning rod. • It is the world`s greatest TV tower (1, 454 feet) • Became the tallest skyscraper in New York on September 11, 2001.
2. The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center • They used to be the tallest buildings in New York.
• They were destroyed by terrorists on September 11, 2001.
2. The Chrysler Building • That one building in New Your that everybody’s seen but nobody can name.
3. The Rockefeller Center
The Rockefeller Center • Located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, Rockefeller Center or Rockefeller Plaza is a complex of 19 commercial buildings. • NBC studios, Radio City Music Hall are among them.
• The Rockefeller Center Christmas trees are the largest and the most beautiful in New York
The Statue of Liberty • The millions of immigrants who had to come to America by sea were welcomed by a very tall woman, America`s symbol of freedom. • The woman is still there looking out to sea. She is the Statue of Liberty, one of the most famous symbols of America. • This monument was built in New York Harbor in 1886. It was a gift from the people of France.
The Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island
Manhattan is the heart of the city. There are thousands of things to do and places to visit for tourists.
Broadway is the most famous street in New York. It is one of the longest avenues in Manhattan (25 km. ), but it is famous not only for this fact.
This is the home of many Broadway theaters and is known as the “Theater District”. The lights from all theaters and advertisements are very bright.
Times Square • There always a lot of tourists here.
• New Yorkers and tourists like to celebrate New Year in Times Square. On New Year`s Eve, December 31, crowds of people stand in Times Square and wait for midnight.
• At midnight everyone shouts: “Happy New Year!” to everyone else.
Central Park
• Central Park is so huge that you can get lost there. • Central Park is used by thousands of New Yorkers and visitors every day. Here you will see families walking their dogs and young people riding their bikes and roller-skating.
• You can also see baseball and soccer here. • Some people come here just to rest. They walk, sit in the sun, listen to music.
• The city has a lot of nicknames. Here are some of them: “The Big Apple”, “The City That Never Sleeps”, “The Capital of the World”, “The Center of the Universe” …
Have done By student of group KSM-22 Khrystyna Rusnak