A city that never sleeps Jiří Furda
Content Basic Info Transport NYC Subway Manhatan Empire State Building Times Square Broadway Central Park Statue of Liberty World Trade Center One World Trade Center National September 11 Memorial and Musem Video - NYC Vacation Travel Guide Interresting Facts about NYC Sources
Basic Info About people Biggest and most populous city in US Gateway for legal immigration Over 800 spoken languages Five boroughs - Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island Founded in 1624 by Dutch colonists (New Amsterdam) Capital of the US from 1785 until 1790 Over 50 million tourists in 2014
Transport Several airports Railways, buses and lots of taxis everywhere One of the largest subway system in the world
NYC Subway 34 lines 469 stations riders on average weekday riders in year 2014 Only 60% of the subway system is actually underground Police can arrest you for putting your feet on the seat
Manhatan Home to buidlings like Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, One World Trade Center Also zones such as Rockefeller Center, Brodway and Time Square
Empire State Building American cultural icon 102 stories feet (443 m) high World tallest building for nearly 40 feet Located on 5th Avenue King Kong
Times Square Originally named Longacre Square New York Times moved there in 1904 One of the world’s bussiest pedastrian zones Approximately people pass there daily
Broadway Road across NY that has 33 miles (53 km) Heart of the American theatre industry Oldest northsouth street in the city Based on Native Americans’ trail One of few streets that doesn’t comply with rectangular system
Central Park 843 acres (3.41 km²) Founded in 1857 One of the most filmed locations in the world Dramatically rises prices of surrounding buildings Contains Central Park ZOO
Statue of Liberty 151 feet (46 meters) high Located on Liberty Island Gift from the people of France Statue representing Libertas (Roman goddess) She holds tablet with a date of American Declaration of Independence (July 4th, 1776) There is also a broken chain under her legs
World Trade Center Twin towers opened in 1973 With feet (417 m) were tallest buildings in the world Contained m² of office space Destroyed on September 11th 2001 by Al-Qaeda terrorists The attacks killed people The cleanup and recovery continued 24 hours a day over eight months
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
One World Trade Center feet (541 m) Refference to the year of US Declaration of Independence The fifth-tallest building in the world Completed in stories 73 elevators
New York City Vacation Travel Guide
Interresting Facts about NYC Toilet paper was invented in NYC in 1857 From 1897 utill 1953 There was a pneumatic mail tube system between 23 post officess across 27 miles About 1 in every 38 US citizens lives in NYC NYC 520 mile coastline is longher than coastlines of Miami, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco together It takes trees to print Sunday edition of the NY Times Theres a birth every 4,4 minutes and a death every 9.1 minutes
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