1. New York City

2. outline
history
general facts
buildings of New York City (NYC)

3. history In 1524 and 1609 were the first expeditions to america
In 1610 Dutch coat (Fell) traders started to trade with the Indians
(native americans)

4. history
1624:
Peter Minuit bought the island Manna-Hatta from the Lenni-Lenape-Indians (for 60 marbles)
The Colonists named the island Nieuw Amsterdam
30 Dutch families settled on Manhattan
There were chaotic conditions

5. history

6. history
1647
The Dutch West India Company established order in Nieuw Amsterdam

7. history
1647
Petrus Stuyvesant established order during his 17 years of mandate, in which the first school, the first prison and the first hospital were founded

8. history
1652
He built a wall through the city to protect the city from robberies (place of the street is named Wallstreet today)

9. history
Nieuw Amsterdam got city rights

10. history
the city was handed over, without violence, to the Englishmen during the second English-Dutch sea war
The city was named New York

11. history
1776
George Washington took quarter in NYC

12. history
1783 and 1785
city was destroyed by a fire

13. history 1788-1790 capital of the USA 1789
Washington became the first President of the USA
1797
Albany became capital of the USA

14. history 1832 and 1849 Cholera Epidemics 1837 and 1842 Typhus 1837
10% of the population unemployed

15. history
Central Park was created

16. history 1970: Much criminality 1975: city was gone bankrupt
1977: 25-hour power cut
: The number of crime goes down
1990's:
Population rose from 7.3 million to 8 million
: destruction of the World Trade Center with two hijacked planes

17. general facts country: USA state: New York, New York
mayor: Michael Bloomberg

18. general facts -city with the largest population in the USA
-population: more than 8 million people
-5 different parts: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island

19. general facts -at the east coast of the usa
-the most famous city in the world
-"world city"
-new home for many people

20. General facts -chinatown -founded in 1624
-sister city from: Budapest, Jerusalem, Johannesbourg, Kairo, London, Madrid, Rom, Santo Domingo, Tokio

21. buildings of New York City
Empire State Building:
Architect:
Shreve, Lamb und Harmon, William F. Lamb Location:
350 Fifth Ave Date:
Style:
Art Deco
Art Deco construction:
Steel frame 102 floors, 1252 feet, 381 meters high, 6,500 windows
The building is clad in Indiana limestone and granite, with the mullions lined in shiny aluminium.
Type:
office building

22. buildings of New York City
Chrysler Building:
Architect:
William Van Alen
Location:
405 Lexington Avenue at 42nd Street 
Style:
Art Deco Date:
Construction:
The building is clad in white brick and dark gray brickwork is used as horizontal decoration to enhance the window rows.
Type:
office building

23. buildings of New York City
Statue of Liberty:
Architect:
sculptor: Auguste Frederic Bartholdi,
structural Engineer: Gustave Eiffel
Location:
Liberty Island, New York Harbor Date:1884
Style:
realistic sculpture
Construction:
iron frame, copper cladding
Type:
monumental statue and observation tower

24. Buildings New York City
St. Patrick`s Cathedral:
Architect:
James Renwick Jr. and William Rodrigue 
Location:
Fifth Avenue
Date: , towers 1888
Style:
Gothic Revival  construction
stone
Type:
church

25. sources www.wikipedia.de http://nygeschichte.blogspot.de/
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